Peer-reviewed

*equal contribution, ✉ correspondance

2025

Ectopic expression of pectate lyase PtxtPL1-27 in aspen affects leaf cuticle development.
Biswal AK✉, Banasiak A, Fernández-Moreno JP✉, Mitra M, Harholt J, Derba-Maceluch M, Majda M✉, Kushwah S, Kumar V, Abreu I, Sivan P, Pattathil S, Immerzeel P, Gorzsás A, Moritz T, Hahn MG, Scheller HV, Aharoni A, Mellerowicz EJ✉.
iScience 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113963

Camelot: a computer-automated micro-extensometer with low-cost optical tracking.
Trozzi N*, Wodniok W*, Kelly-Bellow R*, Meraviglia A, Chételat A, Adkins N, Lane B, Smith RS✉, Kwiatkowska D✉, Majda M✉.
BMC Biol. 2025 Apr 28;23(1):112.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02216-9

Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of cell shape supports resilience of lymphatic endothelium.
Schoofs H*, Daubel N*, Schnabellehner S, Grönloh MLB, Palacios Martínez S, Halme A, Marks AM, Jeansson M, Barcos S, Brakebusch C, Benedito R, Engelhardt B, Vestweber D, Gaengel K, Linsenmeier F, Schürmann S, Saharinen P, van Buul JD, Friedrich O, Smith RS, Majda M, Mäkinen T✉.
Nature. 2025 Mar 19.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08724-6

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– Nature Video: Why humans have puzzle-shaped cells

Cellular damage triggers mechano-chemical control of cell wall dynamics and patterned cell divisions in plant healing.
Di Fino LM, Anjam MS, Besten M, Mentzelopoulou A, Papadakis V, Zahid N, Baez LA, Trozzi N, Majda M, Ma X, Hamann T, Sprakel J, Moschou PN, Smith RS, Marhavý P.
Dev Cell. 2025 Jan 9:S1534-5807(24)00771-8
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.032

SHOOTMERISTEMLESS transcription factor binding site promotes fruit shape determination.
Hu ZC*, Majda M*, Sun HR*, Zhang Y, Ding YN, Yuan Q, Su TB, Lü TF, Gao F, Xu GX, Smith RS, Østergaard L✉, Dong Y✉
Nat Plants. 2025 Jan;11(1):23-35.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01854-1

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– Behind the Paper: Developmental and evolutionary mechanism of fruit shape diversification

2024

An incoherent feed-forward loop involving bHLH transcription factors, Auxin and CYCLIN-Ds regulates style radial symmetry establishment in Arabidopsis.
Tasker-Brown W, Koh SWH, Trozzi N, Maio KA, Jamil I, Jiang Y, Majda M, Smith RS, Moubayidin L✉.
Plant J. 2024 Aug 9.
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16959

Mechanical forces in plant tissue matrix orient cell divisions via microtubule stabilization.
Hoermayer L, Montesinos JC, Trozzi N, Spona L, Yoshida S, Marhava P, Caballero-Mancebo S, Benková E, Heisenberg CP, Dagdas Y, Majda M, Friml J✉.
Dev Cell. 2024 Apr 2:S1534-5807(24)00177-1.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009

2023

Spatial consistency of cell growth direction during organ morphogenesis requires CELLULOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTIVE1.
Mollier C, Skrzydel J, Borowska-Wykret D, Majda M, Bayle V, Battu V, Totozafy JC, Dulski M, Fruleux A, Wrzalik R, Mouille G, Smith RS, Monéger F, Kwiatkowska D✉, Boudaoud A✉.
Cell Rep. 2023 Jul 25;42(7):112689.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112689

Pieces of the 3D puzzle: identification of genes underlying rice canopy architecture.
Burgess AJ✉, Majda M.
Plant Physiol. 2023 Jan 2;191(1):1-2.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac474

Earlier work