My work, integrating technological development with cross-scale biological applications, thus far led to 27 peer-reviewed publications (8 (co-)first- or last-authored) with 1000+ citations (h-index = 15), 14 first-author conference contributions (including invited talks), and 1 patent.
A complete list of my publications is available on Google Scholar and ORCID, while selected publications are listed below.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- B. Haider, S. Middya, D. J. Lloyd-Davies-Sánchez, N. F. Läubli, et al. NeuroSuite for long-term functional and structural studies of air-liquid interface cerebral organoids. Advanced Science (2026), e19893. 10.1002/advs.202519893
- F. Hirsch, N. F. Läubli, A. Kelkar, et al. Impairment of neuronal activity occurs at the early stages of the aggregation cascade of Aβ1–42 and mutant Tau. Disease Models & Mechanisms (2026) 19, dmm052295. 10.1242/dmm.052295
- S. Collins, L. van Vliet, F. Gielen, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. A microfluidic fluorescence lifetime screening platform bridges in vitro and in vivo formats and enables discovery of amyloid-β aggregation inhibitors. Nature Communications, accepted.
- S. J. Resnick, S. Qamar, P. Krishna, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. Multiplex neurodegeneration proteotoxicity platform reveals DNAJB6 promotes non-toxic FUS condensate gelation and inhibits neurotoxicity. Nature Communications (2025) 16, 10285. 10.1038/s41467-025-65178-0
- S. Kapsiani, N. F. Läubli, E. N. Ward, et al. Deep learning for fluorescence lifetime predictions enables high-throughput in vivo imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025) 147, 22609–22621. 10.1021/jacs.5c03749
- S. Kapsiani, N. F. Läubli, E. N. Ward, M. Shehata, C. F. Kaminski and G. S. Kaminski Schierle. FLIMPA: A versatile software for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy phasor analysis. Analytical Chemistry (2025) 97, 11382–11387. 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c00495
- M. Brockhoff, J. Träuble, S. Middya, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. PseudoSorter: A self-supervised spike sorting approach applied to reveal Tau-induced reductions in neuronal activity. Science Advances (2025) 11, eadr4155. 10.1126/sciadv.adr4155
- M. Lu, E. Hui, M. Brockhoff, et al., N. F. Läubli, S. Hofmann, C. F. Kaminski and G. S. Kaminski Schierle. Graphene microelectrode arrays, 4D structured illumination microscopy and machine-learning spike sorting permit analysis of ultrastructural neuronal changes during neuronal signalling. Advanced Science (2024) 11, 2402967. 10.1002/advs.202402967
- B. Mazumder, M. Lu, H. Rahmoune, et al., N. F. Läubli, C. F. Kaminski and G. S. Kaminski Schierle. Sea cucumber-derived extract can protect skin cells from oxidative DNA damage and mitochondrial degradation, and promote wound healing. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (2024) 180, 117466. 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117466
- A. E. Paiva, M. S. Gerlt, N. F. Läubli, et al. High-aspect-ratio nanoscale pores through BCP-based metal oxide masks and advanced dry etching. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023) 15, 57960–57969. 10.1021/acsami.3c09863
- M. Lu, C. N. Christensen, J. M. Weber, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. ERnet: A tool for the semantic segmentation and quantitative analysis of endoplasmic-reticulum topology for video-rate super-resolution imaging. Nature Methods (2023) 20, 569–579. 10.1038/s41592-023-01815-0
- T. Clerc, S. Boscq, R. Attia, G. S. Kaminski Schierle, B. Charrier* and N. F. Läubli*. Cultivation and imaging of S. latissima embryo monolayered cell sheets inside microfluidic devices. Bioengineering (2022) 9, 718. 10.3390/bioengineering9110718
- E. Saikia, N. F. Läubli, H. Vogler, et al. Mechanical factors contributing to the Venus flytrap’s rate-dependent response to stimuli. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2021) 20, 2287–2297. 10.1007/s10237-021-01507-8
- B. Charrier*, S. Boscq, B. J. Nelson and N. F. Läubli*. Growth and labelling of cell-wall components of the brown alga Ectocarpus in microfluidic chips. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021) 8, 745654. 10.3389/fmars.2021.745654
- N. F. Läubli*, M. S. Gerlt*, A. Wüthrich, et al. Embedded microbubbles for acoustic manipulation of single cells and microfluidic applications. Analytical Chemistry (2021) 93, 9760–9770. 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01209
- N. F. Läubli*, J. T. Burri*, J. Marquard, et al. 3D mechanical characterization of single cells and small organisms using acoustic manipulation and force microscopy. Nature Communications (2021) 12, 2583. 10.1038/s41467-021-22718-8
- M. S. Gerlt*, N. F. Läubli*, M. Manser, B. J. Nelson and J. Dual. Reduced etch lag and high aspect ratios by deep reactive ion etching. Micromachines (2021) 12, 542. 10.3390/mi12050542
- E. Saikia, N. F. Läubli, J. T. Burri, et al. Kinematics governing mechanotransduction in the sensory hair of the Venus flytrap. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021) 22, 280. 10.3390/ijms22010280
- J. T. Burri*, E. Saikia*, N. F. Läubli*, et al. A single touch can provide sufficient mechanical stimulation to trigger Venus flytrap closure. PLOS Biology (2020) 18, e3000740. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000740
- N. F. Läubli, N. Shamsudhin, H. Vogler, et al. 3D manipulation and imaging of plant cells using acoustically activated microbubbles. Small Methods (2019) 3, 1800527. 10.1002/smtd.201800527
- F. Mushtaq, H. Torlakcik, M. Hoop, et al., N. Läubli, et al. Motile piezoelectric nanoeels for targeted drug delivery. Advanced Functional Materials (2019) 29, 1808135. 10.1002/adfm.201808135
- J. T. Burri, H. Vogler, G. Munglani, N. F. Läubli, U. Grossniklaus and B. J. Nelson. A microrobotic system for simultaneous measurement of turgor pressure and cell-wall elasticity of individual growing plant cells. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2019) 4, 641–646. 10.1109/LRA.2019.2892582
- J. T. Burri, H. Vogler, N. F. Läubli, C. Hu, U. Grossniklaus and B. J. Nelson. Feeling the force: How pollen tubes deal with obstacles. New Phytologist (2018) 220, 187–195. 10.1111/nph.15260
- D. Ahmed, T. Baasch, N. Blondel, N. Läubli, J. Dual and B. J. Nelson. Neutrophil-inspired propulsion in a combined acoustic and magnetic field. Nature Communications (2017) 8, 770. 10.1038/s41467-017-00845-5
- C. Hu, H. Vogler, M. Aellen, et al., N. Läubli, U. Grossniklaus, S. Pané and B. J. Nelson. High-precision localized proton gradients and fluxes generated by a microelectrode device induce differential growth behaviours of pollen tubes. Lab on a Chip (2017) 17, 671–680. 10.1039/C6LC01307D
- N. Läubli, N. Shamsudhin, D. Ahmed and B. J. Nelson. Controlled three-dimensional rotation of single cells using acoustic waves. Procedia CIRP (2017) 65, 93–98. 10.1016/j.procir.2017.04.028
- N. Shamsudhin, N. Läubli, H. B. Atakan, et al. Massively parallelized pollen-tube guidance and mechanical measurements on a lab-on-a-chip platform. PLOS ONE (2016) 11, e0168138. 10.1371/journal.pone.0168138
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW OR PREPARATION
N. F. Läubli, C. Cutts, J. Hepworth, A. Fernandez-Villegas and G. S. Kaminski Schierle. CelBA: An open-source toolset for C. elegans behavioural analysis. In preparation.
N. F. Läubli, C. K. Yuen, L. Fricker, F. Dewulf, A. Fernandez-Villegas and G. S. Kaminski Schierle. Increased dietary cholesterol modulates neuronal activity during oligomeric phases of tauopathy. In preparation.
S. Kapsiani, S. Vora, A. Fernandez-Villegas, C. F. Kaminski, N. F. Läubli* and G. S. Kaminski Schierle*. Discovery of TDP-43 aggregation inhibitors via a hybrid machine-learning framework. Under review.
Y. Feng, A. D. Stephens, P. Vallejo Ramirez, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. Endogenous α-synuclein facilitates spontaneous dopamine release in a calcium- and phosphorylation-dependent manner. Under review.
M. Narciso, R. Jackob, A. Stracuzzi, et al., N. F. Läubli, et al. Senescence shifts endothelial alignment response to shear stress via E-selectin-dependent mechanisms. Under review.