Publications

Physics of schistosomiasis

Hannebelle M, Ho I, N’Diaye A, Prakash M. Schistosomiasis parasites enhance transmission rates via interfacial swimming. bioRxiv, 2025. doi:10.1101/2025.05.13.653683

Physics of tuberculosis

Mishra R*, Hannebelle M*, Patil VP, Dubois A, Mouton CG, Kirsch GM, Dhar N, Jan M, Sharma K, Guex N, Sordet-Dessimoz J, Perez-Gil J, Prakash M, Knott GW, McKinney JD, Thacker VV. Mechanopathology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilm-like cords. Cell, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.016 *equal contributions

Hannebelle MTM, Ven JXY, Toniolo C, Eskandarian HA, Vuaridel-Thurre G, McKinney JD, Fantner GE. A biphasic growth model for cell pole elongation in mycobacteria. Nature Communications, 2020. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14088-z

Odermatt PD, Hannebelle MTM, Eskandarian HA, Nievergelt AP, McKinney JD, Fantner GE. Overlapping and essential roles for molecular and mechanical mechanisms in mycobacterial cell division. Nature Physics, 2020. doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0679-1

Eskandarian HA, Odermatt PD, Ven JXY, Hannebelle MTM, Nievergelt AP, Dhar N, McKinney JD, Fantner GE. Division site selection linked to inherited cell surface wave troughs in mycobacteria. Nature Microbiology, 2017. doi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.94

Open-source instrumentation and global health

Hannebelle M*, Raeth E*, Leitao S, Lukes T, Pospisil J, Toniolo C, Venzin O, Chrisnandy A, Swain P, Ronceray N, Lutolf M, Oates A, Hagen G, Lasser T, Radenovic A, McKinney J, Fantner G. Open-source microscope add-on for structured illumination microscopy. Nature Communications, 2024. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45567-7 *equal contributions

Kroo L, Kothari A, Hannebelle M, et al. Modified full-face snorkel masks as reusable personal protective equipment for hospital personnel. PLOS ONE, 2021. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244422

Methods and instrumentation

Desbiolles BXE, Hannebelle MTM, De Coulon E, Bertsch A, Rohr S, Fantner GE, Renaud P. Volcano-shaped scanning probe microscopy probe for combined force-electrogram recordings from excitable cells. Nano Letters, 2020. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01319

Peric O, Hannebelle M, Adams JD, Fantner GE. Microfluidic bacterial traps for simultaneous fluorescence and atomic force microscopy. Nano Research, 2017. doi:10.1007/s12274-017-1604-5