Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Max Planck Publications of Meissner Lab

The following publications were published exclusively under the affiliation of the Max Planck Society. For publications by the principal investigator outside of the Max Planck Society, see the links on the lower left.

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Cowley, C. J.; Sajjath, S. M.; Soto-Ugaldi, L. F.; Steiger, M.; Larsen, S. B.; Carroll, T.; Barrows, D.; Mattei, A. L.; Gonzales, K. A. U.; Wang, W. et al.; Li, K.; Meissner, A.; Kretzmer, H.; Pe’er, D.; Fuchs, E.: Distinctive DNA sequence features define epigenetic longevity of inflammatory memory. Science 391 (2026)

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Steiger, M.; Singh, N.; Tyers, A. M.; Kretzmer, H.; Valenzano, D. R.; Meissner, A.: The DNA methylation landscape of naturally short-lived killifish. Scientific Reports 16, 7173 (2026)

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Heß, A.; Kovacsovics, A.; Bachinger, F.; Vallier, L.; Kretzmer, H.; Meissner, A.: Non-disruptive in vitro monitoring of cellular states with cell-free DNA methylation. Genome Biology 27, 59 (2026)

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Heß, A.; Seelow, D.; Kretzmer, H.: DNAvi: integration, statistics, and visualization of cell-free DNA fragment traces. Bioinformatics (2026)

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Guckelberger, P.; Haut, L.; Tornisiello, R.; Kretzmer, H.; Meissner, A.: HELLS is required for maintaining proper DNA modification at human satellite repeats. Genome Biology (26) (2025)

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Hetzel, S.; Hodis , E.; Torlai Triglia, E.; Kovacsovics, A.; Steinmann , K.; Gnirke, A.; Cui, M.; McQuaid, D.; Weigert, R.; Pohl, G. et al.; Muzumdar, M. D.; Leyvraz, S.; Keilholz, U.; Yaspo, M.-L.; Regev, A.; Kretzmer, H.; Smith, Z.; Meissner, A.: Direct genetic transformation bypasses tumor-associated DNA methylation alterations. Genome Biology (26) (2025)

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Yagi, M.; Bonilla, G.; Hoetker, M. S.; Tsopoulidis, N.; Horng, J. E.; Haggerty, C.; Meissner, A.; Sadreyev, R. I.; Hock, H.; Hochedlinger, K.: Bivalent chromatin instructs lineage specification during hematopoiesis. Cell (2025)

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Wang, G.; Korody, M. L.; Brändl, B.; Hernandez-Toro, C. J.; Rohrandt, C.; Hong, K.; Pang, A. W. C.; Lee, J.; Migliorelli, G.; Stanke, M. et al.; Ford, S. M.; Pollmann, I.; Houck, M. L.; Lewin, H. A.; Lear, T. L.; Ryder, O. A.; Meissner, A.; Loring, J. F.; Müller, F.-J.: Genomic map of the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (20) (2025)

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Taguchi, A.; Magalhães, A. P.; Bolondi, A.; Lee, M.-K.; Kretzmer, H.; Wittler, L.; Hnisz, D.; Meissner, A.: Single-cell activation screen identifies hepatic maturation regulators with zonal resolution. Developmental Cell (2025)

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Hasenbein, T. P.; Hoelzl, S.; Smith, Z. D.; Gerhardinger, C.; Gonner, M. O. C.; Aguilar-Pimentel, A.; Amarie, O. V.; Becker, L.; Calzada-Wack, J.; Dragano, N. R. V. et al.; da Silva-Buttkus, P.; Garrett, L.; Hölter, S. M.; Kraiger, M.; Östereicher, M. A.; Rathkolb, B.; Sanz-Moreno, A.; Spielmann, N.; Wurst, W.; Gailus-Durner, V.; Fuchs, H.; Hrabě de Angelis, M.; Meissner, A.; Engelhardt, S.; Rinn, J. L.; Andergassen, D.: X-linked deletion of Crossfirre, Firre, and Dxz4 in vivo uncovers diverse phenotypes and combinatorial effects on autosomes. Nature Communications 15 (1), Article 10631 (2024)

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Stötzel, M.; Cheng, C.-Y.; Ilik, I. A.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Akbari-Omgba, P.; van der Weijden, V. A.; Zhang, Y.; Vingron, M.; Meissner, A.; Aktas, T. et al.; Kretzmer, H.; Bulut-Karslioglu, A.: TET activity safeguards pluripotency throughout embryonic dormancy. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 31 (10), pp. 1625 - 1639 (2024)

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Batki, J.; Hetzel, S.; Schifferl, D.; Bolondi, A.; Walther, M.; Wittler, L.; Grosswendt, S.; Herrmann, B. G.; Meissner, A.: Extraembryonic gut endoderm cells undergo programmed cell death during development. Nature Cell Biology 26 (6), pp. 868 - 877 (2024)

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Bolondi, A.; Law, B. K.; Kretzmer, H.; Gassaloglu, S. I.; Buschow, R.; Riemenschneider, C.; Yang, D.; Walther, M.; Veenvliet, J. V.; Meissner, A. et al.; Smith, Z. D.; Chan, M. M.: Reconstructing axial progenitor field dynamics in mouse stem cell-derived embryoids. Developmental Cell 59 (12), pp. 1489 - 1505 (2024)

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Sato, N. S.; Rosa , V. S.; Makhlouf, A.; Kretzmer, H.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Grosswendt, S.; Mattei, A. L.; Courbot, O.; Wolf, S.; Boulanger, J. et al.; Langevin, F.; Wiacek, M.; Karpinski, D.; Elosegui-Artola, A.; Meissner, A.; Zernicka-Goetz , M.; Shahbazi, M. N.: Basal delamination during mouse gastrulation primes pluripotent cells for differentiation. Developmental Cell 59 (10), pp. 1252 - 1268 (2024)

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Hauswedell , H.; Hetzel, S.; Gottlieb , S. G.; Kretzmer, H.; Meissner, A.; Reinert, K.: Lambda3: homology search for protein, nucleotide, and bisulfite-converted sequences. Bioinformatics 40 (3), Article btae097 (2024)

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Klever, M.-K.; Sträng , E.; Hetzel, S.; Jungnitsch, J.; Dolnik, A.; Schöpflin, R.; Schrezenmeier, J.-F.; Schick, F.; Blau, O.; Westermann, J. et al.; Rücker , F. G. ..; Xia, Z.; Döhner, K.; Schrezenmeier, H.; Spielmann, M.; Meissner, A.; Melo, U. S.; Mundlos, S.; Bullinger, L.: AML with complex karyotype: extreme genomic complexity revealed by combined long-read sequencing and Hi-C technology. Blood Advances 7 (21), pp. 6520 - 6531 (2023)

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Ravid Lustig, L.; Sampath Kumar, A.; Schwämmle, T.; Dunkel, I.; Noviello, G.; Limberg, E.; Weigert, R.; Pacini, G.; Buschow, R.; Ghauri, A. et al.; Stötzel, M.; Wittler, L.; Meissner, A.; Schulz, E. G.: GATA transcription factors drive initial Xist upregulation after fertilization through direct activation of long-range enhancers. Nature Cell Biology 25 (11), pp. 1704 - 1715 (2023)

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Hoetker, M. S.; Yagi, M.; Di Stefano, B.; Langerman, J.; Cristea, S.; Ping Wong, L.; Huebner, A. J.; Charlton, J.; Deng, W.; Haggerty, C. et al.; Sadreyev, R. I.; Meissner, A.; Michor, F.; Plath, K.; Hochedlinger, K.: H3K36 methylation maintains cell identity by regulating opposing lineage programmes. Nature Cell Biology 25, pp. 1121 - 1134 (2023)

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Sampath Kumar, A.; Tian, L.; Bolondi, A.; Aragonés Hernández, A.; Stickels, R.; Kretzmer, H.; Murray, E.; Wittler, L.; Walther, M.; Barakat, G. et al.; Haut, L.; Elkabetz, Y.; Macosko, E. Z.; Guignard, L.; Chen, F.; Meissner, A.: Spatiotemporal transcriptomic maps of whole mouse embryos at the onset of organogenesis. Nature Genetics 55 (7), pp. 1176 - 1185 (2023)

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Guo, H.; Vuille, J. A.; Wittner, B. S.; Lachtara, E. M.; Hou, Y.; Lin, M.; Zhao, T.; Raman, A. T.; Russell, H. C.; Reeves, B. A. et al.; Pleskow, H. M.; Wu, C.-L.; Gnirke, A.; Meissner, A.; Efstathiou, J. A.; Lee, R. J.; Toner, M.; Aryee, M. J.; Lawrence, M. S.; Miyamoto, D. T.; Maheswaran, S.; Haber, D. A.: DNA hypomethylation silences anti-tumor immune genes in early prostate cancer and CTCs. Cell 186 (13), pp. 2765 - 2782 (2023)

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