Scientific publications by Roman Vetter, PhD

Contents

• Journal papers
• Book chapters
• Theses

Journal papers

	[36] The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree Malte Mederacke, Kevin A. Yamauchi, Nikolaos Doumpas, Laura Schaumann, Jonathan Sperl, Thomas Weikert, D. Merrill Dane, Connie C. W. Hsia, Maurice Pradella, Jens Bremerich, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2025.01.13.632436 Video 1 Video 2
	[35] The first two blastomeres contribute unequally to the human embryo Sergi Junyent, Maciej Meglicki, Roman Vetter, Rachel Mandelbaum, Catherine King, Ekta M. Patel, Lisa Iwamoto-Stohl, Clare Reynell, Dong-Yuan Chen, Patrizia Rubino, Nabil Arrach, Richard J. Paulson, Dagmar Iber, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Cell 187, 2838-2854 (2024)
	[34] Disorder-to-order transition of long fibers contained in evaporating sessile drops Shatadru Sannyamath, Roman Vetter, Henning Bonart, Maximilian Hartmann, Ranjan Ganguly, Steffen Hardt Soft Matter 20, 3107-3117 (2024) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2403.03836 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
	[33] Reply to: Assessing the precision of morphogen gradients in neural tube development Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Nature Communications 15, 930 (2024) Preprint PDF (supersedes the published version), also available on arXiv:2402.00781
	[32] Morphogen gradients can convey position and time in growing tissues Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2023.08.28.555133
	[31] Morphometry and mechanical instability at the onset of epithelial bladder cancer Franziska L. Lampart, Roman Vetter, Kevin A. Yamauchi, Yifan Wang, Steve Runser, Nico Strohmeyer, Florian Meer, Marie-Didiée Hussherr, Gieri Camenisch, Hans-Helge Seifert, Cyrill A. Rentsch, Clémentine Le Magnen, Daniel J. Müller, Lukas Bubendorf, Dagmar Iber Nature Physics 21, 279-288 (2025) (news feature, cover image) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2023.08.17.553533
	[30] Geometric mapping from rectilinear material orthotropy to isotropy: Insights into plates and shells Wenqian Sun, Cody Rasmussen, Roman Vetter, Jayson Paulose Physical Review E 108, 065003 (2023) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2307.15746
	[29] PolyHoop: Soft particle and tissue dynamics with topological transitions Roman Vetter, Steve V. M. Runser, Dagmar Iber Computer Physics Communications 299, 109128 (2024) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2307.15006 Video 1 (SNSF scientific image competition award) Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Free source code available at data.mendeley.com
	[28] SimuCell3D: three-dimensional simulation of tissue mechanics with cell polarization Steve Runser, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Nature Computational Science 4, 299-309 (2024) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2023.03.28.534574 Video 1 Video 2 Free source code available at git.bsse.ethz.ch
	[27] 2D effects enhance precision of gradient-based tissue patterning Yuchong Long, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber iScience 26, 107880 (2023) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2023.03.13.532369
	[26] Patterning precision under non-linear morphogen decay and molecular noise Jan A. Adelmann, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber eLife 12, e84757 (2023) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2022.11.04.514993
	[25] Geometric effects position renal vesicles during kidney development Malte Mederacke, Lisa Conrad, Nikolaos Doumpas, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Cell Reports 42, 113526 (2023) (cover image) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2022.08.30.505859 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
	[24] Bacterial biofilms use chiral branches to escape crowded environments by tracking oxygen gradient Mustafa Basaran, Tevfik C. Yüce, Yusuf I. Yaman, Roman Vetter, Askin Kocabas Preprint available on arXiv:2208.09730
	[23] Relationship between epithelial organization and morphogen interpretation Dagmar Iber, Roman Vetter Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 75, 101916 (2022) (review) Preprint PDF
	[22] 3D organisation of cells in pseudostratified epithelia Dagmar Iber, Roman Vetter Frontiers in Physics 10, 898160 (2022) (perspective) Preprint PDF
	[21] The impact of cell size on morphogen gradient precision Jan A. Adelmann, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Development 150, dev201702 (2023) (highlight) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2022.02.02.478800
	[20] Hinge point emergence in mammalian spinal neurulation Veerle de Goederen, Roman Vetter, Katie McDole, Dagmar Iber Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119, e2117075119 (2022) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2021.10.22.465433 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
	[19] Precision of morphogen gradients in neural tube development Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Nature Communications 13, 1145 (2022) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2021.04.20.440728
	[18] 3D cell neighbour dynamics in growing pseudostratified epithelia Harold F. Gómez, Mathilde S. Dumond, Leonie Hodel, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber eLife 10, e68135 (2021) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2021.03.05.434123 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
	[17] Large-scale orientational order in bacterial colonies during inward growth Mustafa Basaran, Yusuf I. Yaman, Tevfik C. Yüce, Roman Vetter, Askin Kocabas eLife 11, e72187 (2022) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2008.05545 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
	[16] The biomechanical basis of biased epithelial tube elongation in lung and kidney development Lisa Conrad, Steve V. M. Runser, Harold F. Gómez, Christine M. Lang, Mathilde S. Dumond, Aleksandra Sapala, Laura Schaumann, Odyssé Michos, Roman Vetter, Dagmar Iber Development 148, dev194209 (2021) (interview) Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 2020.06.22.166231 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
	[15] Aboav-Weaire's law in epithelia results from an angle constraint in contiguous polygonal lattices Roman Vetter, Marco Kokic, Harold Gómez, Leonie Hodel, Bruno Gjeta, Antonella Iannini, Gema Villa-Fombuena, Fernando Casares, Dagmar Iber Preprint PDF, also available on bioRxiv 591461
	[14] Collapse of orthotropic spherical shells Gautam Munglani, Falk K. Wittel, Roman Vetter, Filippo Bianchi, Hans J. Herrmann Physical Review Letters 123, 058002 (2019) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1903.09476 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
	[13] Emergence of active nematics in chaining bacterial biofilms Yusuf I. Yaman, Esin Demir, Roman Vetter, Askin Kocabas Nature Communications 10, 2285 (2019) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1811.12076 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5
	[12] Experimental parameter uncertainty in proton exchange membrane fuel cell modeling. Part II: Sensitivity analysis and importance ranking Roman Vetter, Jürgen O. Schumacher Journal of Power Sources 439, 126529 (2019) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1811.10093
	[11] Experimental parameter uncertainty in proton exchange membrane fuel cell modeling. Part I: Scatter in material parameterization Roman Vetter, Jürgen O. Schumacher Journal of Power Sources 438, 227018 (2019) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1811.10091
	[10] Free open reference implementation of a two-phase PEM fuel cell model Roman Vetter, Jürgen O. Schumacher Computer Physics Communications 234, 222-234 (2019) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1811.09811 Free source code available at data.mendeley.com
	[9] Modeling the effects of using gas diffusion layers with patterned wettability for advanced water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells Jaka Dujc, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, Philip Marmet, Magali Cochet, Roman Vetter, Jürgen O. Schumacher Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 15, 021001 (2018) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2007.15571
	[8] Particle-fluid-structure interaction for debris flow impact on flexible barriers Alessandro Leonardi, Falk K. Wittel, Miller Mendoza, Roman Vetter, Hans J. Herrmann Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 31, 323-333 (2016) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1409.8034 Video
	[7] Packing of elastic wires in flexible shells Roman Vetter, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann EPL 112, 44003 (2015) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1504.00776 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
	[6] Orthotropic rotation-free thin shell elements Gautam Munglani, Roman Vetter, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann Computational Mechanics 56, 785-793 (2015) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1508.00347 Video
	[5] Morphogenesis of filaments growing in flexible confinements Roman Vetter, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann Nature Communications 5, 4437 (2014) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1407.4571 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5
	[4] Simulating thin sheets: buckling, wrinkling, folding and growth Roman Vetter, Norbert Stoop, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann Journal of Physics: Conference Series 487, 012012 (2014) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1507.08758 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5
	[3] Subdivision shell elements with anisotropic growth Roman Vetter, Norbert Stoop, Thomas Jenni, Falk K. Wittel, Hans J. Herrmann International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 95, 791-810 (2013) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1208.4434 Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5
	[2] Finite element simulation of dense wire packings Roman Vetter, Falk K. Wittel, Norbert Stoop, Hans J. Herrmann European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids 37, 160-171 (2013) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:1111.5128 Video 1 Video 2
	[1] Simulating isothermal aging of snow Roman Vetter, Stephan Sigg, Herman M. Singer, Dirk Kadau, Hans J. Herrmann, Martin Schneebeli EPL 89, 26001 (2010) Preprint PDF, also available on arXiv:2007.15379 Video 1 Video 2

Book chapters

Coordination of nephrogenesis with branching of the urinary collecting system, the vasculature and the nervous system Dagmar Iber, Malte Mederacke, Roman Vetter Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 163: Kidney Development and Regeneration, Chapter 3 (2025) Offprint PDF

Theses

	Growth, Interaction and Packing of Thin Objects Roman Vetter PhD Thesis (2015), Dissertation no. 22484, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zürich Thesis PDF, also available in the ETH Research Collection
	The Worm Algorithm for the CP(N-1) Model Roman Vetter Semester Paper (2011), Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich Thesis PDF, also available in the ETH Research Collection