Exposure of biological cells to high-voltage, short-duration electric pulses causes a transient
increase in their plasma membrane permeability, allowing transmembrane transport of …

Cell membranes contain a large variety of lipid types and are crowded with proteins,
endowing them with the plasticity needed to fulfill their key roles in cell functioning. The …

During the last decades, many novel techniques of food processing have been developed in
response to growing demand for safe and high quality food products. Nowadays, consumers …

Coarse-grained (CG) simulations have become an essential tool to study a large variety of
biomolecular processes, exploring temporal and spatial scales inaccessible to traditional …

Molecular permeation through lipid membranes is a fundamental biological process that is
important for small neutral molecules and drug molecules. Precise characterization of free …

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) has established a clinical niche as an alternative to thermal
ablation for the eradication of unresectable tumors, particularly those near critical vascular …

Antimicrobial peptides encompass a number of different classes, including those that are
rich in a particular amino acid. An important subset are peptides rich in Arg and Trp …

Overcoming the physiological barriers in the eye remains a key obstacle in the field of ocular
drug delivery. While ocular barriers naturally have a protective function, they also limit drug …

Enzyme reactions that involve strong coupling between proton and electron transfer are of
fundamental importance in biology. This is particularly evident in the reactions of primary …

Single-molecule biophysics has transformed our understanding of biology, but also of the
physics of life. More exotic than simple soft matter, biomatter lives far from thermal …