We discuss the hydrodynamic collective effects due to active protein molecules that are
immersed in lipid bilayer membranes and modeled as stochastic force dipoles. We …

We theoretically investigate the relaxation dynamics of a nearly flat binary lipid bilayer
membrane by taking into account the membrane tension, hydrodynamics of the surrounding …

We discuss the locomotion of a three-sphere microswimmer in a viscoelastic medium and
propose a new type of active microrheology. We derive a relation that connects the average …

We study the relaxation dynamics of a compressible bilayer vesicle with an asymmetry in the
viscosity of the inner and outer fluid medium. First we explore the stability of the vesicle free …

Utilising Onsager's variational formulation, we derive dynamical equations for the relaxation
of a fluid membrane tube in the limit of small deformation, allowing for a contrast of solvent …

We discuss thermal and active fluctuations of a compressible bilayer vesicle by using the
results of hydrodynamic theory for vesicles. Coupled Langevin equations for the membrane …

We theoretically investigate the dynamics of a floating lipid bilayer membrane coupled with a
two-dimensional cytoskeleton network, taking into account explicitly the intermonolayer …

Active motions of a biological membrane can be induced by nonthermal fluctuations that
occur in the outer environment of the membrane. We discuss the dynamics of a membrane …

Membrane tubes are structures ubiquitous in cells, and understanding their dynamics and
morphology is of vital importance for cellular biophysics. This thesis will discuss several …