Curving biological membranes establishes the complex architecture of the cell and mediates
membrane traffic to control flux through subcellular compartments. Common molecular …

The bottom‐up construction of a synthetic cell from nonliving building blocks capable of
mimicking cellular properties and behaviors helps to understand the particular biophysical …

There is considerable interest in preparing cell‐sized giant unilamellar vesicles from natural
or nonnatural amphiphiles because a giant vesicle membrane resembles the self‐closed …

Biological membranes exhibit various function-related shapes, and the mechanism by which
these shapes are created is largely unclear. Here, we classify possible curvature-generating …

Integrin-mediated adhesion is regulated by multiple features of the adhesive surface,
including its chemical composition, topography, and physical properties. In this study we …

Exosomes are part of the family of “bioactive vesicles” and appear to be involved in distal
communications between cells. They vehiculate bioactive lipids and lipolytic enzymes and …

Phospholipids (PLs) with polyunsaturated acyl chains are extremely abundant in a few
specialized cellular organelles such as synaptic vesicles and photoreceptor discs, but their …

The invention of optical tweezers more than three decades ago has opened new avenues in
the study of the mechanical properties of biological molecules and cells. Quantitative force …

The diverse structure and regulated deformation of lipid bilayer membranes are among a
cell's most fascinating features. Artificial membrane-bound vesicles, known as liposomes …

Membrane scission is essential for intracellular trafficking. While BAR domain proteins such
as endophilin have been reported in dynamin-independent scission of tubular membrane …