The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living
cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of …

Cells are constantly submitted to external mechanical stresses, which they must withstand
and respond to. By forming a physical boundary between cells and their environment that is …

Cell membranes become highly curved during membrane trafficking, cytokinesis, infection,
immune response, or cell motion. Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain proteins with their …

The importance of curvature as a structural feature of biological membranes has been
recognized for many years and has fascinated scientists from a wide range of different …

Building an artificial cell is a research area that is rigorously studied in the field of synthetic
biology. It has brought about much attention with the aim of ultimately constructing a natural …

Membrane sculpting and transformation is essential for many cellular functions, thus being
largely regulated by self-assembling and self-organizing protein coats. Their functionality is …

The dynamics of constituents and the surface response of cellular membranes—also in
connection to the binding of various particles and macromolecules to the membrane—are …

Malignancy is associated with changes in cell mechanics that contribute to extensive cell
deformation required for metastatic dissemination. We hypothesized that the cell-intrinsic …

Many cellular processes rely on precise and timely deformation of the cell membrane. While
many proteins participate in membrane reshaping and scission, usually in highly specialized …

Endosomal recycling of transmembrane proteins requires sequence-dependent recognition
of motifs present within their intracellular cytosolic domains. In this study, we have …