We give an extended review of recent numerical and analytical studies on semiflexible
chains near surfaces undertaken at Institut Charles Sadron (sometimes in collaboration) with …

FtsZ is a key component in bacterial cell division, being the primary protein of the
presumably contractile Z ring. In vivo and in vitro, it shows two distinctive features that could …

ESCRT-III proteins assemble into ubiquitous membrane-remodeling polymers during many
cellular processes. Here we describe the structure of helical membrane tubes that are …

The large GTPase dynamin catalyzes membrane fission in eukaryotic cells, but despite three
decades of experimental work, competing and partially conflicting models persist regarding …

Dynamin 1 (Dyn1) GTPase, a principal driver of membrane fission during synaptic
endocytosis, self-assembles into short mechanoactive helices cleaving the necks of …

In this article we investigate a system of geometric evolution equations describing a
curvature driven motion of a family of three-dimensional curves in the normal and binormal …

The 3D protein structure is the basis for all their biological functions. For more than 50 years,
obtaining this structure has been difficult, costly, and sometimes impossible. Molecular …

The toxicity of botulinum multi-domain neurotoxins (BoNTs) arises from a sequence of
molecular events, in which the translocation of the catalytic domain through the membrane …

The natural configuration of an intrinsically curved and twisted filament is uniquely a helix so
that it can be referred to as a helical filament. We find that confining a helical filament on a …

FtsZ is a key component in bacterial cell division, being the primary protein of the 15
presumably contractile Z ring. In vivo and in vitro, it shows two distinctive features that could …