Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …

Locomotion and transport of microorganisms in fluids is an essential aspect of life. Search
for food, orientation toward light, spreading of off-spring, and the formation of colonies are …

Trypanosoma brucei is a pathogenic unicellular eukaryote that infects humans and other
mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. A central feature of trypanosome biology is the single …

Biological microswimmers often inhabit a porous or crowded environment such as soil. In
order to understand how such a complex environment influences their spreading, we …

Extracellular vesicles (EV) secreted by pathogens function in a variety of biological
processes. Here, we demonstrate that in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei …

Active filament translocation through a confined space is crucial for diverse biological
processes. By using Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the translocation …

The 96-nm axonemal repeat includes dynein motors and accessory structures as the
foundation for motility of eukaryotic flagella and cilia. However, high-resolution 3D axoneme …

African trypanosomes thrive in the bloodstream and tissue spaces of a wide range of
mammalian hosts. Infections of cattle cause an enormous socio-economic burden in sub …

Interactions between microorganisms and solid boundaries play an important role in
biological processes, such as egg fertilization, biofilm formation, and soil colonization, where …

The incessant activity of swimming microorganisms has a direct physical effect on
surrounding microscopic objects, leading to enhanced diffusion far beyond the level of …