Dynamics of Growth and Form in Prebiotic Vesicles

Growth and division of active droplets provides a model for protocells

(2016) David Zwicker et al.   Nature Physics

Numerical simulations of three-dimensional foam by the immersed boundary method

(2014) Yongsam Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

ACaulobacter MreB mutant with irregular cell shape exhibits compensatory widening to maintain a preferred surface area to volume ratio

(2014) Leigh K. Harris et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The RNA World: molecular cooperation at the origins of life

(2014) Paul G. Higgs et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Immersed Boundary Method for Variable Viscosity and Variable Density Problems Using Fast Constant-Coefficient Linear Solvers II: Theory

(2014) Thomas G. Fai et al.   SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

Excess Membrane Synthesis Drives a Primitive Mode of Cell Proliferation

(2013) Romain Mercier et al.   CELL

Immersed Boundary Method for Variable Viscosity and Variable Density Problems Using Fast Constant-Coefficient Linear Solvers I: Numerical Method and Results

(2013) Thomas G. Fai et al.   SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

L-form bacteria, cell walls and the origins of life

(2013) J. Errington   Open Biology

The Immersed Boundary Method for Two-Dimensional Foam with Topological Changes

(2012) Yongsam Kim et al.   Communications in Computational Physics

Intracellular Vesicles as Reproduction Elements in Cell Wall-Deficient L-Form Bacteria

(2012) Yves Briers et al.   PLoS One

Three-dimensional analysis of lipid vesicle transformations

(2012) Ai Sakashita et al.   Soft Matter

Crucial Role for Membrane Fluidity in Proliferation of Primitive Cells

(2012) Romain Mercier et al.   Cell Reports

An optimal degree of physical and chemical heterogeneity for the origin of life?

(2011) J. W. Szostak   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Physical effects underlying the transition from primitive to modern cell membranes

(2011) I. Budin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Expanding Roles for Diverse Physical Phenomena During the Origin of Life

(2010) Itay Budin et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Self-Reproduction of Fatty Acid Vesicles: A Combined Experimental and Simulation Study

(2010) Albert J. Markvoort et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Flip-Flop-Induced Relaxation of Bending Energy: Implications for Membrane Remodeling

(2009) R.J. Bruckner et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Growth and shape transformations of giant phospholipid vesicles upon interaction with an aqueous oleic acid suspension

(2009) Primož Peterlin et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Vesicle Deformation by Draining: Geometrical and Topological Shape Changes

(2009) A. J. Markvoort et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Coupled Growth and Division of Model Protocell Membranes

(2009) Ting F. Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Life without a wall or division machine in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) M. Leaver et al.   NATURE

Vesicles under simple shear flow: Elucidating the role of relevant control parameters

(2009) Badr Kaoui et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Measurement of the membrane curvature preference of phospholipids reveals only weak coupling between lipid shape and leaflet curvature

(2009) Marzuk M. Kamal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution and self-assembly of protocells

(2008) Ricard V. Solé   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY