Bottom-Up Assembly of Synthetic Cells with a DNA Cytoskeleton

Reconstitution of contractile actomyosin rings in vesicles

(2021) Thomas Litschel et al.   Nature Communications

Patterning Microtubule Network Organization Reshapes Cell-Like Compartments

(2021) Jessica G. Bermudez et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Reconstitution of Ultrawide DNA Origami Pores in Liposomes for Transmembrane Transport of Macromolecules

(2021) Alessio Fragasso et al.   ACS Nano

Light-Triggered Cargo Loading and Division of DNA-Containing Giant Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles

(2021) Yannik Dreher et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dynamic self-assembly of compartmentalized DNA nanotubes

(2021) Siddharth Agarwal et al.   Nature Communications

Proton gradients from light-harvesting E. coli control DNA assemblies for synthetic cells

(2021) Kevin Jahnke et al.   Nature Communications

Actin crosslinker competition and sorting drive emergent GUV size-dependent actin network architecture

(2021) Yashar Bashirzadeh et al.   Communications Biology

Active particles induce large shape deformations in giant lipid vesicles

(2020) Hanumantha Rao Vutukuri et al.   NATURE

Autonomous dynamic control of DNA nanostructure self-assembly

(2019) Leopold N. Green et al.   Nature Chemistry

One-Pot Assembly of Complex Giant Unilamellar Vesicle-Based Synthetic Cells

(2019) Kerstin Göpfrich et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Molecular form and function of the cytokinetic ring

(2019) MariaSanta C. Mangione et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Photosynthetic artificial organelles sustain and control ATP-dependent reactions in a protocellular system

(2018) Keel Yong Lee et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gold nanocrystal-mediated sliding of doublet DNA origami filaments

(2018) Maximilian J. Urban et al.   Nature Communications

Membrane sculpting by curved DNA origami scaffolds

(2018) Henri G. Franquelim et al.   Nature Communications

Charge-controlled microfluidic formation of lipid-based single- and multicompartment systems

(2018) Barbara Haller et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Adhesion of Active Cytoskeletal Vesicles

(2018) Renu Maan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics

(2017) Marian Weiss et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

DNA cytoskeleton for stabilizing artificial cells

(2017) Chikako Kurokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ion Channels Made from a Single Membrane-Spanning DNA Duplex

(2016) Kerstin Göpfrich et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-assembling DNA nanotubes to connect molecular landmarks

(2016) Abdul M. Mohammed et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A light-driven three-dimensional plasmonic nanosystem that translates molecular motion into reversible chiroptical function

(2016) Anton Kuzyk et al.   Nature Communications

Shape remodeling and blebbing of active cytoskeletal vesicles

(2016) E. Loiseau et al.   Science Advances

Amphipathic DNA Origami Nanoparticles to Scaffold and Deform Lipid Membrane Vesicles

(2015) Aleksander Czogalla et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cell-sized spherical confinement induces the spontaneous formation of contractile actomyosin rings in vitro

(2015) Makito Miyazaki et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA nanotube polymerization from single-filament measurements

(2015) Rizal F. Hariadi et al.   Chemical Science

Azobenzene Photoisomerization-Induced Destabilization of B-DNA

(2014) Mithun Biswas et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nanoscale Structure and Microscale Stiffness of DNA Nanotubes

(2013) Daniel Schiffels et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Assembled DNA Nanopores That Span Lipid Bilayers

(2013) Jonathan R. Burns et al.   NANO LETTERS

Directing Self-Assembly of DNA Nanotubes Using Programmable Seeds

(2013) Abdul M. Mohammed et al.   NANO LETTERS

A synthetic DNA motor that transports nanoparticles along carbon nanotubes

(2013) Tae-Gon Cha et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A DNA-based molecular motor that can navigate a network of tracks

(2012) Shelley F. J. Wickham et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synthetic Lipid Membrane Channels Formed by Designed DNA Nanostructures

(2012) M. Langecker et al.   SCIENCE

Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

(2010) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   NATURE

Rheological Characterization of the Bundling Transition in F-Actin Solutions Induced by Methylcellulose

(2008) Simone Köhler et al.   PLoS One