Encapsulated actomyosin patterns drive cell-like membrane shape changes

Induced Arp2/3 Complex Depletion Increases FMNL2/3 Formin Expression and Filopodia Formation

(2021) Vanessa Dimchev et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Actin bundle architecture and mechanics regulate myosin II force generation

(2021) Kimberly L. Weirich et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Reconstitution of contractile actomyosin rings in vesicles

(2021) Thomas Litschel et al.   Nature Communications

The biochemical composition of the actomyosin network sets the magnitude of cellular traction forces

(2021) Somanna Kollimada et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Fascin-induced actin protrusions are suppressed by dendritic networks in giant unilamellar vesicles

(2021) Nadab H. Wubshet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

(2021) Yashar Bashirzadeh et al.   Communications Biology

Synthetic Cell as a Platform for Understanding Membrane-Membrane Interactions

(2021) Bineet Sharma et al.   Membranes

Tug-of-war between actomyosin-driven antagonistic forces determines the positioning symmetry in cell-sized confinement

(2020) Ryota Sakamoto et al.   Nature Communications

Actin-Membrane Release Initiates Cell Protrusions

(2020) Erik S. Welf et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Molecular Mechanism of Cytokinesis

(2019) Thomas D. Pollard et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Scaling behaviour in steady-state contracting actomyosin networks

(2019) Maya Malik-Garbi et al.   Nature Physics

Anchoring of actin to the plasma membrane enables tension production in the fission yeast cytokinetic ring

(2019) Shuyuan Wang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Non-intrusive measurement of wall shear stress in flow channels

(2018) Yashar Bashirzadeh et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

The Actin Cytoskeleton and Actin-Based Motility

(2018) Tatyana Svitkina   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Origin, Organization, Dynamics, and Function of Actin and Actomyosin Networks at the T Cell Immunological Synapse

(2018) John A. Hammer et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Mechanical Response of an Epithelial Island Subject to Uniaxial Stretch on a Hybrid Silicone Substrate

(2018) Yashar Bashirzadeh et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Self-organizing actin patterns shape membrane architecture but not cell mechanics

(2017) M. Fritzsche et al.   Nature Communications

Fascin- and α-Actinin-Bundled Networks Contain Intrinsic Structural Features that Drive Protein Sorting

(2016) Jonathan D. Winkelman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Architecture and Connectivity Govern Actin Network Contractility

(2016) Hajer Ennomani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Actin-binding proteins: the long road to understanding the dynamic landscape of cellular actin networks

(2016) Pekka Lappalainen   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Cell-sized liposome doublets reveal active tension build-up driven by acto-myosin dynamics

(2016) V. Caorsi et al.   Soft Matter

Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins

(2016) Thomas D. Pollard   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Disordered actomyosin networks are sufficient to produce cooperative and telescopic contractility

(2016) Ian Linsmeier et al.   Nature Communications

Octanol-assisted liposome assembly on chip

(2016) Siddharth Deshpande et al.   Nature Communications

Shape remodeling and blebbing of active cytoskeletal vesicles

(2016) E. Loiseau et al.   Science Advances

Reconstituting the actin cytoskeleton at or near surfaces in vitro

(2015) Rodrigo Cáceres et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Mechanics of Biomimetic Liposomes Encapsulating an Actin Shell

(2015) Karine Guevorkian et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

(2015) Makito Miyazaki et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanism of Cytokinetic Contractile Ring Constriction in Fission Yeast

(2014) Matthew R. Stachowiak et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Segmentation and quantification of subcellular structures in fluorescence microscopy images using Squassh

(2014) Aurélien Rizk et al.   Nature Protocols

Actin Dynamics, Architecture, and Mechanics in Cell Motility

(2014) Laurent Blanchoin et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Actin polymerization or myosin contraction: two ways to build up cortical tension for symmetry breaking

(2013) K. Carvalho et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cell-sized liposomes reveal how actomyosin cortical tension drives shape change

(2013) K. Carvalho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanisms of cytokinesis in budding yeast

(2012) Carsten Wloka et al.   Cytoskeleton

Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

(2012) K. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

(2012) A.-C. Reymann et al.   SCIENCE

Reconstitution of Contractile Actomyosin Bundles

(2011) Todd Thoresen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Continuous droplet interface crossing encapsulation (cDICE) for high throughput monodisperse vesicle design

(2011) Manouk Abkarian et al.   Soft Matter

Role of cortical tension in bleb growth

(2009) J.-Y. Tinevez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Organized Podosomes Are Dynamic Mechanosensors

(2008) Olivier Collin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Membrane-induced bundling of actin filaments

(2008) Allen P. Liu et al.   Nature Physics

Blebs lead the way: how to migrate without lamellipodia

(2008) Guillaume Charras et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Arp2/3 Branched Actin Network Mediates Filopodia-Like Bundles Formation In Vitro

(2008) Yaron Ideses et al.   PLoS One

High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances

(2007) Benedikt Sabass et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL