The maintenance of heterogeneous lipid compositions among cellular membranes is key to
biological function. Yet, even the simplest process that could be responsible for maintaining …

The collective behavior of lipids with diverse chemical and physical features determines a
membrane's thermodynamic properties. Yet, the influence of lipid physicochemical …

Understanding the process of membrane insertion is an essential step in developing a
detailed mechanism, for example, for peripheral membrane protein association and …

Transmembrane exchange of materials is a fundamental process in biology. Molecular
dynamics provides a powerful method to investigate in great detail various aspects of the …

Chemical means of manipulating the distribution of lipids across biological membranes is of
considerable interest for many biomedical applications as a characteristic lipid distribution is …

Lipid membranes that surround each biological cell and its various compartments host
chemical reactions of paramount importance for the cell. Proteins embedded in the lipid …

Cholesterol-rich lipid rafts are found to facilitate membrane fusion, central to processes like
viral entry, fertilization, and neurotransmitter release. While the fusion process involves local …

There is no comprehensive model for the dynamics of cellular membranes. Even
mechanisms of basic dynamic processes, such as lateral diffusion of lipids, are poorly …

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of biological membranes have achieved such levels
of sophistication that are commonly used to predict unresolved structures and various …

Biomembrane interfaces create regions of slowed water dynamics in their vicinity. When two
lipid bilayers come together, this effect is further accentuated, and the associated slowdown …