Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Biomembranes constitute a basis for all compartments of live cells, and therefore, the
monitoring of their lipid organization is essential for understanding cell status and activity …

Cells and organelles are delimited by lipid bilayers in which high deformability is essential to
many cell processes, including motility, endocytosis and cell division. Membrane tension is …

3D bioprinting techniques have shown great promise in various fields of tissue engineering
and regenerative medicine. Yet, creating a tissue construct that faithfully represents the …

The aim of this work was to clarify the dynamics behind the influence of ionic strength on the
changes in drug release from large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). For this purpose, we have …

Organelles are dynamic yet highly organized to preserve cellular homeostasis. However, the
absence of time-resolved molecular tools for simultaneous dual-signal imaging of two …

Lipid membranes are extremely stable envelopes allowing cells to survive in various
environments and to maintain desired internal composition. Membrane permeation through …

Membrane curvature reflects physical forces operating on the lipid membrane, which plays
important roles in cellular processes. Here, we design a mechanosensitive DNA (MSD) …

A fundamental first step in the evolution of eukaryotes was infolding of the chemiosmotic
membrane of the endosymbiont. This allowed the proto-eukaryote to amplify ATP generation …

Lipid packing in cellular membranes has a direct effect on membrane tension and
microviscosity, and plays a central role in cellular adaptation, homeostasis and disease …