The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living
cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of …

Biological membranes constitute boundaries of cells and cell organelles. These membranes
are soft fluid interfaces whose thermodynamic states are dictated by bending moduli …

Specialized classes of proteins, working together in a tightly orchestrated manner, induce
and maintain highly curved cellular and organelles membrane morphology. Due to the …

Most viruses take advantage of endocytic pathways to gain entry into host cells and initiate
infections. Understanding of virus entry via endocytosis is critically important for the design …

The physiological properties of biological soft matter are the product of collective
interactions, which span many time and length scales. Recent computational modeling …

As ever larger and more complex biological systems are modeled in silico, approximating
physiological lipid bilayers with simple planar models becomes increasingly unrealistic. In …

The high complexity of biological membranes has motivated the development and
application of a wide range of model membrane systems to study biochemical and …

At the micron scale, where cell organelles display an amazing complexity in their shape and
organization, the physical properties of a biological membrane can be better-understood …

The membrane wrapping and internalization of nanoparticles, such as viruses and drug
nanocarriers, through clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) are vitally important for …

Biomechanical signals from remodeled extracellular matrix (ECM) promote tumor
progression. Here, we show that cell-matrix and cell-cell communication may be inherently …