Ever since technologies enabled the characterization of eukaryotic plasma membranes,
heterogeneities in the distributions of its constituents were observed. Over the years this led …

Molecular diffusion and transport processes are fundamental in physical, chemical, and
biological systems. Current approaches to measuring molecular transport in cells and …

Constitutive heterochromatin is an important component of eukaryotic genomes that has
essential roles in nuclear architecture, DNA repair and genome stability, and silencing of …

Punishment is a popular tool when governing commons in situations where free riders
would otherwise take over. It is well known that sanctioning systems, such as the police and …

Fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy data hold a wealth of information on the
investigated molecules, structures, or organisms. Nowadays, the same fluorescence data set …

Focal adhesions (FAs) have key roles in the interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix
(ECM) and in adhesion-mediated signaling. These dynamic, multi-protein structures sense …

The existence of specialized microdomains in plasma membranes, postulated for almost 25
years, has been popularized by the concept of lipid or membrane rafts. The idea that …

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) participate in ubiquitous transmembrane signal
transduction processes by activating heterotrimeric G proteins. In the current “canonical” …

Recent advances in optical microscopy instrumentation and processing techniques have led
to imaging that both breaks the diffraction barrier and enables sub-pixel resolution. This …

Raster image correlation spectroscopy (RICS) is a noninvasive technique to detect and
quantify events in a live cell, including concentration of molecules and diffusion coefficients …