Cellular membranes are complex structures and simplified analogues in the form of model
membranes or biomembranes are used as platforms to understand fundamental properties …

The microstructure of milk fat in processed dairy products is poorly known despite its
importance in their functional, sensorial and nutritional properties. However, for the last 10 …

Although massive membrane rearrangements occur during cell division, little is known about
specific roles that lipids might play in this process. We report that the lipidome changes with …

Biological membranes define not only the cell boundaries but any compartment within the
cell. To some extent, the functionality of membranes is related to the elastic properties of the …

Lipids are a major class of biological molecules and play many key roles in different
processes. The diversity of lipids is on the same order of magnitude as that of proteins: cells …

Cholesterol (Chol) plays the essential function of regulating the physical properties of the
cell membrane by controlling the lipid organization and phase behavior and, thus, managing …

Both natural as well as artificial vesicles are of tremendous interest in biology and
nanomedicine. Small vesicles (< 200 nm) perform essential functions in cell biology and …

In many liposome applications, the nanomechanical properties of the membrane envelope
are essential to ensure, eg, physical stability, protection, or penetration into tissues. Of all …

Understanding the effect of mechanical stress on biological membranes is of fundamental
importance in biology since cells are known to perform their function under the effect of a …

Malaria is the most serious mosquito‐borne parasitic disease, caused mainly by the
intracellular parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite invades human red blood cells …