A fluid lipid membrane transmits stresses and torques that are fully determined by its
geometry. They can be described by a stress-and torque-tensor, respectively, which yield …

Computational 'microscopy'refers to the use of computational resources to simulate the
dynamics of a molecular system. Tuned to cell membranes, this computational …

The interplay of membrane proteins is vital for many biological processes, such as cellular
transport, cell division, and signal transduction between nerve cells. Theoretical …

Clustering of extracellular ligands and proteins on the plasma membrane is required to
perform specific cellular functions, such as signaling and endocytosis. Attractive forces that …

Specialized proteins serve as scaffolds sculpting strongly curved membranes of intracellular
organelles. Effective membrane shaping requires segregation of these proteins into …

Membrane-induced interactions play an important role in organizing membrane proteins.
Measurements of the interactions between two and three membrane deforming objects have …

Understanding the interactions between surface-functionalized gold nanoparticles (NPs)
and lipid bilayers is necessary to guide the design of NPs for biomedical applications …

Nanoparticles adsorbed on a membrane can induce deformations of the membrane that
give rise to effective interactions between the particles. Previous studies have focused …

The assembly of banana-shaped rodlike proteins on membranes and the associated
membrane shape transformations are investigated by analytical theory and coarse-grained …

By means of a multipolar expansion, we study analytically and numerically the interaction, in
tensionless membranes, between multiple identical curvature-inducing membrane …