Tremendous progress has been made in recent years in understanding the working of the
living cell, including its micro-anatomy, signalling networks, and regulation of genes …

Cell adhesion is a paradigm of the ubiquitous interplay of cell signalling, modulation of
material properties and biological functions of cells. It is controlled by competition of short …

Shape fluctuations of lipid membranes have intrigued cell biologists and physicists alike. In
the cellular context, their origin—thermal or active—and their physiological significance are …

The integrity of living tissues is maintained by adhesion domains of trans-bonds formed
between cadherin proteins residing on opposing membranes of neighbouring cells. These …

Stochastic displacements or fluctuations of biological membranes are increasingly
recognized as an important aspect of many physiological processes, but hitherto their …

Microtubule-dependent organization of membranous organelles occurs through motor-
based pulling and by coupling microtubule dynamics to membrane remodeling. For …

Spreading of T cells on antigen presenting cells is a crucial initial step in immune response.
Spreading occurs through rapid morphological changes concomitant with the reorganization …

Three types of surface tensions can be defined for lipid membranes: the internal tension, σ,
conjugated to the real membrane area in the Hamiltonian, the mechanical frame tension, τ …

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) adhering to supported bilayers were used as a model
system to mimic ligand–receptor mediated cell-cell adhesion. We present the effect of …

A new instrument is presented for investigating interactions between individual colloidal
particles, emulsion droplets, foam bubbles, and other particle–particle or particle–surface …