Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

The ability of a eukaryotic cell to resist deformation, to transport intracellular cargo and to
change shape during movement depends on the cytoskeleton, an interconnected network of …

There is considerable interest in preparing cell‐sized giant unilamellar vesicles from natural
or nonnatural amphiphiles because a giant vesicle membrane resembles the self‐closed …

Liposome structures have a wide range of applications in biology, biochemistry, and
biophysics. As a result, several methods for forming liposomes have been developed. This …

During endocytosis, energy is invested to narrow the necks of cargo-containing plasma
membrane invaginations to radii at which the opposing segments spontaneously coalesce …

Giant unilamellar vesicles or GUVs are systems of choice as biomimetic models of cellular
membranes. Although a variety of procedures exist for making single walled vesicles of tens …

Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

BAR domain proteins contribute to membrane deformation in diverse cellular processes.
The inverted-BAR (I-BAR) protein IRSp53, for instance, is found on the inner leaflet of the …

Synthetic cells are engineered vesicles that can mimic one or more salient features of life.
These features include directed localization, sense‐and‐respond behavior, gene …

Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal
mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular …