In 2022, a global outbreak of Mpox (formerly monkeypox) occurred in various countries
across Europe and America and rapidly spread to more than 100 countries and regions. The …

Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

Tight coupling between biochemical and mechanical properties of the actin cytoskeleton
drives a large range of cellular processes including polarity establishment, morphogenesis …

Motile cells extend a leading edge by assembling a branched network of actin filaments that
produces physical force as the polymers grow beneath the plasma membrane. A core set of …

The gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a
highly fatal opportunistic foodborne infection. Pregnant women, neonates, the elderly, and …

Human monkeypox was first recognized outside Africa in 2003 during an outbreak in the
USA that was traced to imported monkeypox virus (MPXV)-infected West African rodents …

The cellular functions of the actin cytoskeleton require precise regulation of both the
initiation of actin polymerization and the organization of the resulting filaments. The actin …

Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) and WASP-family verprolin-homologous protein
(WAVE) family proteins are scaffolds that link upstream signals to the activation of the …

Despite the success of the WHO-led smallpox eradication programme a quarter of a century
ago, there remains considerable fear that variola virus, or other related pathogenic …

Viral infection converts the normal functions of a cell to optimize viral replication and virion
production. One striking observation of this conversion is the reconfiguration and …