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 …

Reversible supramolecular bonds play an important role in materials science and in
biological systems. The equilibrium between open and closed bonds and the association …

Fluctuations of surfaces that harbor reactive molecules interacting across the intervening
space strongly influence the reaction kinetics. One such paradigmatic system is the cell …

We present a comprehensive model for the nucleation of domains in membrane adhesion.
We determine the critical number of bonds in a nucleus and calculate the probability …

The multivalent carbohydrate–carbohydrate interaction between membrane-anchored
epitopes derived from the marine sponge Microciona prolifera has been explored by …

Macromolecular complexation leading to coupling of two or more cellular membranes is a
crucial step in a number of biological functions of the cell. While other mechanisms may also …

Cell adhesions to the extracellular matrix and to neighboring cells are fundamental to cell
behavior and have also been implemented into minimal synthetic cells, which are …