Publications
Hsp90's mechano-chemical cycle is dominated by thermal fluctuations
PNAS (2012), 109, 1, 161–166
Single-Molecule Detection and Manipulation
Comprehensive Polymer Science - 2nd edition (Elsevier), in press
Effect of ionic strength and layer number on swelling of polyelectrolyte multilayers in water vapour
Soft Materials, in press
Mitotic Spindle Orients Perpendicular to the Forces Imposed by Dynamic Shear
PLOSone, 6, e28965 Link:
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The complex folding network of single calmodulin molecules
Science, 334, 512-516
Fast-folding {alpha}-helices as reversible strain absorbers in the muscle protein myomesin
PNAS 34:14139-44
Molecular architecture of the Spire–actin nucleus and its implication for actin filament assembly
PNAS, early edition, 1-6 Link: [download]
Collective Dynamics of Active Cytoskeletal Networks
Public Library of Science PLoS ONE 6(8): e23798 Link: [download]
Fragmentation Is Crucial for the Steady-State Dynamics of Actin Filaments
Biophysical Journal, 101, 803-808 Link: [download]
Forced desorption of polymers from interfaces
New Journal of Physcis, 13, 013025
Polar pattern formation: hydrodynamic coupling of driven filaments.
Soft Matter, 7, 3213-3218 Link: [download]
Structure formation in active networks
Nature Materials, 10, 462–468 Link: [download]
[see also N&V]
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On the mechanical stability of filopodia
Biophys. J. 100 1–10
Quantal law of immune response
New J Phys. in press
Regulatory Posttranslational Modifications in Hsp90 Can Be Compensated by Cochaperone Aha1
Molecular Cell, 41 (6), 619-620
Slow down of actin depolymerization by cross-linking molecules
Journal of Structural Biology, 173, 350-357 Link: [download]
Slow dynamics and internal stress relaxation in bundled cytoskeletal networks
Nature Materials, 10, 236-242 Link: [download]
Complex Unfolding Kinetics of Single-Domain Proteins in the Presence of Force
Biophysical Journal 99:1620-1627
The dynamics of Hsp90 C-terminal dimerization is an important part of its conformational cycle
PNAS, 107, 16101 - 1630 Link: [download]
Bio-inspired novel design principles for artificial molecular motors
Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 21, 683 - 689 Link: [download}
Polymer Carpets
Small, 6, 1623 - 1630
Structural and Mechanical Hierarchies in the alpha-Crystallin Domain Dimer of the Hyperthermophilic Small Heat Shock Protein Hsp16.5
Journal of Molecular Biology 400:1046-1056
The Lever Arm Effects a Mechanical Asymmetry of the Myosin-V-Actin Bond
Biophysical Journal 98:277-281
Full distance-resolved folding energy landscape of one single protein molecule
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:2013-2018
Alternating-site mechanism of kinesin-1 characterized by single-molecule FRET using fluorescent ATP analogues
Biophys J. 97:173-82 Link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19580755
Aging of Hydrogenated and Oxidized Diamond
Adv. Mater., 22, 398
Regulation of a heterodimeric kinesin-2 through an unprocessive motor domain that is turned processive by its partner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:10460-10465
Pulling a single molecule off a substrate reveals binding thermodynamics of cosolutes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 4730 - 4733
Diffusive spreading of time-dependent pressures in elastic microfluidic devices.
Lab on a Chip, 10, 8, 1025-1029 [Download]
Structural insight into M-band assembly and mechanics from the titin-obscurin-like-1 complex
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:2908-2913
Lehrbuch der Biophysik
WileyVCH Verlag, Weinheim
Physics of Cellular Movements
Annual. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 1:257–76
How cells feel the force.
Nature Physics 6: 407 - 408
Direct evidence of the multidimensionality of the free-energy landscapes of proteins revealed by mechanical probes
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 81:031923
Evidence for a Broad Transition-States Ensemble in Calmodulin Folding from Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 49: 3306 - 3309
Polymer Adhesion at the Solid–Liquid Interface Probed by a Single–Molecule Force Sensor
Small, 5, 24, 2864
Surprising simplicity in the single-molecule folding mechanics of proteins
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 48:820-822
Selective Filtering of Particles by the Extracellular Matrix: An Electrostatic Bandpass
Biophysical Journal, 97, 6, 1569-1577 [Download]
Ligand-dependent equilibrium fluctuations of single calmodulin molecules
Science 323:633-637
Structural and Viscoelastic Properties of Actin Networks formed by Espin or pathologically relevant Espin mutants
ChemPhysChem, 10, 2813-2817 [Download]
Single-molecule force spectroscopy distinguishes target binding modes of calmodulin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:14361-14366
