Ironically, the closer we get to building a living cell, the less we are able to understand it. Researchers worldwide discussed the promises of bottom-up #synbio during a Lorentz Center virtual workshop: syntheticcell.eu/2020/07/16/cha… #syntheticcell

The Schwille lab developed a microfluidic chip to trap and reversibly deform lipid vesicle into elongated shapes. Read more about "FtsZ reorganisation facilitates deformation of giant vesicles in microfluidic traps" Angewandte Chemie ➡️doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Reversible #membrane deformations by straight DNA origami filaments. Great back cover by Henri G. Franquelim from the Schwille lab👏🏻

“3D bioprinting gives us clues as to why cells are shaped the way they are” - Hiromune Eto on designing minimal cells with a 3D printer: syntheticcell.eu/2021/02/10/des… MaxSynBio Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) #syncell

An exciting collaboration led by Leon Harrington of the Schwille Lab Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and the WoolfsonLab at the University of Bristol report new synthetic biology tools for reversible, phosphorylation-dependent membrane targeting. Out today Nature Communications ➡️nature.com/articles/s4146…

We are thrilled that our paper with the Schwille lab is now online in Nature Physics rdcu.be/ch6JR. Below is a brief summary of this joint experimental and theoretical work by the two first authors Beatrice Ramm and Andriy Goychuk 👇

It was a fantastic collaboration between the Schwille Lab at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and the Frey group PhysicsOfLifeLMU with Andriy Goychuk, Alena Khmelinskaia, Hiro Eto, Ganzinger Lab and Philipp Blumhardt. Please also check out the great News& Views article nature.com/articles/s4156… by (2/n)

Read the latest paper from the Schwille-Lab Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and the Frey-Group Universität München: “A diffusiophoretic mechanism for ATP-driven transport without motor proteins” Beatrice Ramm Andriy Goychuk PhysicsOfLifeLMU ➡️dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41567… ➡️biochem.mpg.de/a-novel-form-o…

Read also the News & Views to the Paper: ➡️nature.com/articles/s4156…

Mass-sensitive particle tracking (MSPT) to elucidate the membrane-associated MinDE reaction cycle: doi.org/10.1101/2021.0…

In their new paper in Nature Communications, the Schwille lab encapsulated cytoskeletal proteins inside synthetic lipid vesicles and aimed to imitate the contracting actomyosin rings that are central to eukaryotic cell division. Thomas Litschel ➡️nature.com/articles/s4146…

Membrane-coated 3D architectures for bottom-up synthetic biology† Hiromune Eto et al., Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB), Hiro Eto, pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Excited that we won the Center for NanoScience LMU publication award in the category "best interdisciplinary publication" for our paper on diffusiophoretic transport on membranes! 🎉 Andriy Goychuk PhysicsOfLifeLMU Khmelinskaia Lab Ganzinger Lab Hiro Eto nature.com/articles/s4156…

It was fun discussing with Claudia Janda how the biochemical properties of signalling pathways influence their signalling dynamics. We particularly focus on Wnt, Notch and Erk signalling, pathways that show dynamics in various systems: portlandpress.com/biochemj/artic…

Read the latest publication on „3D printed #protein-based robotic structures actuated by molecular motor assemblies“ nature of the Schwille lab. ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4156…

Very proud & happy 🎉 to present the preprint of my student Christian Niederauer on repurposing DNA-PAINT for extending single-particle trajectory lengths for protein-protein interaction studies & live cell measurements 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Bacterial Min proteins are shown to be a valuable molecular toolkit for spatially patterned functionalization of artificial biosystems like these microswimmers and vesicles. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) Hubrecht Institute CSIC Read more 📖 ow.ly/3QuB50OZsk9

NOTCH-driven oscillations control cell fate decisions during intestinal homeostasis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio

Ever wondered how stem cells ensure a balance between cell fates in the gut?⚖️Turns out, they’ve got rhythm!🎶Our latest research reveals that NOTCH-driven oscillations regulate stem/progenitor cell abundance and specify secretory subtypes. Check it out: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…