We present an upgrade to the giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) electroformation method allowing
easy GUV production in different buffers and with various membrane compositions. Our …

Fluorescent probes are used in membrane biophysics studies to provide information about
physical properties such as lipid packing, polarity and lipid diffusion or to visualize membrane …

Magainin 2 belongs to the family of peptides, which interacts with the lipid membranes. The
present work deals with the effect of this peptide on the mechanical properties of 1-palmitoyl-…

In biophysical and biochemical studies of lipid bilayers the influence of the used buffer is
often ignored or assumed to be negligible on membrane structure, elasticity, or physical …

We show how to greatly improve precision when determining bending elasticity of giant
unilamellar vesicles. Taking advantage of the well-known quasi-spherical model of liposome …

Interaction between integral membrane proteins and the lipid-bilayer component of biological
membranes is expected to mutually influence the proteins and the membrane. We present …

Because of the complexity of the biological membranes, artificial membranes are often used
as membrane models for biophysical studies. This is especially true for the investigation of …

Contaminants taken up by living organisms in the environment as a result of anthropogenic
contamination can reduce the tolerance of natural stressors, eg, low temperatures, but the …

… of 48 h, except for ima3(RNAi), which was treated for 34 h. … : the treatment lasted 6 h for spd-2
and gpr-1/2 and 24 h for par-3 … during 48 h, spd-2(RNAi) for 6 h, and let-99(RNAi) for 24 h. …

Recent studies have highlighted the significance of the spindle midzone–the region positioned
between chromosomes–in ensuring proper chromosome segregation. By combining …