In this mini-review, a brief historical survey of the mechanisms which determine the shapes
of liposomes and cells and the budding and fission of their membrane is presented. Special …

We model the influence of rigid inclusions on the curvature elasticity of a lipid membrane.
Our focus is on conelike transmembrane inclusions that are able to induce long-range …

Surfactant polyoxyethylene glycol (C 12 E 8 ) decreases the voltage required for irreversible
electroporation in planar lipid bilayers. In our study the effect of non-cytotoxic concentration …

Eukaryote cells have a flexible shape, which dynamically changes according to the function
performed by the cell. One mechanism for deforming the cell membrane into the desired …

It is believed that in regulated exocytosis the vesicle membrane fuses with the plasma
membrane in response to a physiological stimulus. However, in the absence of stimulation, …

The membrane bending stiffness of nearly spherical lipid vesicles can be deduced from the
analysis of their thermal shape fluctuations. The theoretical basis of this analysis [Milner and …

Migratory cells use distinct motility modes to navigate different microenvironments, but it is
unclear whether these modes rely on the same core set of polarity components. To investigate …

Monte Carlo simulations are employed to investigate the ability of a charged fluidlike vesicle
to adhere to and encapsulate an oppositely charged spherical colloidal particle. The vesicle …

Pores in lipid bilayers are usually not stable; they shrink because of the highly unfavorable
line tension of the pore rim. Even in the presence of charged lipids or certain additives such …

Monte Carlo simulations are employed to study a fluid vesicle that contains a single worm-like
polymer chain. The contour length of the polymer is about five times the circumference of …