Author: Rumiana Dimova

November 22, 2024 Nicky impressed the thesis defense committee. Way to go Nicky! Thesis title: Jellied vesicles: probing the interactions between vesicles and the extracellular matrix environment Crowning Nicky Balancing the weight of the PhD With a well-deserved PhD-related gelatin present Nicky's articles Extracellular Vesicle Mobility in Collagen I Hydrogels Is Influenced by Matrix-Binding Integrins, N.W. Tam, A. Becker, A. Mangiarotti, A. Cipitria, R. Dimova, ACS Nano 18, 29585–29601 (2024)DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c07186 Non-specific membrane-matrix interactions influence diffusivity of lipid vesicles in hydrogel environments, N. Tam, O. Schullian, A. Cipitria and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 123, 638-650 (2024)DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.02.005 Full text Biomolecular condensates modulate membrane lipid packing…

November 6, 2024 Congratulations to Mina! Well deserved for all the hard work Thesis title: Photomanipulation of membrane properties, shape and transport Mina’s Articles: Photoswitchable endocytosis of biomolecular condensates in giant vesicles, A. Mangiarotti, M. Aleksanyan, M. Siri, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 11, 2309864 (2024)DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309864 Photomanipulation of minimal synthetic cells: area increase, softening, and interleaflet coupling of membrane models doped with azobenzene-lipid photoswitches, M. Aleksanyan, A. Grafmüller, F. Crea, V.N. Georgiev, N. Yandrapalli, S. Block, J. Heberle and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 10, 2304336 (2023) DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304336 Kinetic relaxation of giant vesicles validates diffusional softening in a binary lipid mixture, K. Sapp,…

Congratulations to Matti and Agu!!! Matilte Accorsi (right) and Agustin Mangiarotti (left) attended the Biophysical Society meeting meeting in Philadelphia in February 2024. Matti’s attendance was supported by an EBSA poster award and Agu was supported by the Biophysical Society travel award.

October 19, 2023 Congratulations to Mareike! Thesis title: A bacterial mimetic system to study bacterial inactivation and infection. Mareike’s Articles: Biomimetic asymmetric bacterial membranes incorporating lipopolysaccharide, M. Stephan, V. Dunsing, S. Pramanik, S. Chiantia, S. Barbirz, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 122, 2147-2161 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.12.017 Full text Tunable biomimetic bacterial membranes from binary and ternary lipid mixtures and their application in antimicrobial testing, E. Krok, M. Stephan, R. Dimova and L. Piatkowski, Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembranes 1865, 184194 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184194 Full text BioRxiv link Bilayer charge asymmetry and oil residues  destabilizes membranes upon poration, F.S.C. Leomil, M. Stephan, S. Pramanik,…