Rumiana Dimova Awarded the Avanti/EBSA Award
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Rumiana Dimova Awarded the Avanti/EBSA Award

Jul 04, 2025
MPI press release (link) The European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA), together with Avanti Polar Lipids, has honored Dr. Rumiana Dimova with the prestigious Avanti / EBSA Award in recognition of her "pioneering development work on giant unilamellar vesicles”. The award was presented at the EBSA 2025 congress in Rome. This award highlights Dr. Dimova's significant contributions to understanding membrane biophysics, particularly through her innovative work using giant vesicles to explore fundamental membrane properties. R. Dimova is also a co-editor of The Giant Vesicle Book (Dimova & Marques, eds., CRC Press, 2019), a comprehensive reference in the field that has helped…
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To Stick or Not to Stick: New Findings About Condensates-Membranes Interactions
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To Stick or Not to Stick: New Findings About Condensates-Membranes Interactions

Mar 21, 2025
MPI press release (link) and EU SynCell press release (link) ... about membrane shape changes induced by condensate droplets. Article: Mangiarotti et al. Nature Commun 16, 2756 (2025) Lipid packing and cholesterol content regulate membrane wetting and remodeling by biomolecular condensates. Check the Bluesky thread for more images and explanations. We explored how biomolecular condensates "decide" which membrane they like to stick to. It turns out that cholesterol and membrane packing—not just the membrane phase—determines this affinity. Our study shows that tightly packed membranes repel condensates, while loosely packed ones attract them. We also see that condensates don’t just bind-they…
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When a Membrane Meets a Droplet
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When a Membrane Meets a Droplet

May 22, 2023
Press release (link) ... about the mutual molding of artificial cells and condensate droplets. Article: Mangiarotti et al. Nature Commun. 14, 2809 (2023) Wetting and complex remodeling of membranes by biomolecular condensates
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The Giant Vesicle Book: a giant book about giant vesicles
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The Giant Vesicle Book: a giant book about giant vesicles

Oct 13, 2019
Press release (link) The Giant Vesicle Book edited by Rumiana Dimova and Carlos Marques (CRC Press) DOI:10.1201/9781315152516 Giant vesicles are widely used as a model membrane system, both for basic biological systems and for their promising applications in the development of smart materials and cell mimetics. The Giant Vesicle Book is meant to be a road companion, a trusted guide for those making their first steps in this field as well as a source of information required by experts. A giant THANK YOU to all contributors and to Carlos Marques for the quite enjoyable co-editorship! Table of content The Editors Acknowledgements Contributors Preface Part…
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