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, M. Aleksanyan, K. Kerr, R. Dimova and A. Sodt, Phys. Rev. E107, 054403 (2023)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.107.054403
Review: Assessing membrane material properties from the response of giant unilamellar vesicles to electric fields, M. Aleksanyan, H.A. Faizi, M.-A. Kirmpaki, P.M. Vlahovska, K.A. Riske and R. Dimova, Adv. Phys.: X, 8, 2125342 (2023)
DOI:10.1080/23746149.2022.2125342
Zwitterionic dendrimersomes: a closer xenobiotic mimic of cell membranes, A. Joseph, A.M. Wagner, M. Garay-Sarmiento, M. Aleksanyan, T. Haraszti, D. Söder, V.N. Georgiev, R. Dimova, V. Percec and c. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, Adv. Mater. 34, 2206288 (2022)
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206288
Effects of solution conductivity on macropore size dynamics in electroporated lipid vesicle membranes, E. Sabri, M. Aleksanyan, C. Brosseau and R. Dimova, Bioelectrochemistry 147, 108222 (2022)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108222
GM1 asymmetry in the membrane stabilizes pores, M. Aleksanyan, R. Lira, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 121, 3295-3302 (2022)
DOI: 0.1016/j.bpj.2022.06.011
Characterization of DAG binding to TRPC channels by target-dependent cis-trans isomerization of OptoDArG, H. Erkan-Candag, D. Krivic, M. Gsell, M. Aleksanyan, T. Stockner, R. Dimova, O. Tiapko and K. Groschner, Biomolecules, 12, 799 (2022)
DOI: 10.3390/biom12060799