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Publications 2019

2019

Book chapter: Fusion assays for model membranes: a critical review, R.B. Lira and R. Dimova, in Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Lipowsky, R., Ed. Academic Press:  Vol. 30, pp 229-270 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1016/bs.abl.2019.09.003  Full text
112Optimization of the inverted emulsion method for high-yield production of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles, A. Moga, N. Yandrapalli, R. Dimova and T. Robinson, ChemBioChem 20, 2674–2682 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900529 Full text
111Mechanical properties of plasma membrane vesicles correlate with lipid order, viscosity and cell density, J. Steinkühler, E. Sezgin, I. Urbančič, C. Eggeling and R. Dimova,Commun. Biol2, 337 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0583-3 Full text
Book chapter: Giant vesicles: A biomimetic tool for assessing membrane material properties and interactions, J. Steinkühler and R. Dimova,  In Mu-Ping Nieh, Frederick A. Heberle, John Katsaras (Eds.), Characterization of Biological Membranes: Structure and Dynamics (pp. 415–440). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. 
DOI: 10.1515/9783110544657-013

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110Light controls cell to cell adhesion and communication in minimal synthetic cells, T. Chakraborty, S.M. Bartelt, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and S.V. Wegner, Chem. Commun. 55, 9448-9451 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04768A Full textVideo S1 Video S2
109Bending rigidity of charged lipid bilayer membranes, H. Faizi, S. Frey, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and P. Vlahovska, Soft Matter 15, 6006-6013 (2019), 
DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00772e Full text
108Behavior of the DPH Fluorescence Probe in Membranes Perturbed by Drugs, C. Poojari, N. Wilkosz, R.B. Lira, R. Dimova, P. Jurkiewicz, M. Kepczynski and T. Róg, Chem. Phys. Lipids223, 104784 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104784 Full text
107Compartments for synthetic cells: osmotically assisted separation of oil from double emulsions in microfluidic chip, D. Krafft, S.L. Castellanos, Rafael B. Lira, R. Dimova, I. Ivanov and K. Sundmacher, ChemBioChem 20, 2604-2608 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900152 Full text
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106Interaction of SNARE mimetic peptides with lipid bilayers: effects of secondary structure, bilayer composition and lipid anchoring, S. Wagle, V.N. Georgiev, T. Robinson, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky and A. Grafmüller, Sci. Rep9, 7708 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43418-w Full text
105Giant vesicles encapsulating aqueous two-phase systems: from phase diagram to membrane shape transformations, Y. Liu, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Front. Chem7, 213 (2019) 
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00213 Full Text
104Review: Giant vesicles and their use in assays for assessing membrane phase state, curvature, mechanics and electrical properties, R. Dimova, Annu. Rev. Biophys48, 93-119 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-052118-115342 Full text
103Directed growth of biomimetic microcompartments, I. Ivanov, R.B. Lira, T-Y.D. Tang, T. Franzmann, A. Klosin, L.C. da Silva, A. Hyman, K. Landfester, R. Lipowsky, K. Sundmacher and R. Dimova, Adv. Biosys3, 1800314 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201800314 Full Text
102Highly efficient protein-free membrane fusion: a giant vesicle study, R.B. Lira, T. Robinson, R. Dimova and K.A. Riske, Biophys. J116, 79-91 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.3128 Full Text
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101Poly(ionic liquid) nanoparticles selectively disrupt biomembranes, E. Ewins, R.B. Lira, W. Zhang, J. Yuan, M. Antonietti, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 6, 1801602 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801602 Full Text
100Membrane fluctuations and acidosis regulate cooperative binding of “Marker of Self” CD47 to macrophage receptor SIRPA, J. Steinkühler, B. Różycki, C. Alvey, R. Lipowsky, T.R. Weikl, R. Dimova and D.E. Discher, J. Cell Sci. 132, jcs216770 (2019) 
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.216770 Full Text