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Publications 2026

2026

186The hidden cost of fusion: intrinsic asymmetry in vesicle fusion restricts synthetic cell growth, R.B. Lira, R.M. Cavalcanti, K.A. Riske and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (2026) in press
BioRxiv link Full text
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185Review:  Emerging roles of biomolecular condensation in plant membrane biology, X. Zhan, E. Sabri, A. Mangiarotti, R. Dimova and X. Zhuang, Trends in Plant Science (2026) in press
184Breast cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles accelerate collagen fibrillogenesis and integrate into the matrix, N. Tam, R. Dimova and A. Cipitria, Mater. Today Bio 38, 103133 (2026)
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103133 Full text BioRxiv link Raw data
183Review:  Phase separation across membranes and condensates in cell organization and function, A. Mangiarotti and R. Dimova, Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol (2026)
DOI: 10.1038/s41580-026-00961-5 Full text with original figures
182Protein-free membrane fusion: a refined view of the delicate fusogenic properties of calcium, M. Accorsi, R. Ní Earchaí, N. Yandrapalli, S. Pramanik and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 125, 2026-2039 (2026)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2026.03.040 Full text BioRxiv link
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181Fluorescence-based mapping of condensate dielectric permittivity uncovers hydrophobicity-driven membrane interactions, E. Sabri, A. Mangiarotti and R. Dimova, Nature Commun. 17, 3155 (2026)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71273-7 Full text BioRxiv link

Press release: When do cellular droplets stick to membranes?
180Review:  Understanding, mimicking, and exploiting lipid membrane fusion in biomedicine and synthetic biology, B. Leonardini, M. Accorsi, R. Dimova, A. Relini, G. Rossi and E. Canepa, Adv. Phys. X 11, 2636806 (2026)
DOI: 10.1080/23746149.2026.2636806 Full text
179Integrating experiments and simulations to unravel coacervate-membrane Interactions: Insights into de-mixing and morphology modulation, S. Mondal, A. Mangiarotti, R. Dimova, Q. Cui, Commun. Chem. 9, 7 (2026)
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01810-w Full text BioRxiv link