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View article: Emergence of synchronized growth oscillations in filamentous fungi
Emergence of synchronized growth oscillations in filamentous fungi Open
Many species of soil fungi grow in the form of branched networks that enable long-range communication and mass flow of nutrient. These networks play important roles in the soil ecosystem as a major decomposer of organic materials. While th…
View article: Membrane potential dynamics unveil the promise of bioelectrical antimicrobial susceptibility Testing (BeAST) for anti-fungal screening
Membrane potential dynamics unveil the promise of bioelectrical antimicrobial susceptibility Testing (BeAST) for anti-fungal screening Open
Membrane potential is a useful marker for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) due to its fundamental roles in cell function. However, the difficulties associated with measuring the membrane potential in microbes restrict its broad a…
View article: Emergence of synchronised growth oscillations in filamentous fungi
Emergence of synchronised growth oscillations in filamentous fungi Open
Soil fungi are important decomposers of organic matter and play crucial roles in the biogeochemical cycles in the soil. Many species of fungi grow in the form of branched networks. While there have been investigations on the growth and arc…
View article: Membrane potential dynamics unveil the promise of Bioelectrical Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (BeAST) for anti-fungal screening
Membrane potential dynamics unveil the promise of Bioelectrical Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (BeAST) for anti-fungal screening Open
Membrane potential is a useful marker for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) due to the fundamental characteristic of vital cells. However, the difficulties associated with measuring the membrane potential in microbes restrict its …
View article: Phase-separated nuclear bodies of nucleoporin fusions promote condensation of MLL1/CRM1 and rearrangement of 3D genome structure
Phase-separated nuclear bodies of nucleoporin fusions promote condensation of MLL1/CRM1 and rearrangement of 3D genome structure Open
NUP98 and NUP214 form chimeric fusion proteins that assemble into phase-separated nuclear bodies containing CRM1, a nuclear export receptor. However, these nuclear bodies' function in controlling gene expression remains elusive. Here, we d…
View article: Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential
Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential Open
Recent studies have shown that bacterial membrane potential is dynamic and plays signaling roles. Yet, little is still known about the mechanisms of membrane potential dynamics regulation—owing to a scarcity of appropriate research tools. …
View article: Electrotaxis behavior of droplets composed of aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky solutions suspended in oil phase
Electrotaxis behavior of droplets composed of aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky solutions suspended in oil phase Open
Taxis is ubiquitous in biological and physical chemistry systems as a response to various external stimulations. We prepared aqueous droplets containing Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) solutions suspended on an oleic acid oil phase subject to DC…
View article: The dynamics of single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms
The dynamics of single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms Open
Wet self-propelled rods at high densities can exhibit a state of mesoscale turbulence: a disordered lattice of vortices with chaotic dynamics and a characteristic length scale. Such a state is commonly studied by a two-dimensional continuu…
View article: The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms
The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms Open
Data set for the manuscript 'The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms' published in Frontiers in Soft Matter (2022)
View article: The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms
The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms Open
Data set for the manuscript 'The single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms' published in Frontiers in Soft Matter (2022)
View article: Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential
Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential Open
Recent studies have shown that bacterial membrane potential is dynamic and plays signalling roles. Yet, little is still known about the mechanisms of bacterial membrane potential regulation –owing in part to a scarcity of appropriate resea…
View article: Electrotaxis Behaviour of Droplets Composed of Aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky Solutions Suspended in Oil Phase
Electrotaxis Behaviour of Droplets Composed of Aqueous Belousov-Zhabotinsky Solutions Suspended in Oil Phase Open
Taxis is ubiquitous in biological and physical chemistry systems as a response to various external stimulations. We prepared aqueous droplets containing Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) solutions suspended on an oleic acid oil phase subject to DC…
View article: Phase-separated nuclear bodies of nucleoporin fusions, SET-NUP214 and NUP98-HOXA9, promote condensation of MLL1 and CRM1 to activate target genes
Phase-separated nuclear bodies of nucleoporin fusions, SET-NUP214 and NUP98-HOXA9, promote condensation of MLL1 and CRM1 to activate target genes Open
Nucleoporins NUP98 and NUP214 form chimeric fusion proteins that assemble into phase-separated nuclear bodies. However, the function and physiological significance of these nuclear bodies remain largely unknown. Previously, we reported tha…
View article: Thioflavin T indicates membrane potential in mammalian cells and can affect it in a blue light dependent manner
Thioflavin T indicates membrane potential in mammalian cells and can affect it in a blue light dependent manner Open
The fluorescent benzothiazole Thioflavin T (ThT) has a high binding affinity to protein aggregates and is used as a marker for the study of this process, most commonly in the context of neurodegenerative disease research and diagnosis. Rec…
View article: Seeking Insights into Aging Through Yeast Mitochondrial Electrophysiology
Seeking Insights into Aging Through Yeast Mitochondrial Electrophysiology Open
During aging, mitochondrial membrane potential, a key indicator for bioenergetics of cells, depolarizes in a wide range of species-from yeasts, plants to animals. In humans, the decline of mitochondrial activities can impact the high-energ…
View article: Swarming bacteria undergo localized dynamic phase transition to form stress-induced biofilms
Swarming bacteria undergo localized dynamic phase transition to form stress-induced biofilms Open
Self-organized multicellular behaviors enable cells to adapt and tolerate stressors to a greater degree than isolated cells. However, whether and how cellular communities alter their collective behaviors adaptively upon exposure to stress …
View article: Biofilm and swarming emergent behaviours controlled through the aid of biophysical understanding and tools
Biofilm and swarming emergent behaviours controlled through the aid of biophysical understanding and tools Open
Bacteria can organise themselves into communities in the forms of biofilms and swarms. Through chemical and physical interactions between cells, these communities exhibit emergent properties that individual cells alone do not have. While b…
View article: Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy Reveals Differences in the Ionic Environments of Gram-Positive and Negative Bacteria
Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy Reveals Differences in the Ionic Environments of Gram-Positive and Negative Bacteria Open
This paper reports on the use of scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) to locally map the ionic properties and charge environment of two live bacterial strains: the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive Bacillus subtili…
View article: Scanning ion conductance microscopy reveals differences in the ionic environments of gram positive and negative bacteria
Scanning ion conductance microscopy reveals differences in the ionic environments of gram positive and negative bacteria Open
This paper reports on the use of scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) to locally map the ionic properties and charge environment of two live bacterial strains: the gramnegative Escherichia coli and the gram-positive Bacillus subtilis…
View article: Correction to “Pattern Engineering of Living Bacterial Colonies Using Meniscus-Driven Fluidic Channels”
Correction to “Pattern Engineering of Living Bacterial Colonies Using Meniscus-Driven Fluidic Channels” Open
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCorrectionNEXTORIGINAL ARTICLEThis notice is a correctionCorrection to “Pattern Engineering of Living Bacterial Colonies Using Meniscus-Driven Fluidic Channels”Vasily Kantsler*Vasily KantslerMore by Vasily …
View article: Swarming bacteria undergo localized dynamic phase transition to form stress-induced biofilms
Swarming bacteria undergo localized dynamic phase transition to form stress-induced biofilms Open
Summary Self-organized multi-cellular behaviors enable cells to adapt and tolerate stressors to a greater degree than isolated cells. However, whether and how cellular communities alter their collective behaviors adaptively upon exposure t…
View article: Pattern Engineering of Living Bacterial Colonies Using Meniscus-Driven Fluidic Channels
Pattern Engineering of Living Bacterial Colonies Using Meniscus-Driven Fluidic Channels Open
Engineering spatially organized biofilms for creating adaptive and sustainable biomaterials is a forthcoming mission of synthetic biology. Existing technologies of patterning biofilm materials suffer limitations associated with the high te…
View article: Bioelectrical understanding and engineering of cell biology
Bioelectrical understanding and engineering of cell biology Open
The last five decades of molecular and systems biology research have provided unprecedented insights into the molecular and genetic basis of many cellular processes. Despite these insights, however, it is arguable that there is still only …
View article: The Microbiologist’s Guide to Membrane Potential Dynamics
The Microbiologist’s Guide to Membrane Potential Dynamics Open
All cellular membranes have the functionality of generating and maintaining the gradients of electrical and electrochemical potentials. Such potentials were generally thought to be an essential but homeostatic contributor to complex bacter…
View article: Monitor.hpp from An agent-based model of the interrelation between the COVID-19 outbreak and economic activities
Monitor.hpp from An agent-based model of the interrelation between the COVID-19 outbreak and economic activities Open
Source code files of the simulation
View article: Monitor.cpp from An agent-based model of the interrelation between the COVID-19 outbreak and economic activities
Monitor.cpp from An agent-based model of the interrelation between the COVID-19 outbreak and economic activities Open
Source code files of the simulation