Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Publications of M. Mertesdorf

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Journal Article (3)

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Journal Article

Kirstein, S.; Mertesdorf, M.; Schönhoff, M.: The influence of a viscous fluid on the vibration dynamics of scanning near-field optical microscopy fiber probes and atomic force microscopy cantilevers. Journal of Applied Physics 84 (4), pp. 1782 - 1790 (1998)

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Journal Article

Mertesdorf, M.; Schönhoff, M.; Lohr, F.; Kirstein, S.: Scanning near-field optical microscope designed for operation in liquids. Surface and Interface Analysis 25 (10), pp. 755 - 759 (1997)

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Journal Article

Schönhoff, M.; Mertesdorf, M.; Lösche, M.: Mechanism of photoreorientation of azobenzene dyes in molecular films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 100 (18), pp. 7558 - 7565 (1996)

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Thesis - PhD (1)

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Thesis - PhD

Mertesdorf, M.: Aufbau eines optischen Rasternahfeldmikroskops zur hochauflösenden Abbildung und lokalen Spektroskopie von Kolloiden und dünnen Schichten. Dissertation, 104 pp., Johannes Gutenberg-Universtität, Mainz (1997)

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Original Publication

Agustín Mangiarotti, Elias Sabri, Kita Valerie Schmidt, Christian Hoffmann, Dragomir Milovanovic, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova

Lipid packing and cholesterol content regulate membrane wetting and remodeling by biomolecular condensates

Nat. Commun (2025)

Other Interesting Articles

<span><span><span><span><span>ComeInCell Launches:<br />A European Doctoral Network to Train the Next Generation of Cell Scientists</span></span></span></span></span><br />

ComeInCell Launches:
A European Doctoral Network to Train the Next Generation of Cell Scientists

November 01, 2024

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Supported by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and the UK Guarantee Scheme, the 'Condensates at Membrane Scaffolds – Integrated Systems as Synthetic Cell Compartments’ doctoral network seeks 17 PhD candidates. This international and interdisciplinary program aims to train future biomedical and biotechnology researchers to explore cellular…

<span>Revealing Bacteria’s True Colors:</span><br /><span>Shimmering from Collective Patterns</span>

Revealing Bacteria’s True Colors:
Shimmering from Collective Patterns

July 12, 2024

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Scientists can now predict structural colors in bacteria. By sequencing a wide range of bacterial DNA and developing an accurate predictive model, reseachers uncovered how bacteria organize themselves into specific patterns within colonies to interfere with light and create iridescence.Their findings hold great promise for sustainable, pigment-free color production.

<span><span><span><span><span><span><span>From Nanotubes to Disks: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>How Droplets Remodel Cell Membranes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />

From Nanotubes to Disks:
How Droplets Remodel Cell Membranes

June 21, 2024

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Biomolecular condensates may play a crucial but overlooked role in remodeling membrane structures within cells. Rumiana Dimova and her team demonstrated that these droplets can shape parts of the endoplasmic reticulum into nanotubes and double-membrane discs without the need for specific curvature-molding proteins.

Mina Aleksanyan and Agustín Mangiarotti recording the membrane response at the confocal microscope

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

April 08, 2024

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Imagine switching on a light and being able to understand and control the inner dynamics of a cell. This is what the Dimova group has achieved: by shining lights of different colors on replicates of cells, they altered the interactions between cellular elements. Controlling these complex interactions enables us to deliver specific drugs directly into the cells.

When a membrane meets a droplet

When a membrane meets a droplet

May 22, 2023

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Little is known yet about the interaction between these biomolecular condensate droplets and the membrane-bound organelles. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam developed synthetic membraneless organelles and visualized what happens when they meet a membrane.

Silvia Vignolini appointed as new and first female Director of MPICI

Silvia Vignolini appointed as new and first female Director of MPICI

December 14, 2022

Sustainable & Bioinspired Materials

Prof Silvia Vignolini, Ph.D. is establishing the new Department "Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials". She is working at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science and perfectly complements the institute's profile of research on chemistry, materials and sustainability.