Schmidt, C. A.; Tambutté, E.; Venn, A. A.; Zou, Z.; Castillo Alvarez, C.; Devriendt, L. S.; Bechtel, H. A.; Stifler, C. A.; Anglemyer, S.; Breit, C. P.et al.; Foust, C. L.; Hopanchuk, A.; Klaus, C. N.; Kohler, I. J.; LeCloux, I. M.; Mezera, J.; Patton, M. R.; Purisch, A.; Quach, V.; Sengkhammee, J. S.; Sristy, T.; Vattem, S.; Walch, E. J.; Albéric, M.; Politi, Y.; Fratzl, P.; Tambutté, S.; Gilbert, P. U.P.A.: Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biominerals. Nature Communications 15, 1812 (2024)
Amini, S.; Zhu, T.; Biswas, A.; Charsooghi, M.; Kim, K.; Reber, S.; Dauphin, Y.; Fratzl, P.: Calcitic prisms of the giant seashell Pinna nobilis form light guide arrays. Advanced Materials 35 (39), 2304166 (2023)
Fratzl, P.; Fischer, F. D.; Zickler, G. A.; Dunlop, J. W. C.: On shape forming by contractile filaments in the surface of growing tissues. PNAS Nexus 2 (1), pgac292 (2023)
Ghobara, M.; Oschatz, C.; Fratzl, P.; Reissig, L.: Numerical analysis of the light modulation by the frustule of Gomphonema parvulum: the role of integrated optical components. Nanomaterials 13 (1), 113 (2023)
Raguin, E.; Weinkamer, R.; Schmitt, C. N. Z.; Curcuraci, L.; Fratzl, P.: Logistics of bone mineralization in the chick embryo studied by 3D cryo FIB-SEM imaging. Advanced Science 10 (22), 2301231 (2023)
Raimann, A.; Misof, B. M.; Fratzl, P.; Fratzl-Zelman, N.: Bone material properties in bone diseases affecting children. Current Osteoporosis Reports 21 (6), pp. 787 - 805 (2023)
Schamberger, B.; Roschger, A.; Ziege, R.; Anselme, K.; Amar, M. B.; Bykowski, M.; Castro, A. P. G.; Cipitria, A.; Coles, R.; Dimova, R.et al.; Eder, M.; Ehrig, S.; Escudero, L. M.; Evans, M. E.; Fernandes, P. R.; Fratzl, P.; Geris, L.; Gierlinger, N.; Hannezo, E.; Iglič, A.; Kirkensgaard, J. J. K.; Kollmannsberger, P.; Kowalewska, Ł.; Kurniawan, N. A.; Papantoniou, I.; Pieuchot, L.; Pires, T. H. V.; Renner, L.; Sageman-Furnas, A.; Schröder-Turk, G. E.; Sengupta, A.; Sharma, V. R.; Tagua, A.; Tomba, C.; Trepat, X.; Waters, S. L.; Yeo, E.; Bidan, C. M.; Dunlop, J. W. C.: Curvature in biological systems: its quantification, emergence and implications across the scales. Advanced Materials 35 (13), 2206110 (2023)
Tang, T.; Landis, W.; Blouin, S.; Bertinetti, L.; Hartmann, M. A.; Berzlanovich, A.; Weinkamer, R.; Wagermaier, W.; Fratzl, P.: Subcanalicular nanochannel volume is inversely correlated with calcium content in human cortical bone. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 38 (2), pp. 313 - 325 (2023)
Badar, W.; Ali, H.; Brooker, O. N.; Newham, E.; Snow, T.; Terrill, N. J.; Tozzi, G.; Fratzl, P.; Knight, M. M.; Gupta, H. S.: Collagen pre-strain discontinuity at the bone—cartilage interface. PLoS One 17 (9), e0273832 (2022)
Bakhshandeh, S.; Werner, C.; Fratzl, P.; Cipitria, A.: Microenvironment-mediated cancer dormancy: insights from metastability theory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (1), e2111046118 (2022)
Hedjazi, G.; Guterman-Ram, G.; Blouin, S.; Schemenz, V.; Wagermaier, W.; Fratzl, P.; Hartmann, M. A.; Zwerina, J.; Fratzl-Zelman, N.; Marini, J. C.: Alterations of bone material properties in growing Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42 knock-in mice, a new model for atypical type VI osteogenesis imperfecta. Bone 162, 116451 (2022)
Horbelt, N.; Fratzl, P.; Harrington, M. J.: Mistletoe viscin: a hygro- and mechano-responsive cellulose-based adhesive for diverse materials applications. PNAS Nexus 1 (1), pgac026 (2022)
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.