Reviews and Perspectives on Biomembranes

  • R. Lipowsky
    Complex remodeling of biomembranes and vesicles by condensate droplets.
    + Supporting Information
    Soft Matter , in press (2025) DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00585j

  • R. Lipowsky
    The many faces of membrane tension for biomembranes and vesicles.
    + Supporting Information + General Discussion
    Faraday Discuss. 259, 234--263 (2025) DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00184B

  • R. Lipowsky
    Topological transformations of biomembranes and vesicles via fission and fusion.
    In "50 Years of the Renormalization Group, Dedicated to the memory of Michael E. Fisher",
    ed. by A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman, D. Huse, and L. Radzihovsky
    (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2024) p. 721-767

  • R. Lipowsky, S. Pramanik, A. S. Benk, M. Tarnawski, J. P. Spatz, and R. Dimova
    Elucidating the Morphology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Puzzles and Perspectives.
     ACS Nano 17, 11957-11968 (2023).

  • R. Lipowsky, R. Ghosh, V. Satarifard, A. Sreekumari, M. Zamaletdinov, B. Różycki, M. Miettinen, and A. Grafmüller
    Leaflet tensions control the spatio-temporal remodeling of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles.
     Biomolecules 13, 926 (2023).

  • R. Lipowsky
    Remodeling of Biomembranes and Vesicles by Adhesion of Condensate Droplets.
     Membranes 13, 223 (2023).

  • R. Lipowsky
    Multispherical shapes of vesicles highlight the curvature elasticity of biomembranes.
     Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 301, 102613 (2022).

  • R. Lipowsky
    Remodeling of Membrane Shape and Topology by Curvature Elasticity and Membrane Tension.
     Adv. Biology 6, 2101020} (2022).

  • R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova
    Introduction to remodeling of biomembranes.
     Soft Matter 17, 214-221 (2021).

  • R. Lipowsky
    Understanding giant vesicles: A theoretical perspective.
     In "The Giant Vesicle Book", ed. by R. Dimova and C. Marques
    (Taylor & Francis, 2020) Chapter 5, p. 73-168.

  • R. Lipowsky
    Understanding and controlling the morphological complexity of biomembranes.
    In "Multiresponsive Behavior of Biomembranes and Giant Vesicles",
    Volume 30 of Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly
    (Academic press, 2019) Chapter 3, p. 105-155.

  • R. Lipowsky
    Understanding Membranes and Vesicles: A Personal Recollection of the Last Two Decades.
    In "Physics of Biological Membranes", ed. by P. Bassereau and P. Sens
    (Springer Nature, 2018) , p. 1-44.

  • Main Research Areas and Selected Publications up to 2018