Theoretical Predictions Confirmed by Experiment
“Nothing is more practical than a good theory” Immanuel Kant
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The membrane protein atlastin can be reconstituted in giant vesicles,
theory and experiment
(2023).
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Affinity contrast for adhesion of (bio)molecular condensates, theory
(2023) and experiment
(2023).
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Intrinsic contact angle of (bio)molecular condensates,
theory
(2009),
(2018) and
super-resolution
microscopy (2020).
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Mechanical tension within membrane nanotubes from measured tube diameter,
theory
(2018) and super-resolution
microscopy (2020).
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Division of giant vesicles by fine-tuning of spontaneous curvature,
theory
(2019),
experiment (2020),
and review (2022).
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Multispherical shapes of giant vesicles with multiple membrane necks,
theory
(2018),
experiment (2020),
and in-depth analysis (2022).
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Membrane-anchored receptors and ligands bind in a cooperative manner,
theory
(2009),
(2013)
and experiment (2018)
.
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Asymmetric ionic conditions generate large membrane curvatures, theory
(2013)
and tube pulling experiments (2018).
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The spontaneous curvature can be deduced from pulling membrane nanotubes, theory
(2013)
and experiment (2018).
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Membrane nanotubes increase the robustness of giant vesicles,
theory and experiment
(2018).
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The behavior of tubulated vesicles is governed by spontaneous tension, theory
(2013)
and micropipette experiments (2018).
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Unbinding transitions of filament bundles, theory
(2005)
and experiment (2015).
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Predicting the kinetics of biomolecular machines in vivo,
theory and experimental validation
(2014)
.
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Stochastic tug-of-war between antagonistic molecular motors,
theory
(2008)
and experiments
(2009),
(2011).
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Intrinsic contact angle of membranes, theory and experiment
(2009)
.
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Cooperative transport by several molecular motors, theory
(2005)
and experiment (2008).
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Membrane curvature induced by anchored polymers, theory
(1995)
and experiment (2007).
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Displacement of domain boundary by Gaussian curvature moduli, theory
(1993),
(1996)
and experiments
(2005),
(2008).
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Domain-induced budding of membranes, theory
(1992)
and experiment (2003).
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Growth and coalescence of intramembrane domains, theory
(1992),
(2001)
and experiment (2003).
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Increased bending rigidity by anchored polymers, theory
(1996)
and experiment (2001).
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Morphological wetting transitions at structured surfaces, theory
(1998)
and experiment (1999).
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Conformal diffusion of vesicles, theory
(1993)
and experiment (1995).
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Dynamic thickening of wetting layers, theory
(1986)
and experiments
(1990),
(1996),
(2000).
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Unbinding transitions of membranes, theory
(1986)
and experiment (1989).
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Critical surface behavior at first-order phase transitions,
theory (1982)
and experiments
(1985),
(2004).
