@article{17105,
  abstract     = {The development of photoresponsive systems with non-invasive orthogonal control by distinct wavelengths of light is still in its infancy. In particular, the design of photochemically triggered-orthogonal systems integrated into solid materials that enable multiple dynamic control over their properties remains a longstanding challenge. Here, we report the orthogonal and reversible control of two types of photoswitches in an integrated solid porous framework, that is, visible-light responsive o-fluoroazobenzene and nitro-spiropyran motifs. The properties of the constructed material can be selectively controlled by different wavelengths of light thus generating four distinct states providing a basis for dynamic multifunctional materials. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy demonstrated the selective transformation of the azobenzene switch in the bulk, which in turn modulates N2 and CO2 adsorption.},
  author       = {Sheng, Jinyu and Perego, Jacopo and Bracco, Silvia and Cieciórski, Piotr and Danowski, Wojciech and Comotti, Angiolina and Feringa, Ben L.},
  issn         = {1521-3773},
  journal      = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  number       = {23},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Orthogonal photoswitching in a porous organic framework}},
  doi          = {10.1002/anie.202404878},
  volume       = {63},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17054,
  abstract     = {Photoisomerization and photoluminescence are two distinct energy dissipation pathways in light-driven molecular motors. The photoisomerization properties of discrete molecular motors have been well established in solution, but their photoluminescent properties have been rarely reported—especially in aggregates. Here, it is shown that an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor exhibits distinct dynamic properties in solution and aggregate states, for example, gel and solid states. Despite the poor emissive properties of molecular motors in solution, a bright emission is observed in the aggregate states, including in gel and the crystalline solid. The emission wavelength is highly dependent on the nature of the supramolecular packing and order in the aggregates. As a result, the fluorescent color can be readily tuned reversibly via mechanical grinding and vapor fuming, which provides a new platform for developing multi-stimuli functional materials.},
  author       = {Shan, Yahan and Sheng, Jinyu and Zhang, Qi and Stuart, Marc C.A. and Qu, Da Hui and Feringa, Ben L.},
  issn         = {2692-4560},
  journal      = {Aggregate},
  number       = {5},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Multi-state photoluminescent properties of an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor in aggregates}},
  doi          = {10.1002/agt2.584},
  volume       = {5},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{18310,
  author       = {Kitsara, Maria and Smajlhodžić-Deljo, Merima and Gurbeta Pokvic, Lejla and Bert, Bettina and Bubalo, Nataliia and Erden, Sevilay and Franco, Nuno Henrique and Chirico, Giuseppe and Gómez Raja, Jonathan and Gonzalez-Uarquin, Fernando and Lang, Annemarie and Linklater, Nicole and Mojsova, Sandra and Olsson, I. Anna S. and Sandvig, Ioanna and Schaffert, Alexandra and Schmit, Marthe and Schober, Sophie and Sevastre, Bogdan and Wilflingseder, Doris and Ahluwalia, Arti and Neuhaus, Winfried},
  issn         = {2632-3559},
  journal      = {Alternatives to Laboratory Animals},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {326--333},
  publisher    = {SAGE Publications},
  title        = {{Introducing the COST action ‘Improving the Quality of Biomedical Science with 3Rs Concepts’ (IMPROVE)}},
  doi          = {10.1177/02611929241286024},
  volume       = {52},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15318,
  abstract     = {We consider a gas of N weakly interacting bosons in the ground state. Such gases exhibit Bose–Einstein condensation. The binding energy is defined as the energy it takes to remove one particle from the gas. In this article, we prove an asymptotic expansion for the binding energy, and compute the first orders explicitly for the homogeneous gas. Our result addresses in particular a conjecture by Nam (Lett Math Phys 108(1):141–159, 2018), and provides an asymptotic expansion of the ionization energy of bosonic atoms.},
  author       = {Bossmann, Lea and Leopold, Nikolai K and Mitrouskas, David Johannes and Petrat, Sören P},
  issn         = {1572-9613},
  journal      = {Journal of Statistical Physics},
  number       = {4},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{A note on the binding energy for Bosons in the mean-field limit}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s10955-024-03260-5},
  volume       = {191},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17478,
  abstract     = {We study the Fröhlich polaron model in R3, and prove a lower bound on its ground state energy as a function of the total momentum. The bound is asymptotically sharp at large coupling. In combination with a corresponding upper bound proved earlier (Mitrouskas et al. in Forum Math. Sigma 11:1–52, 2023), it shows that the energy is approximately parabolic below the continuum threshold, and that the polaron’s effective mass (defined as the semi-latus rectum of the
parabola) is given by the celebrated Landau–Pekar formula. In particular, it diverges as α4 for large coupling constant α.},
  author       = {Brooks, Morris and Seiringer, Robert},
  issn         = {1618-1913},
  journal      = {Publications Mathematiques de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques},
  pages        = {271--309},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{The Fröhlich polaron at strong coupling: Part II — Energy-momentum relation and effective mass}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s10240-024-00150-0},
  volume       = {140},
  year         = {2024},
}

@inbook{18948,
  abstract     = {We consider a gas of N bosons with interactions in the mean-field scaling regime. We review a recent proof of the asymptotic expansion of its spectrum and eigenstates and two applications of this result, namely the derivation of an Edgeworth expansion for fluctuations of one-body operators and the computation of the binding energy of an inhomogeneous Bose gas to any order. Finally, we collect related results for the dynamics of the weakly interacting Bose gas and for the regularized Nelson model.},
  author       = {Bossmann, Lea and Leopold, Nikolai and Mitrouskas, David Johannes and Petrat, Sören},
  booktitle    = {Physics and the Nature of Reality},
  editor       = {Bassi, Angelo and Goldstein, Sheldon and Tumulka, Roderich and Zanghi, Nino},
  isbn         = {9783031454332},
  issn         = {2365-6425},
  pages        = {307--321},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Asymptotic Analysis of the Weakly Interacting Bose Gas: A Collection of Recent Results and Applications}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-45434-9_22},
  volume       = {215},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17457,
  abstract     = {Autoantibodies against the protein leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) cause the most
common subtype of autoimmune encephalitis with predominant involvement of the limbic
system, associated with seizures and memory deficits. LGI1 and its receptor ADAM22 are part
of a transsynaptic protein complex that includes several proteins involved in presynaptic
neurotransmitter release and postsynaptic glutamate sensing. Autoantibodies against LGI1
increase excitatory synaptic strength, but studies that genetically disrupt the LGI1-ADAM22
complex report a reduction in postsynaptic glutamate receptor-mediated responses. Thus, the
mechanisms underlying the increased synaptic strength induced by LGI1 autoantibodies remain elusive, and the contributions of presynaptic molecules to the LGI1-transsynaptic complex remain unclear. We therefore investigated the presynaptic mechanisms that mediate
autoantibody-induced synaptic strengthening.},
  author       = {Ritzau-Jost, Andreas and Gsell, Felix and Sell, Josefine and Sachs, Stefan and Montanaro-Punzengruber, Jacqueline-Claire and Kirmann, Toni and Maaß, Sebastian and Irani, Sarosh R. and Werner, Christian and Geis, Christian and Sauer, Markus and Shigemoto, Ryuichi and Hallermann, Stefan},
  issn         = {2332-7812},
  journal      = {Neurology, Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {e200284},
  publisher    = {Wolters Kluwer},
  title        = {{LGI1 autoantibodies enhance synaptic transmission by presynaptic Kv1 loss and increased action potential broadening}},
  doi          = {10.1212/NXI.0000000000200284},
  volume       = {11},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{18958,
  abstract     = {This workshop brought together experts on the analysis of quantum many-body problems and quantum statistical mechanics, with the goal of discussing the state-of-the-art of the field, recent developments as well as challenges for the future. The main topics of discussion concerned the equilibrium and dynamical behavior of (bosonic or fermionic) quantum gases, quantum spin systems, as well as quantum field theory models like the Nelson or Fröhlich model.},
  author       = {Hainzl, Christian and Schlein, Benjamin and Seiringer, Robert and Warzel, Simone},
  issn         = {1660-8941},
  journal      = {Oberwolfach Reports},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {2247--2302},
  publisher    = {EMS Press},
  title        = {{Many-body quantum systems}},
  doi          = {10.4171/owr/2023/39},
  volume       = {20},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{14844,
  abstract     = {Many cell functions require a concerted effort from multiple membrane proteins, for example, for signaling, cell division, and endocytosis. One contribution to their successful self-organization stems from the membrane deformations that these proteins induce. While the pairwise interaction potential of two membrane-deforming spheres has recently been measured, membrane-deformation-induced interactions have been predicted to be nonadditive, and hence their collective behavior cannot be deduced from this measurement. We here employ a colloidal model system consisting of adhesive spheres and giant unilamellar vesicles to test these predictions by measuring the interaction potential of the simplest case of three membrane-deforming, spherical particles. We quantify their interactions and arrangements and, for the first time, experimentally confirm and quantify the nonadditive nature of membrane-deformation-induced interactions. We furthermore conclude that there exist two favorable configurations on the membrane: (1) a linear and (2) a triangular arrangement of the three spheres. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we corroborate the experimentally observed energy minima and identify a lowering of the membrane deformation as the cause for the observed configurations. The high symmetry of the preferred arrangements for three particles suggests that arrangements of many membrane-deforming objects might follow simple rules.},
  author       = {Azadbakht, Ali and Meadowcroft, Billie and Majek, Juraj and Šarić, Anđela and Kraft, Daniela J.},
  issn         = {1542-0086},
  journal      = {Biophysical Journal},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {307--316},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Nonadditivity in interactions between three membrane-wrapped colloidal spheres}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.020},
  volume       = {123},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15001,
  abstract     = {Self-replication of amyloid fibrils via secondary nucleation is an intriguing physicochemical phenomenon in which existing fibrils catalyze the formation of their own copies. The molecular events behind this fibril surface-mediated process remain largely inaccessible to current structural and imaging techniques. Using statistical mechanics, computer modeling, and chemical kinetics, we show that the catalytic structure of the fibril surface can be inferred from the aggregation behavior in the presence and absence of a fibril-binding inhibitor. We apply our approach to the case of Alzheimer’s A
 amyloid fibrils formed in the presence of proSP-C Brichos inhibitors. We find that self-replication of A
 fibrils occurs on small catalytic sites on the fibril surface, which are far apart from each other, and each of which can be covered by a single Brichos inhibitor.},
  author       = {Curk, Samo and Krausser, Johannes and Meisl, Georg and Frenkel, Daan and Linse, Sara and Michaels, Thomas C.T. and Knowles, Tuomas P.J. and Šarić, Anđela},
  issn         = {1091-6490},
  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  number       = {7},
  publisher    = {National Academy of Sciences},
  title        = {{Self-replication of Aβ42 aggregates occurs on small and isolated fibril sites}},
  doi          = {10.1073/pnas.2220075121},
  volume       = {121},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15116,
  abstract     = {Water is known to play an important role in collagen self-assembly, but it is still largely unclear how water–collagen interactions influence the assembly process and determine the fibril network properties. Here, we use the H2O/D2O isotope effect on the hydrogen-bond strength in water to investigate the role of hydration in collagen self-assembly. We dissolve collagen in H2O and D2O and compare the growth kinetics and the structure of the collagen assemblies formed in these water isotopomers. Surprisingly, collagen assembly occurs ten times faster in D2O than in H2O, and collagen in D2O self-assembles into much thinner fibrils, that form a more inhomogeneous and softer network, with a fourfold reduction in elastic modulus when compared to H2O. Combining spectroscopic measurements with atomistic simulations, we show that collagen in D2O is less hydrated than in H2O. This partial dehydration lowers the enthalpic penalty for water removal and reorganization at the collagen–water interface, increasing the self-assembly rate and the number of nucleation centers, leading to thinner fibrils and a softer network. Coarse-grained simulations show that the acceleration in the initial nucleation rate can be reproduced by the enhancement of electrostatic interactions. These results show that water acts as a mediator between collagen monomers, by modulating their interactions so as to optimize the assembly process and, thus, the final network properties. We believe that isotopically modulating the hydration of proteins can be a valuable method to investigate the role of water in protein structural dynamics and protein self-assembly.},
  author       = {Giubertoni, Giulia and Feng, Liru and Klein, Kevin and Giannetti, Guido and Rutten, Luco and Choi, Yeji and Van Der Net, Anouk and Castro-Linares, Gerard and Caporaletti, Federico and Micha, Dimitra and Hunger, Johannes and Deblais, Antoine and Bonn, Daniel and Sommerdijk, Nico and Šarić, Anđela and Ilie, Ioana M. and Koenderink, Gijsje H. and Woutersen, Sander},
  issn         = {1091-6490},
  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  number       = {11},
  publisher    = {National Academy of Sciences},
  title        = {{Elucidating the role of water in collagen self-assembly by isotopically modulating collagen hydration}},
  doi          = {10.1073/pnas.2313162121},
  volume       = {121},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{18526,
  abstract     = {Multivesicular endosomes (MVEs) sequester membrane proteins destined for degradation within intralumenal vesicles (ILVs), a process mediated by the membrane-remodeling action of Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT) proteins. In Arabidopsis, endosomal membrane constriction and scission are uncoupled, resulting in the formation of extensive concatenated ILV networks and enhancing cargo sequestration efficiency. Here, we used a combination of electron tomography, computer simulations, and mathematical modeling to address the questions of when concatenated ILV networks evolved in plants and what drives their formation. Through morphometric analyses of tomographic reconstructions of endosomes across yeast, algae, and various land plants, we have found that ILV concatenation is widespread within plant species, but only prevalent in seed plants, especially in flowering plants. Multiple budding sites that require the formation of pores in the limiting membrane were only identified in hornworts and seed plants, suggesting that this mechanism has evolved independently in both plant lineages. To identify the conditions under which these multiple budding sites can arise, we used particle-based molecular dynamics simulations and found that changes in ESCRT filament properties, such as filament curvature and membrane binding energy, can generate the membrane shapes observed in multiple budding sites. To understand the relationship between membrane budding activity and ILV network topology, we performed computational simulations and identified a set of membrane remodeling parameters that can recapitulate our tomographic datasets.},
  author       = {Weiner, Ethan and Berryman, Elizabeth and Frey, Felix F and Solís, Ariadna González and Leier, André and Lago, Tatiana Marquez and Šarić, Anđela and Otegui, Marisa S.},
  issn         = {1091-6490},
  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  number       = {44},
  publisher    = {National Academy of Sciences},
  title        = {{Endosomal membrane budding patterns in plants}},
  doi          = {10.1073/pnas.2409407121},
  volume       = {121},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15401,
  abstract     = {Amide-proton-detected magic-angle-spinning NMR of deuterated proteins has become a main technique in NMR-based structural biology. In standard deuteration protocols that rely on D2O-based culture media, non-exchangeable amide sites remain deuterated, making these sites unobservable. Here we demonstrate that proteins produced with a H2O-based culture medium doped with deuterated cell lysate allow scientists to overcome this “reprotonation bottleneck” while retaining a high level of deuteration (ca. 80 %) and narrow linewidths. We quantified coherence lifetimes of several proteins prepared with this labeling pattern over a range of magic-angle-spinning (MAS) frequencies (40–100 kHz). We demonstrate that under commonly used conditions (50–60 kHz MAS), the amide 1H linewidths with our labeling approach are comparable to those of perdeuterated proteins and better than those of protonated samples at 100 kHz. For three proteins in the 33–50 kDa size range, many previously unobserved amides become visible. We report how to prepare the deuterated cell lysate for our approach from fractions of perdeuterated cultures which are usually discarded, and we show that such media can be used identically to commercial media. The residual protonation of Hα sites allows for well-resolved Hα-detected spectra and Hα resonance assignment, exemplified by the de novo assignment of 168 Hα sites in a 39 kDa protein. The approach based on this H2O/cell-lysate deuteration and MAS frequencies compatible with 1.3 or 1.9 mm rotors presents a strong sensitivity benefit over 0.7 mm 100 kHz MAS experiments.},
  author       = {Napoli, Federico and Guan, Jia-Ying and Arnaud, Charles-Adrien and Macek, Pavel and Fraga, Hugo and Breyton, Cécile and Schanda, Paul},
  issn         = {2699-0016},
  journal      = {Magnetic Resonance},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {33--49},
  publisher    = {Copernicus Publications},
  title        = {{Deuteration of proteins boosted by cell lysates: High-resolution amide and Ha magic-angle-spinning (MAS) NMR without the reprotonation bottleneck}},
  doi          = {10.5194/mr-5-33-2024},
  volume       = {5},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{18072,
  abstract     = {The individualization of chromosomes during early mitosis and their clustering upon exit from cell division are two key transitions that ensure efficient segregation of eukaryotic chromosomes. Both processes are regulated by the surfactant-like protein Ki-67, but how Ki-67 achieves these diametric functions has remained unknown. Here, we report that Ki-67 radically switches from a chromosome repellent to a chromosome attractant during anaphase in human cells. We show that Ki-67 dephosphorylation during mitotic exit and the simultaneous exposure of a conserved basic patch induce the RNA-dependent formation of a liquid-like condensed phase on the chromosome surface. Experiments and coarse-grained simulations support a model in which the coalescence of chromosome surfaces, driven by co-condensation of Ki-67 and RNA, promotes clustering of chromosomes. Our study reveals how the switch of Ki-67 from a surfactant to a liquid-like condensed phase can generate mechanical forces during genome segregation that are required for re-establishing nuclear-cytoplasmic compartmentalization after mitosis.},
  author       = {Hernandez-Armendariz, Alberto and Sorichetti, Valerio and Hayashi, Yuki and Koskova, Zuzana and Brunner, Andreas and Ellenberg, Jan and Šarić, Anđela and Cuylen-Haering, Sara},
  issn         = {1097-4164},
  journal      = {Molecular Cell},
  number       = {17},
  pages        = {P3254--3270.E9},
  publisher    = {Cell Press},
  title        = {{A liquid-like coat mediates chromosome clustering during mitotic exit}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.molcel.2024.07.022},
  volume       = {84},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17239,
  abstract     = {Collagen is the most abundant protein in tissue scaffolds in live organisms. Collagen can self-assemble in vitro, which has led to a number of biotechnological and biomedical applications. To understand the dominant factors that participate in the formation of collagen nanostructures, here we study in real time and with nanoscale resolution the disassembly and reassembly of collagens. We implement a high-speed force microscope, which provides in situ high spatiotemporal resolution images of collagen nanostructures under changing pH conditions. The disassembly and reassembly are dominated by the electrostatic interactions among amino-acid residues of different molecules. Acidic conditions favor disassembly by neutralizing negatively charged residues. The process sets a net repulsive force between collagen molecules. A neutral pH favors the presence of negative and positively charged residues along the collagen molecules, which promotes their electrostatic attraction. Molecular dynamics simulations reproduce the experimental behavior and validate the electrostatic-based model of the disassembly and reassembly processes.},
  author       = {Garcia-Sacristan, Clara and Gisbert, Victor G. and Klein, Kevin and Šarić, Anđela and Garcia, Ricardo},
  issn         = {1936-086X},
  journal      = {ACS Nano},
  number       = {28},
  pages        = {18485--18492},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{In operando imaging electrostatic-driven disassembly and reassembly of collagen nanostructures}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acsnano.4c03839},
  volume       = {18},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{18704,
  abstract     = {Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is the main pathway used by eukaryotic cells to take up extracellular material, but the dominant physical mechanisms driving this process are still elusive. Recently, several high-resolution imaging techniques have been used on different cell lines to measure the geometrical properties of clathrin-coated pits over their whole lifetime. Here, we first show that the combination of all datasets with the recently introduced cooperative curvature model defines a consensus pathway, which is characterized by a flat-to-curved transition at finite area, followed by linear growth and subsequent saturation of curvature. We then apply an energetic model for the composite of the plasma membrane and clathrin coat to this consensus pathway to show that the dominant mechanism for invagination could be coat stiffening, which might originate from cooperative interactions between the different clathrin molecules and progressively drives the system toward its intrinsic curvature. Our theory predicts that two length scales determine the invagination pathway, namely the patch size at which the flat-to-curved transition occurs and the final pit radius.},
  author       = {Frey, Felix F and Schwarz, Ulrich S.},
  issn         = {2470-0053},
  journal      = {Physical Review E},
  number       = {6},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Coat stiffening can explain invagination of clathrin-coated membranes}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevE.110.064403},
  volume       = {110},
  year         = {2024},
}

@misc{22987,
  abstract     = {Imaging data of all main and supplementary figures. The files are the raw microcopy files including all Z-slices and timepoints. },
  author       = {Hernandez-Armendariz, Alberto and Cuylen-Haering, Sara},
  publisher    = {Repository},
  title        = {{A liquid-like coat mediates chromosome clustering during mitotic exit. Hernandez-Armendariz et al.}},
  doi          = {10.17632/dwcpnncsyd.1},
  year         = {2024},
}

@misc{22940,
  author       = { Sivertsen, Astrid and Napoli, Federico and Schanda, Paul},
  publisher    = {Repository},
  title        = {{Amide and a-hydrogens extension to the Solid-state NMR assignment of P. horikoshii TET2}},
  doi          = {10.13018/BMR52400},
  year         = {2024},
}

@inproceedings{17374,
  abstract     = {Achieving photorealistic 3D view synthesis and relighting of human portraits is pivotal for advancing AR/VR applications. Existing methodologies in portrait relighting demonstrate substantial limitations in terms of generalization and 3D consistency, coupled with inaccuracies in physically realistic lighting and identity preservation. Furthermore, personalization from a single view is difficult to achieve and often requires multiview images during the testing phase or involves slow optimization processes. This paper introduces Lite2Relight , a novel technique that can predict 3D consistent head poses of portraits while performing physically plausible light editing at interactive speed. Our method uniquely extends the generative capabilities and efficient volumetric representation of EG3D, leveraging a lightstage dataset to implicitly disentangle face reflectance and perform relighting under target HDRI environment maps. By utilizing a pre-trained geometry-aware encoder and a feature alignment module, we map input images into a relightable 3D space, enhancing them with a strong face geometry and reflectance prior. Through extensive quantitative and qualitative evaluations, we show that our method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in terms of efficacy, photorealism, and practical application. This includes producing 3D-consistent results of the full head, including hair, eyes, and expressions. Lite2Relight paves the way for large-scale adoption of photorealistic portrait editing in various domains, offering a robust, interactive solution to a previously constrained problem.},
  author       = {Rao, Pramod and Fox, Gereon and Meka, Abhimitra and Mallikarjun, B. R. and Zhan, Fangneng and Weyrich, Tim and Bickel, Bernd and Pfister, Hanspeter and Matusik, Wojciech and Elgharib, Mohamed and Theobalt, Christian},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings - SIGGRAPH 2024 Conference Papers},
  isbn         = {9798400705250},
  location     = {Denver, CO, United States},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  title        = {{Lite2Relight: 3D-aware single image portrait relighting}},
  doi          = {10.1145/3641519.3657470},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17460,
  abstract     = {Filaments in the cell commonly treadmill. Driven by energy consumption, they grow on one end while shrinking on the other, causing filaments to appear motile even though individual proteins remain static. This process is characteristic of cytoskeletal filaments and leads to collective filament self-organization. Here we show that treadmilling drives filament nematic ordering by dissolving misaligned filaments. Taking the bacterial FtsZ protein involved in cell division as an example, we show that this mechanism aligns FtsZ filaments in vitro and drives the organization of the division ring in living Bacillus subtilis cells. We find that ordering via local dissolution also allows the system to quickly respond to chemical and geometrical biases in the cell, enabling us to quantitatively explain the ring formation dynamics in vivo. Beyond FtsZ and other cytoskeletal filaments, our study identifies a mechanism for self-organization via constant birth and death of energy-consuming filaments.},
  author       = {Vanhille-Campos, Christian Eduardo and Whitley, Kevin D. and Radler, Philipp and Loose, Martin and Holden, Séamus and Šarić, Anđela},
  issn         = {1745-2481},
  journal      = {Nature Physics},
  pages        = {1670--1678},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Self-organization of mortal filaments and its role in bacterial division ring formation}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41567-024-02597-8},
  volume       = {20},
  year         = {2024},
}

