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- DNA–binding proteins
- Protein folding
- Cytoskeletal structure and transport
- Phase separation
- Mechanobiology
- Other applications
- Buzón, P. et al. The Histone Chaperones SET/TAF‐1β and NPM1 Exhibit Conserved Functionality in Nucleosome Remodeling and Histone Eviction in a Cytochrome c ‐Dependent Manner. Advanced Science (Wouter Roos, University of Groningen) 2023
- Fazio, N. et al. E. coli RecB Nuclease Domain Regulates RecBCD Helicase Activity but not Single Stranded DNA Translocase Activity. Journal of Molecular Biology (Timothy M. Lohman, St. Louis)
- Sharma, M et al. Assembly mechanism of the inflammasome sensor AIM2 revealed by single molecule analysis. Nature Communications (Eva De Alba, UC Merced) 2023
- Sánchez, H. et al. A chromatinized origin reduces the mobility of ORC and MCM through interactions and spatial constraint. Nature Communications (Nynke Dekker, TU Delft)
- Liu, C. et al. RNase H1 facilitates recombinase recruitment by degrading DNA–RNA hybrids during meiosis. Nucleic Acids Research (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech)
- Wan, L. et al. Unlicensed origin DNA melting by MCV and SV40 polyomavirus LT proteins is independent of ATP-dependent helicase activity. PNAS (Bennett Van Houten, University of Pittsburgh) 2023
- Cai, T. et al. Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymerase Activity Impacted by Alkylating Agents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Huizhong Xu, Soochow University) 2023
- Ramírez Montero, D. et al. De novo fabrication of custom-sequence plasmids for the synthesis of long DNA constructs with extrahelical features. Biophysicsl Journal (Nynke Dekker, TU Delft)
- Newton, M. et al. Negative DNA supercoiling induces genome-wide Cas9 off-target activity. Molecular Cell (David Rueda, Imperial College & Simon Boulton, Francis Crick Institute)
- Belan, O. et al. Visualization of direct and diffusion-assisted RAD51 nucleation by full-length human BRCA2 protein. Molecular Cell (David Rueda, Imperial College & Simon Boulton, Francis Crick Institute)
- Greenhough L. A. et al, Structure and function of the RAD51BCD-XRCC2 tumour suppressor complex, Nature, (Simon Boulton & Steve West, Crick) 2023
- Tang, M. et al. Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex. Molecular Cell (Maxim Molodtsov, Francis Crick Instuitute)
- Daniel Ramírez Montero, Nucleotide binding halts diffusion of the eukaryotic replicative helicase during activation Nature Communications, (Nynke Dekker, TU Delft) 2023
- Kacey N.Mersch “Helicase” activity promoted through dynamic interactions between a ssDNA translocase and a diffusing SSB protein. PNAS (Timothy M. Loham, St. Louis) 2023
- Ling Wang et. al., Head-on and co-directional RNA polymerase collisions orchestrate bidirectional transcription termination. Molecular Cell (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2023
- Schaich M. et al., Single-molecule analysis of DNA-binding proteins from nuclear extracts (SMADNE). NAR (Ben Van Houten, University of Pittsburgh) 2023
- Tanasie et al., Stabilization of DNA fork junctions by Smc5/6 complexes revealed by single-molecule imaging. Cell Reports (Johannes Stigler, LMU & Luis Aragon, Imperial College London) 2022
- McCauley, M. et al., Human FACT subunits coordinate to catalyze both disassembly and reassembly of nucleosomes. Cell Reports (Mark Williams, Northeastern University) 2022
- Jang S. et al., Cooperative interaction between AAG and UV-DDB in the removal of modified bases. NAR (Ben Van Houten, University of Pittsburgh) 2022
- Belan O. et al., POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells. Molecular Cell (Simon Boulton, Crick Institute) 2022
- Spakman et al., PICH acts as a force dependent nucleosome remodeler. Nature communications (Gijs Wuite, VU) 2022
- J.Chang et al., Smc5/6’s multifaceted DNA binding capacities stabilize branched DNA structures. Nature Communication (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2022
- Li et al., Origin recognition complex harbors an intrinsic nucleosome remodeling activity. PNAS (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2022
- Kaczmarczyk A. et al. Search and processing of Holliday junctions within long DNA by junction-resolving enzymes. Nature Communication (David Rueda, Imperial College) 2022
- Carcamo, C. C. et al. ATP Binding Facilitates Target Search of SWR1 Chromatin Remodeler by Promoting One-Dimensional Diffusion on DNA. eLife (Taekjip Ha, Johns Hopkins University) 2022
- Kuppa, et al. Rtt105 regulates RPA function by configurationally stapling the flexible domains. Nature Communications. (Edwin Antony and Taekjip Ha, Johns Hopkins University) 202
- Li, S. et al. Nucleosome-directed replication origin licensing independent of a consensus DNA sequence. Nature Communications. (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2022
- Lijuan, Guo. et al. Stochastically multimerized ParB orchestrates DNA assembly as unveiled by single-molecule analysis. Nucleic Acid Research. (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2022
- Gien, H. et al. HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Binds Double-Stranded DNA in Multiple Modes to Regulate Compaction and Capsid Uncoating. Viruses (Mark Williams, Northeastern University) 2022
- Bi L. et al, The convergence of head-on DNA unwinding forks induces helicase oligomerization and activity transition, PNAS (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2022
- Kono S. et al., Resolving the subtle details of human DNA alkyltransferase lesion search and repair mechanism by single-molecule studies. PNAS, (Ingrid Tessmer, Würzburg) 2022
- Bernacchia L. et al, Identification of the target and mode of action for the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair inhibitor ATBC, Biosci Rep (Niel Kad, Kent University) 2022
- Morin, J. A. et al. Sequence-dependent surface condensation of a pioneer transcription factor on DNA. Nature Physics (Stephan Grill, TU Dresden) 2022
- Renger, R. et al.,Co-condensation of proteins with single- and double-stranded DNA. PNAS (Stephan Grill, TU Dresden) 2022
- Sánchez, H. et al. DNA replication origins retain mobile licensing proteins. Nature Communications (Nynke Dekker, TU Delft) 2021
- Losito, M. et al. Cas12a Target Search and Cleavage on Force-Stretched DNA. PCCP (David Rueda, Imperial College London) 2021
- Anand, R. et al. HELQ is a dual-function DSB repair enzyme modulated by RPA and RAD51. Nature (Simon Boulton, Crick Institute) 2021
- Paul, B. et al. Mechanics of CRISPR-Cas12a and engineered variants on λ-DNA. Nucleic Acids Research (Guillermo Montoya, University of Copenhagen) 2021
- Hill, C. H. et al. Structural and molecular basis for Cardiovirus 2A protein as a viral gene expression switch. Nature Communications (Neva Caliskan, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based infection research (HIRI), University of Würzburg & Ian Brierly, University of Cambridge) 2021
- Zhang, Q. et al. Efficient DNA interrogation of SpCas9 governed by its electrostatic interaction with DNA beyond the PAM and protospacer. Nucleic Acids Research (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2021
- Buzón, P. et al. Virus self-assembly proceeds through contact-rich energy minima. Science Advances (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam & Wouter Roos, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) 2021
- Backer, A. S. et al. Elucidating the Role of Topological Constraint on the Structure of Overstretched DNA Using Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam) 2021
- de Asis Balaguer, F. et al. CTP promotes efficient ParB-dependent DNA condensation by facilitating one-dimensional diffusion from parS. eLife (Fernando Moreno-Herrero, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología) 2021
- Quail, T. et al. Force generation by protein–DNA co-condensation. Nature Physics (Stephan Grill, TU Dresden) 2021
- Belan, O. et al. Generation of versatile ss-dsDNA hybrid substrates for single-molecule analysis. STAR Protocols (David Rueda, Imperial College London) 2021
- Lin, X. et al. Cooperative DNA looping by PRC2 complexes. Nucleic Acids Research (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2021
- Ye, S. et al. Proximal Single-Stranded RNA Destabilizes Human Telomerase RNA G-Quadruplex and Induces Its Distinct Conformers. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2021
- Keenen, M. M. et al. HP1 proteins compact DNA into mechanically and positionally stable phase separated domains. eLife (Sy Redding, University of California San Francisco) 2021
- Belan, O. et al. Single-molecule analysis reveals cooperative stimulation of Rad51 filament nucleation and growth by mediator proteins. Molecular Cell (David Rueda, Imperial College London) 2021
- Zhang, S. et al. Dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 in DNA target Association and Dissociation. EMBO Rep (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2020
- Spakman, D. et al. Constructing arrays of nucleosome positioning sequences using Gibson Assembly for single-molecule studies. Scientific Reports (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam) 2020
- Khawaja, A. et al. Distinct pre-initiation steps in human mitochondrial translation. Nature Communications (Joanna Rorbach, Karolinska Institute) 2020
- Rill, N. et al. Alkyltransferase-like protein clusters scan DNA rapidly over long distances and recruit NER to alkyl-DNA lesions. PNAS (Ingrid Tessmer, University of Würzburg) 2020
- Qin, Z. et al. Human RPA activates BLM’s bidirectional DNA unwinding from a nick. eLife (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2020
- Kretzer, B. et al. Single-Molecule Mechanics in Ligand Concentration Gradient. Micromachines (Miklós Kellermayer, Semmelweis University) 2020
- Leicher, R. et al. Single-molecule and in silico dissection of the interaction between Polycomb repressive complex 2 and chromatin. PNAS (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University) 2019
- Marchetti, M. et al.Real-Time Assembly of Viruslike Nucleocapsids Elucidated at the Single-Particle Level. Nano Letters (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam & Wouter Roos, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) 2019
- Wasserman, M. et al.Replication Fork Activation Is Enabled by a Single-Stranded DNA Gate in CMG Helicase. Cell (Shixin Liu & Michael O’Donnel, Rockefeller University) 2019
- Kosinski R. et al. Sites of high local frustration in DNA origami. Nature Communications (Barbara Saccà, University of Essen-Duisburg) 2019
- Zheng, Q. et al. Reversible histone glycation is associated with disease-related changes in chromatin architecture. Nature Communications (Shixin Liu, Rockefeller University and Yael David MSKCC) 2019
- Newton, M. et al. DNA stretching induces Cas9 off-target activity. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (David Rueda, Imperial College London) 2019
- Mondol, T. et al. Aha1 regulates Hsp90’s conformation and function in a stoichiometry-dependent way. Biophysical Journal (Kasia Tych, University of Groningen) 2023
- Wang, H. et al. Mechanistic Insights into the Folding Mechanism of Region V in Ice-Binding Protein Secreted by Marinomonas primoryensi Revealed by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy. Langmuir (Chunguang Hu, Tanjin University)
- Scalvini, B. et al. Cytosolic Interactome Protects Against Protein Unfolding in a Single Molecule Experiment. Advanced Biology (Alireza Mashagi, Leiden University)
- Sadhanasatish, T et al. A molecular optomechanics approach reveals functional relevance of force transduction across talin and desmoplakin. Science Advances (Matthias Rief, TUM) 2023
- Pekarek L. et al., Cis-mediated interactions of the SARS-CoV-2 frameshift RNA alter its conformations and affect function. NAR (Neva Caliskan, HIRI) 2022
- Freitag M. et al., Single-molecule experiments reveal the elbow as an essential folding guide in SMC coiled-coil arms. Biophysical Journal (Johannes Stigler, LMU) 2022
- Walker, S. D. et al, The activated ClpP peptidase forcefully grips a protein substrate. Biophysical Journal (Adrian Olivares, Vanderbilt University) 2022
- Buck, S. et al. POTATO: An automated pipeline for batch analysis of optical tweezers data. Biophysical Journal (Neva Caliskan, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based infection research (HIRI), University of Würzburg) 2022
- Liu, J. et al. Minimalist design of polymer-oligopeptide hybrid as intrinsically disordered protein-mimicking scaffold for artificial membraneless organelle. ACS Cent. Sci. (Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong University) 2022
- Naqvi, M. et al. Protein chain collapse modulation and folding stimulation by GroEL-ES, Sci. Advances (Sander Tans, AMOLF) 2022
- Pekarek L et al., Optical Tweezers to Study RNA-Protein Interactions in Translation Regulation, JoVE (Neva Caliskan, HIRI) 2022
- Zimmer, M. M. et al. The short isoform of the host antiviral protein ZAP acts as an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 programmed ribosomal frameshifting. Nature Communications (Neva Caliskan, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based infection research (HIRI), University of Würzburg) 2021
- Maciuba, K. et al. Facile tethering of stable and unstable proteins for optical tweezers experiments. Biophysical Journal (Christian Kaiser, Johns Hopkins University) 2021
- Wruck, F. et al. The ribosome modulates folding inside the ribosomal exit tunnel. Communications Biology (Sander Tans, AMOLF) 2021
- Avellaneda, M. et al.Simultaneous sensing and imaging of individual biomolecular complexes enabled by modular DNA–protein coupling. Communications Chemistry (Sander Tans, AMOLF) 2020
- Avellaneda, M. et al.Processive extrusion of polypeptide loops by a Hsp100 disaggregase. Nature (Sander Tans, AMOLF) 2020
- Muir, K. W. et al. Structural mechanism of outer kinetochore Dam1-Ndc80 complex assembly on microtubules. Science (David Barford, MRC-LMB Cambridge) 2023
- Schepers, A. V. et al. Multiscale mechanics and temporal evolution of vimentin intermediate filament networks. PNAS, (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2021
- Kučera, O. et al. Anillin propels myosin-independent constriction of actin rings. Nature Communications (Zdenek Lansky, BIOCEV) 2021
- Schaedel, L. et al. Vimentin Intermediate Filaments Stabilize Dynamic Microtubules by Direct Interactions. Nature Communications, (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2021
- Lam, A. J. et al. A Highly Conserved 310-Helix Within the Kinesin Motor Domain is Critical for Kinesin Function and Human Health. Science Advances (Arne Gennerich, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) 2021
- Budaitis, B. G. et al. Pathogenic Mutations in the Kinesin-3 Motor KIF1A Diminish Force Generation and Movement Through Allosteric Mechanisms. Journal of Cell Biology (Arne Gennerich, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) 2021
- Kraxner, J. et al. Post-Translational Modifications Soften Vimentin Intermediate Filaments. Nanoscale (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2020
- Mei, L. et al. Molecular mechanism for direct actin force-sensing by α-catenin. eLife (Shixin Liu & Gregory M. Alushin, Rockefeller University) 2020
- Schepers, A. et al. Tuning intermediate filament mechanics by indirect and direct charge variations. Nanoscale (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2020
- Sorkin, R. et al.Synaptotagmin-1 and Doc2b Exhibit Distinct Membrane-Remodeling Mechanisms. Biophysical Journal (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam & Wouter Roos, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) 2020
- Zhang, Q. et al. The post-PAM interaction of RNA-guided spCas9 with DNA dictates its target binding and dissociation.Science Advances (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2019
- Gutierrez-Escribano, et al. A conserved ATP- and Scc2/4-dependent activity for cohesin in tethering DNA molecules. Science Advances (David Rueda, & Luis Aragon, Imperial College London) 2019
- Lorenz, C. et al.Lateral Subunit Coupling Determines Intermediate Filament Mechanics. Physical Review Letters (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2019
- Forsting, J. et al.Vimentin Intermediate Filaments Undergo Irreversible Conformational Changes during Cyclic Loading. Nano Letters (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2019
- Block, J.et al. Viscoelastic properties of vimentin originate from nonequilibrium conformational changes. Science Advances (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2018
- Block, J. et al. Nonlinear Loading-Rate-Dependent Force Response of Individual Vimentin Intermediate Filaments to Applied Strain. Physical Review Letters (Sarah Köster, University of Göttingen) 2017
- Gui, T. et al. Targeted perturbation of signaling-driven condensates. Molecular Cell (Jurian Schuijers, UMC Utrecht)
- Wadsworth, G. et al. RNAs undergo phase transitions with lower critical solution temperatures. Nature Chemistry (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2023
- Galvanetto, N. et al. Extreme dynamics in a biomolecular condensate. Nature (Ben Schuler, University of Zurich) 2023
- Teng, Wang.et al. Bloom syndrome helicase compresses single-stranded DNA into phase-separated condensates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech) 2022
- Kota, D, et al. Macromolecular Regulation of the Material Properties of Biomolecular Condensates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Huan-Xiang Zhou, University of Illinois Chicago) 2022
- Manjia Li. et al, Controlling synthetic membraneless organelles by a red-light-dependent singlet oxygen-generating protein. Nature Communication (Jingqing Huang, HKUST) 2022
- Joris Van Lindt et al., F/YGG-motif is an intrinsically disordered nucleic-acid binding motif. RNA biology (Leuven) 2022
- Ghosh, A. et al. Shear relaxation governs fusion dynamics of biomolecular condensates. Nature Communications, (Huan-Xiang Zhou, University of Illinois Chicago) 2021
- Alshareedah, I. et al. Programmable viscoelasticity in protein-RNA condensates with disordered sticker-spacer polypeptides. Nature Communications (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2021
- Lin, SN. et al. Direct visualization of the effect of DNA structure and ionic conditions on HU–DNA interactions. Scientific Reports (Gijs Wuite, VU University Amsterdam) 2021
- Newton, M. D. et al. A Minimal Load-and-Lock Ru Luminescent DNA Probe. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (David Rueda, Imperial College London) 2021
- Rhine, K. et al. Single-molecule and ensemble methods to probe RNP nucleation and condensate properties. Methods (Sua Myong, Johns Hopkins University) 2021
- Kaur, T. et al. Sequence-encoded and Composition-dependent Protein-RNA Interactions Control Multiphasic Condensate Morphologies. Nature Communications (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2021
- Alshareedah, I. et al. Quantifying Viscosity and Surface Tension of Multi-Component Protein-Nucleic Acid Condensates. Biophysical Journal (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2021
- Jawerth, L. et al. Protein condensates as aging Maxwell fluids. Science (Tony Hyman, MPI-CBG) 2020
- Ghosh, A. and Zhou, H.-X. Determinants for Fusion Speed of Biomolecular Droplets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Huan-Xiang Zhou, University of Illinois Chicago) 2020
- Alshareedah, I. et al. Phase transition of RNA−protein complexes into ordered hollow condensates. PNAS (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2020
- Alshareedah, I. et al. Interplay between Short-Range Attraction and Long-Range Repulsion Controls Reentrant Liquid Condensation of Ribonucleoprotein–RNA Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2019
- Gui, X., et al. Structural basis for reversible amyloids of hnRNPA1 elucidates their role in stress granule assembly. Nature Communications (Bo Sun, ShanghaiTech & Cong Liu, CAS-SIOC) 2019
- Kaur, T. et al. Molecular Crowding Tunes Material States of Ribonucleoprotein Condensates. Biomolecules (Priya Banerjee, University at Buffalo) 2019
- Jawerth, L. et al. Salt-Dependent Rheology and Surface Tension of Protein Condensates Using Optical Traps. Physical Review Letters (Tony Hyman, MPI-CBG) 2018
- De Belly, H. et al. Cell protrusions and contractions generate long-range membrane tension propagation. Cell (Carlos Bustamante, UC Berkeley) 2023
- Cheng Lyu et al., Advanced glycation end-products as mediators of the aberrant crosslinking of extracellular matrix in scarred liver tissue. Nature Biomedical Engineering (Yanan Du, Tsinghua university) 2023
- Zhorabek F. et al., Construction of multiphasic membraneless organelles towards spontaneous spatial segregation and directional flow of biochemical reactions. Chemical Science (Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong UST) 2023
- Stadler R. et al., A circular zone of attachment to the extracellular matrix provides directionality to the motility of Toxoplasma gondii in 3D. Elife (Gary E. Ward, Vermont University) 2022
- Goren S. et al., Probing Local Force Propagation in Tensed Fibrous Gels, Small (Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv) 2022
- Quikun Y. et al., Directed assembly of genetically engineered eukaryotic cells into living functional materials via ultrahigh-affinity protein interactions. Sci. Advances (Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong UST) 2022
- Dharan R. et al., Transmembrane proteins tetraspanin 4 and CD9 sense membrane curvature. PNAS (Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv) 2022
- Siahaan, V. et al. Microtubule Lattice Spacing Governs Cohesive Envelope Formation of Tau Family Proteins. Nature Chemical Biology (Zdenek Lansky, BIOCEV) 2022
- Mulla, Y. et al. Weak catch bonds make strong networks. Nature Materials (Sander Tans, AMOLF & Gijsje Koenderink, TU Delft) 2022
- Evers T. et al., Single-Cell Mechanical Characterization of Human Macrophages. Advanced Nanobiomed Research (Alireza, Leiden University) 2022
- Hormeno S. et al, Human HELB is a processive motor protein that catalyzes RPA clearance from single-stranded DNA, Elife, (Moreno, CNB, Madrid) 2022
- Chardon F. et al., CENP-B-mediated DNA loops regulate activity and stability of human centromeres, Molecular Cell (Fachinetti, Institute Curie) 2022
- Sheikhhassani, V. et al., Single cell force spectroscopy of erythrocytes at physiological and febrile temperatures reveals mechano-modulatory effects of atorvastatin. Soft matter, (Mashaghi, Leiden) 2022
- Evers, T. M. J. et al. Single-cell analysis reveals chemokine-mediated differential regulation of monocyte mechanics. iScience, (Alireza Mashaghi , Leiden University) 2022
- Vasse, G. F. et al. Single Cell Reactomics: Real‐Time Single‐Cell Activation Kinetics of Optically Trapped Macrophages. small methods, (Wouter Roos, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) 2021
- Shendrik, P. et al. Membrane Tension Inhibits Lipid Mixing by Increasing the Hemifusion Stalk Energy. (Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv University) 2023
- Fu, W. et al., Efficient optical plasmonic tweezer- controlled single-molecule SERS characterization of pH-dependent amylin species in aqueous milieus. Nature Communications (Jinquing Huang, Hong Kong UST) 2023
- Dharan R., Tetraspanin 4 stabilizes membrane swellings and facilitates their maturation into migrasomes. Nature communications (Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv) 2023
- Cheppali S., Supported Natural Membranes on Microspheres for Protein–Protein Interaction Studies. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv) 2022
- Molcrette B, et al. Experimental study of a nanoscale translocation ratchet. PNAS (Fabien Montel, École Normale Supérieure Lyon) 2022
- Freitag, M. et al. Identification and correction of miscalibration artifacts based on force noise for optical tweezers experiments. J. Chemical Physics (Johannes Stigler, LMU) 2021
- Dai, X. et al. Optical tweezers-controlled hotspot for sensitive and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy characterization of native protein structures. Nature Communications (Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) 2021
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