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8. Light-Based Juxtacrine Signaling Between Synthetic Cells. Small Sci, 2024
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12. Inward transport of organelles drives outward migration of the spindle during C. elegans meiosis. bioRxiv, 2024
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16. ERK synchronizes embryonic cleavages in Drosophila. Dev Cell, 2024
17. Rapid and reversible dissolution of biomolecular condensates using light-controlled recruitment of a solubility tag. Nat Commun, 2024
18. Endoplasmic reticulum exit sites are segregated for secretion based on cargo size. Dev Cell, 2024
19. Phospholipase C beta 1 in the dentate gyrus gates fear memory formation through regulation of neuronal excitability. Sci Adv, 2024
20. Light-Inducible Activation of TrkA for Probing Chronic Pain in Mice. ACS Chem Biol, 2024
21. Traveling wave chemotaxis of neutrophil-like HL-60 cells. bioRxiv, 2024
22. Large-scale control over collective cell migration using light-controlled epidermal growth factor receptors. bioRxiv, 2024
23. Interplay of condensation and chromatin binding underlies BRD4 targeting. MBoC, 2024
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26. A light-controlled phospholipase C for imaging of lipid dynamics and controlling neural plasticity. Cell Chem Biol, 2024
27. Spatiotemporal Organization of Functional Cargoes by Light-Switchable Condensation in Escherichia coli Cells. JACS Au, 2024
28. Dynamic Light-Induced Protein Patterns at Model Membranes. J Vis Exp, 2024
29. Asymmetric oligomerization state and sequence patterning can tune multiphase condensate miscibility. Nat Chem, 2024
30. Simple visualization of submicroscopic protein clusters with a phase-separation-based fluorescent reporter. Cell Syst, 2024
31. Using split protein reassembly strategy to optically control PLD enzymatic activity. bioRxiv, 2024
32. Ultralow Background Membrane Editors for Spatiotemporal Control of Phosphatidic Acid Metabolism and Signaling ACS Cent Sci, 2024
33. Rapid and reversible dissolution of biomolecular condensates using light-controlled recruitment of a solubility tag. bioRxiv, 2024
34. Spatiotemporal Optical Control of Gαq-PLCβ Interactions. ACS Synth Biol, 2023
35. Photoactivation of LOV domains with chemiluminescence. Chem Sci, 2023
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37. Critical capillary waves of biomolecular condensates. bioRxiv, 2023
38. Local negative feedback of Rac activity at the leading edge underlies a pilot pseudopod-like program for amoeboid cell guidance. PLoS Biol, 2023
39. CaaX-motif-adjacent residues influence G protein gamma (Gγ) prenylation under suboptimal conditions. J Biol Chem, 2023
40. ActuAtor, a Listeria-inspired molecular tool for physical manipulation of intracellular organizations through de novo actin polymerization. Cell Rep, 2023
41. Light-activated microtubule-based two-dimensional active nematic. Soft Matter, 2023
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43. Dynamics of an incoherent feedforward loop drive ERK-dependent pattern formation in the early Drosophila embryo. Development, 2023
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45. Optogenetic clustering and membrane translocation of the BcLOV4 photoreceptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
46. Senescence-induced cellular reprogramming drives cnidarian whole-body regeneration. Cell Rep, 2023
47. Opto-RhoGEFs, an optimized optogenetic toolbox to reversibly control Rho GTPase activity on a global to subcellular scale, enabling precise control over vascular endothelial barrier strength. Elife, 2023
48. Concept and considerations of a medical device: the active noise cancelling incubator. Front Pediatr, 2023
49. Cell protrusions and contractions generate long-range membrane tension propagation. Cell, 2023
50. Actuation of single downstream nodes in growth factor network steers immune cell migration. Dev Cell, 2023
51. Engineered allostery in light-regulated LOV-Turbo enables precise spatiotemporal control of proximity labeling in living cells. Nat Methods, 2023
52. Self-Regulated and Bidirectional Communication in Synthetic Cell Communities. ACS Nano, 2023
53. A disordered tether to iLID improves photoswitchable protein patterning on model membranes. Chem Commun (Camb), 2023
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56. Rac negative feedback links local PIP3 rate-of-change to dynamic control of neutrophil guidance. bioRxiv, 2023
57. Orthogonal Light-Dependent Membrane Adhesion Induces Social Self-Sorting and Member-Specific DNA Communication in Synthetic Cell Communities. Small, 2023
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63. Dimerization of iLID Optogenetic Proteins Observed Using 3D Single-Molecule Tracking in Live Bacterial Cells. bioRxiv, 2022
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67. Persistent cell migration emerges from a coupling between protrusion dynamics and polarized trafficking. Elife, 2022
68. A rich get richer effect governs intracellular condensate size distributions. bioRxiv, 2022
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75. Gezielte Injektion von Effektoren durch Kontrolle der Proteindynamik. BIOspektrum (Heidelb), 2021
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77. A synthetic gene circuit for imaging-free detection of signaling pulses. Cell Syst, 2021
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93. Optimized iLID Membrane Anchors for Local Optogenetic Protein Recruitment. ACS Synth Biol, 2021
94. T cells selectively filter oscillatory signals on the minutes timescale. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021
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96. Optogenetic control of small GTPases reveals RhoA mediates intracellular calcium signaling. J Biol Chem, 2021
97. Optogenetic inhibition and activation of Rac and Rap1 using a modified iLID system. bioRxiv, 2020
98. Rho1 activation recapitulates early gastrulation events in the ventral, but not dorsal, epithelium of Drosophila embryos. Elife, 2020
99. Development of light-responsive protein binding in the monobody non-immunoglobulin scaffold. Nat Commun, 2020
100. Optogenetic control of protein binding using light-switchable nanobodies. Nat Commun, 2020
101. Engineering combinatorial and dynamic decoders using synthetic immediate-early genes. Commun Biol, 2020
102. Multistimuli Sensing Adhesion Unit for the Self-Positioning of Minimal Synthetic Cells. Small, 2020
103. Dynamic centriolar localization of Polo and Centrobin in early mitosis primes centrosome asymmetry. PLoS Biol, 2020
104. Heterogeneous somatostatin-expressing neuron population in mouse ventral tegmental area. Elife, 2020
105. Photo-SNAP-tag, a Light-Regulated Chemical Labeling System. ACS Chem Biol, 2020
106. LITESEC-T3SS - Light-controlled protein delivery into eukaryotic cells with high spatial and temporal resolution. Nat Commun, 2020
107. Photoactivatable Cre recombinase 3.0 for in vivo mouse applications. Nat Commun, 2020
108. Construction of Light-Activated Neurotrophin Receptors Using the Improved Light-Induced Dimerizer (iLID). J Mol Biol, 2020
109. An optimized toolbox for the optogenetic control of intracellular transport. J Cell Biol, 2020
110. Implementing Optogenetic Modulation in Mechanotransduction. Phys Rev X, 2020
111. Light-inducible generation of membrane curvature in live cells with engineered BAR domain proteins. ACS Synth Biol, 2020
112. A Live-Cell Screen for Altered Erk Dynamics Reveals Principles of Proliferative Control. Cell Syst, 2020
113. SRRF-stream imaging of optogenetically controlled furrow formation shows localized and coordinated endocytosis and exocytosis mediating membrane remodeling. ACS Synth Biol, 2020
114. Rapid Dynamics of Signal-Dependent Transcriptional Repression by Capicua. Dev Cell, 2020
115. Optogenetic engineering to probe the molecular choreography of STIM1-mediated cell signaling. Nat Commun, 2020
116. Tunable light and drug induced depletion of target proteins. Nat Commun, 2020
117. Dynamic organelle distribution initiates actin-based spindle migration in mouse oocytes. Nat Commun, 2020
118. Ras acts as a molecular switch between two forms of consolidated memory in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2020
119. Engineered BRET-Based Biologic Light Sources Enable Spatiotemporal Control over Diverse Optogenetic Systems. ACS Synth Biol, 2019
120. Optimizing photoswitchable MEK. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2019
121. The importance of cell-cell interaction dynamics in bottom-up tissue engineering: Concepts of colloidal self-assembly in the fabrication of multicellular architectures. Nano Lett, 2019
122. Optogenetic activation of intracellular antibodies for direct modulation of endogenous proteins. Nat Methods, 2019
123. Light controlled cell-to-cell adhesion and chemical communication in minimal synthetic cells. Chem Commun (Camb), 2019
124. High-throughput multicolor optogenetics in microwell plates. Nat Protoc, 2019
125. Optogenetic downregulation of protein levels with an ultrasensitive switch. ACS Synth Biol, 2019
126. Reversible induction of mitophagy by an optogenetic bimodular system. Nat Commun, 2019
127. Physical Plasma Membrane Perturbation Using Subcellular Optogenetics Drives Integrin-Activated Cell Migration. ACS Synth Biol, 2019
128. Signaling Dynamics Control Cell Fate in the Early Drosophila Embryo. Dev Cell, 2019
129. A Photoactivatable Botulinum Neurotoxin for Inducible Control of Neurotransmission. Neuron, 2019
130. Mapping Local and Global Liquid Phase Behavior in Living Cells Using Photo-Oligomerizable Seeds. Cell, 2018
131. Liquid Nuclear Condensates Mechanically Sense and Restructure the Genome. Cell, 2018
132. Light-Guided Motility of a Minimal Synthetic Cell. Nano Lett, 2018
133. Increasing spatial resolution of photoregulated GTPases through immobilized peripheral membrane proteins. Small GTPases, 2018
134. Reversible Social Self-Sorting of Colloidal Cell-Mimics with Blue Light Switchable Proteins. ACS Synth Biol, 2018
135. Membrane Flow Drives an Adhesion-Independent Amoeboid Cell Migration Mode. Dev Cell, 2018
136. Dynein-Dynactin-NuMA clusters generate cortical spindle-pulling forces as a multi-arm ensemble. Elife, 2018
137. Optogenetic reversible knocksideways, laser ablation, and photoactivation on the mitotic spindle in human cells. Methods Cell Biol, 2018
138. Optogenetic Control of Cell Migration. Methods Mol Biol, 2018
139. Light-activated protein interaction with high spatial subcellular confinement. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2018
140. Dynamic blue light-switchable protein patterns on giant unilamellar vesicles. Chem Commun (Camb), 2018
141. Control of microtubule dynamics using an optogenetic microtubule plus end-F-actin cross-linker. J Cell Biol, 2017
142. Optogenetic Control of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Tethering. ACS Synth Biol, 2017
143. Time-gated detection of protein-protein interactions with transcriptional readout. Elife, 2017
144. Intracellular production of hydrogels and synthetic RNA granules by multivalent molecular interactions. Nat Mater, 2017
145. Vesicle Docking Is a Key Target of Local PI(4,5)P2 Metabolism in the Secretory Pathway of INS-1 Cells. Cell Rep, 2017
146. Photocontrolled reversible self-assembly of dodecamer nitrilase. Bioresour Bioprocess, 2017
147. Cells lay their own tracks: optogenetic Cdc42 activation stimulates fibronectin deposition supporting directed migration. J Cell Sci, 2017
148. Temporally precise labeling and control of neuromodulatory circuits in the mammalian brain. Nat Methods, 2017
149. Evolution of a split RNA polymerase as a versatile biosensor platform. Nat Chem Biol, 2017
150. The Spatiotemporal Limits of Developmental Erk Signaling. Dev Cell, 2017
151. Tuning the Binding Affinities and Reversion Kinetics of a Light Inducible Dimer Allows Control of Transmembrane Protein Localization. Biochemistry, 2016
152. Light-induced nuclear export reveals rapid dynamics of epigenetic modifications. Nat Chem Biol, 2016
153. Subcellular optogenetic activation of Cdc42 controls local and distal signaling to drive immune cell migration. Mol Biol Cell, 2016
154. Correlating in Vitro and in Vivo Activities of Light-Inducible Dimers: A Cellular Optogenetics Guide. ACS Synth Biol, 2015
155. Engineering an improved light-induced dimer (iLID) for controlling the localization and activity of signaling proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2014
156. Optogenetic actuator - ERK biosensor circuits identify MAPK network nodes that shape ERK dynamics. Mol Syst Biol, 2022
157. Using Optogenetics to Spatially Control Cortical Dynein Activity in Mitotic Human Cells. Methods Mol Biol, 2023
158. Application of Optogenetics to Probe the Signaling Dynamics of Cell Fate Decision-Making. Methods Mol Biol, 2023
159. Nano-optogenetic CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy. Methods Mol Biol, 2024
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