3 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Effect of cholesterol on the mechanical stability of gel-phase phospholipid bilayers studied by AFM force spectroscopy
Salome Mielke, Raya Sorkin, Jacob Klein
The low sliding friction of articular cartilage in the major joints , which is crucial for its homeostasis and for joint health, has been attributed to lipid bilayers forming lubri…
physics.bio-ph2023
Viscoelastic phenotyping of red blood cells
M. Gironella-Torrent, G. Bergamaschi, R. Sorkin +2
Red Blood Cells (RBCs) are the simplest cell types with complex dynamical and viscoelastic phenomenology. While the mechanical rigidity and the flickering noise of RBCs have been e…
cond-mat.soft2020
Kinetics of actin networks formation measured by time resolved particle-tracking microrheology
Maayan Levin, Raya Sorkin, David Pine +3
Actin is one of the most studied cytoskeleton proteins showing a very rich span of structures. It can self-assemble actively into dynamical structures that govern the mechanical pr…