5 papers
Dynamics of microvesicle formation driven by glycocalyx
Ke Xiao, Chen-Xu Wu
Microvesicles (MVs), a type of cell-secreted extracellular vesicle (EV), are essential for various biological processes such as local and long-distance intercellular communication…
Cellular uptake of active nonspherical nanoparticles
Ke Xiao, Jing Li, Rui Ma +1
Due to the potential applications in biomedical engineering, it becomes more and more important to understand the process of engulfment and internalization of nanoparticles (NPs) b…
Membrane buckling and the determination of Gaussian curvature modulus
Mei-Ting Wang, Rui Ma, Chen-Xu Wu
Biological membranes are able to exhibit various morphology due to the fluidity of the lipid molecules within the monolayers. The shape transformation of membranes has been well de…
Vesiculation mechanisms mediated by anisotropic proteins
Ke Xiao, Chen-Xu Wu, Rui Ma
Endocytosis is an essential biological process for the trafficking of macromolecules (cargo) and membrane proteins in cells. In yeast cells, this involves the invagination of a tub…
Spontaneous stable rotation of flocking flexible active matter
Gaoxiao Jiang, Zhihong You, Rui Ma +1
In nature, active matter, such as worms or dogs, tend to spontaneously form a stable rotational cluster when they flock to the same food source on an unregulated and unconfined sur…