3 papers
physics.bio-ph2025
Active Force Dynamics in Red Blood Cells Under Non-Invasive Optical Tweezers
Arnau Dorn, Clara Luque-Rioja, Macarena Calero +3
Red blood cells (RBCs) sustain mechanical stresses associated with microcirculatory flow through ATP-driven plasma membrane flickering. This is an active phenomenon driven by motor…
cond-mat.soft2025
Active Extensile Hydrogels Actuated by Living Polymers of the Bacterial Cytokinetic Protein FtsZ
Mikheil Kharbedia, Diego Herráez-Aguilar, Macarena Calero +6
Active materials capable of autonomously modulating their mechanical properties are foundational to the development of next-generation soft technologies. Here, we introduce a novel…
physics.bio-ph2025
Stochastic motility energetics reveals cooperative bacterial swarming in optical tweezers
Clara Luque-Rioja, Horacio López-Menéndez, Macarena Calero +4
Bacterial flagellar swarming enables dense microbial populations to migrate collectively across surfaces, often resulting in emergent, coordinated behaviors. However, probing the u…