C. Dekker

Yeast cohesin phase separates with DNA into liquid droplets via ATP-independent DNA bridging.

This study reconciles differences in Min-protein pattern formation between in vitro and in vivo settings by showing how bulk-surface coupling influences dynamics.

The paper uses AFM to visualize yeast condensin and its DNA interactions, suggesting a scrunching model for DNA loop extrusion.

The paper compares noise characteristics in biological and solid-state nanopores, finding that SiNx solid-state nanopores offer the highest signal-to-noise ratio, with controlled slowdowns significantly enhancing SNR.

The paper observes independently moving replisomes in E. coli, supporting the train-track model over the factory model for chromosome replication.

This study shows yeast condensin complexes can traverse each other to form Z-loops, enabling dynamic DNA packaging and compaction through various looping structures.

This study identifies CD38 as a key receptor in human NK cells that facilitates immune synapse formation, enhancing antiviral and antitumor responses.

This study directly images the circular chromosome of live E. coli cells, revealing its torus topology and dynamic structural features.

The paper develops a microfluidic platform to measure drug permeability across biomimetic liposome membranes, demonstrating improved control and yield compared to existing methods.

The paper introduces a low-cost, equipment-free platform using paper scaffolds to study bacterial colonization dynamics and community composition in structured habitats.

This paper investigates FtsZ dynamics and its relationship to septal PG synthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae, finding that FtsZ movement is continuous and independent of PG synthesis rate.

This study shows that spatial confinement in E. coli determines chromosome size and position, with simulations supporting depletion effects from cytosolic crowders.

The paper shows DNA sequence encodes supercoil positions by pinning plectonemes, with intrinsic curvature over ~70 bp being key, and predicts plectonemes upstream of prokaryotic transcription start sites.

This study uses single-molecule magnetic tweezers to show condensin compacts DNA in large steps, requiring ATP hydrolysis for stable binding and compaction.

The paper uses single-molecule imaging to show that yeast condensin is an ATP-dependent DNA translocating motor complex with high processivity and specific translocation mechanism.