J. Gaillard

Microtubules under mechanical pressure can breach dense actin networks

The paper shows microtubules can breach dense actin networks under mechanical pressure when immobilized.

Actin architecture steers microtubules in active cytoskeletal composite

The paper shows that actin network architecture influences microtubule gliding in motility assays, offering a new way to control filament movement.

Microtubules self-repair in living cells

This study demonstrates that microtubules self-repair in living cells by incorporating injected tubulin dimers, showing spatial and temporal dynamics in PtK2 cells.

The architecture of the actin network can balance the pushing forces produced by growing microtubules.

This study shows that actin network architecture modulates MTOC positioning by balancing pushing forces from growing microtubules.

Actin-microtubule dynamic composite forms responsive active matter with memory

This paper demonstrates an actin-microtubule composite that self-organizes through feedback loops, showing structural stability and adaptive plasticity in response to stimuli.

Structure and dynamics of Odinarchaeota tubulin and the implications for eukaryotic microtubule evolution

This study presents the structure of Odinarchaeota tubulin and shows it forms tubules similar to FtsZ, suggesting it is an evolutionary intermediate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic microtubule-forming proteins.

Bacterial inhibition of CD8+ T-cells mediated cell death promotes neuroinvasion and within-host persistence

This study identifies how Listeria monocytogenes uses InlB to protect infected monocytes from CD8+ T-cell mediated death, facilitating neuroinvasion and persistence.

CLASP mediates microtubule repair by promoting tubulin incorporation into damaged lattices

This study shows CLASP2 promotes microtubule lattice repair by facilitating tubulin incorporation into damaged sites and stabilizing partial protofilaments.

Self-repair protects microtubules from their destruction by molecular motors

The paper investigates how molecular motors affect microtubule stability and discovers a self-repair mechanism that counteracts motor-induced damage.

Actin filaments regulate microtubule growth at the centrosome.

This study shows that actin filaments at the centrosome reduce microtubule growth through steric hindrance, and that cell adhesion and actin network density influence microtubule numbers.

Lattice defects induce microtubule self-renewal

This study shows that microtubules can exchange dimers along their shaft, requiring lattice defects, enabling self-renewal and potential regulation of signaling and structural changes.