T. Idema

Time of first contact determines cooperator success in a cross-feeding consortium

The paper shows that the timing of first contact between cooperators determines their success in a microbial cross-feeding consortium.

Biomimetic actin cortices shape cell-sized lipid vesicles

This study reconstitutes biomimetic actin cortices inside lipid vesicles to show how actin polymerization forces can both rigidify and deform membranes depending on nucleator distribution.

Reconstituted branched actin networks sense and generate micron-scale membrane curvature

This paper shows that branched actin networks can sense and generate membrane curvature without relying on external factors, using reconstituted systems in giant unilamellar vesicles.

CRISPR-based DNA and RNA detection with liquid-liquid phase separation

This paper introduces a label-free CRISPR-based method for nucleic acid detection using liquid-liquid phase separation, showing that target sequence cleavage reduces turbidity.

Membrane-mediated interactions induce spontaneous filament bundling

This study shows that membrane-mediated interactions between microtubules can lead to spontaneous bundling, explaining the parallel organization of microtubules in biological systems.