Martin Lenz

This study shows vimentin promotes actin elongation by stabilizing ATP-actin subunits at the barbed end, and it enhances actin nucleation through a direct interaction with ATP-actin monomers.

The paper investigates how budding yeast septin filaments affect the mechanical properties of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), finding that large GUVs become more deformable while small ones become less deformable due to septin-induced membrane reshaping.

This study investigates the mechanism of vimentin filament disassembly, revealing continuous self-repair and subunit exchange dynamics that prevent fragmentation.

The paper uses Atomic Force Microscopy to analyze mechanical properties of mouse and human oocytes, showing differences in stiffness linked to cortical structure and maternal age effects.