Valerică Raicu

Precise Alternation Between Image-Forming Sample Planes Enables Quantitative Monitoring of Receptor-Arrestin Interaction Dynamics at the Plasma Membrane of Live Cells

The paper introduces an optical imaging method to precisely monitor receptor-arrestin interactions in live cells, showing arrestin redistribution upon receptor activation.

Distinct Membrane Binding Properties of the Two Non-visual Arrestins

This study compares the membrane-binding properties of arrestin-2 and arrestin-3 using biophysical and cell-based methods, revealing distinct lipid interaction mechanisms and activation dynamics.

Impact of photobleaching of fluorescent proteins on FRET measurements under two-photon excitation

This study investigates how photobleaching affects FRET measurements under two-photon excitation and provides guidelines for reliable FRET experiments.

A general method to quantify ligand-driven oligomerization using single- or two-photon excitation microscopy

This paper introduces a method to quantify ligand-driven oligomerization using fluorescence intensity fluctuation spectrometry with single- or two-photon excitation microscopy, showing it can detect oligomer size and stability in membrane proteins.