Leon Lettermann

Knob architecture and hemoglobin composition shape recovery dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

This study quantifies RBC shape recovery dynamics during Plasmodium falciparum infection, showing that parasite-induced membrane stiffening and knob architecture significantly affect relaxation time.

Connecting adhesion dynamics and trail formation in malaria parasites by imaging the major surface antigens CSP and TRAP

This study uses imaging to show how TRAP and CSP dynamics drive adhesion and trail formation in malaria sporozoites, revealing a link between adhesion and trail formation.

Zebrafish embryos are robust to mechanical perturbations

This study shows zebrafish epiboly is robust to mechanical perturbations, with body axis development unaffected by induced tissue flow disruptions.

Dynamic switching of cell-substrate contact sites allows gliding diatoms to modulate the curvature of their paths

This study shows how diatoms switch between one- and two-raphe contact gliding to modulate path curvature by dynamically altering cell-substrate contact sites.