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New controlled release systems produced by self-assembly of biopolymers and colloidal particles at fluid-fluid interfaces
The high diversity of cytoskeletal actin structures is accomplished by myriads of actin binding proteins (ABPs). Depending on its concentration, even a single type of ABP can induce different actin microstructures. Thus, for an overall understanding of the cytoskeleton, a detailed characterization of the cross-linker's effect on structural and mechanical properties of actin networks is required for each ABP. Using confocal microscopy and macrorheology, we investigate both cross-linked and bundled actin/filamin networks and compare their microstructures as well as their viscoelastic properties in the linear and the nonlinear regime. [hide]
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Andreas Bausch
TU Munich, Germany ►
Peter Fischer
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Anne-Marie Hermansson
SIK, Sweden ►
Martin Kroger
ETH Zurich, Germany/Switzerland ►
Erik van der Linden
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Niklas Loren
SIK, Sweden ►
Leonard Sagis
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Erich Windhab
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Klaas-Jan Zuidam
Unilever, The Netherlands ►
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Manuela Duxenneuner
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
Sophia Fransson
SIK, Sweden ►
Nam-Phuong Humblet-Hua
Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ►
Joeska Husny
ETH Zurich, Australia/Switzerland ►
Orit Peleg
ETH Zurich, Israel/Switzerland ►
Cyrille Vezy
TU Munich, Germany ►
Varvara Mitropoulos
ETH Zurich, Switzerland ►
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CURRENT BIOLOGY 19 (2009) R745 ►Selected conferences (co-)organized by project members
8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics WCCM8 2008
30 June - 5 July 2007, Venice, Italy ►15 May 2025
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