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Tropomyosin and Vinculin antagonistically mediate GPI-anchored protein nanoclustering

2026 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Two-colour Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (ImFCS) probes the influence of the juxta-membrane actin-cortex

2025 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Diverse ancestral myosin motors generate and segregate distinct types of nanocluster-rich domains at the plasma membrane

2025 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Active flows drive clustering and sorting of membrane components with differential affinity to dynamic actin cytoskeleton

2025 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Growth factor-triggered de-sialylation controls glycolipid-lectin-driven endocytosis

2025 · Nature Cell Biology · article

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Concordant inter-laboratory derived concentrations of ceramides in human plasma reference materials via authentic standards

2024 · Nature Communications · article

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Solvatochromic reporter to image plasma membrane order leaflet by leaflet reveals a highly asymmetric bilayer locally modulated by transbilayer interactions

2024 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BBV152 (COVAXIN®) and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (COVISHIELD™) in seronegative and seropositive individuals in India: a multicentre, nonrandomised observational study

2024 · The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia · article

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Cell biology is…

2024 · Cell · article

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Concordant inter-laboratory derived concentrations of ceramides in human plasma reference materials via authentic standards

2024 · JuSER Publikationsportal · article

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The ubiquitous nanocluster: A molecular scale organizing principle that governs cellular information flow

2023 · Current Opinion in Cell Biology · article

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Subacute Cutaneous Toxicity with Single-Fraction Electron FLASH RT in Yorkshire Swine

2023 · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · article

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Polyfunctional CD4 T-cells correlating with neutralising antibody is a hallmark of COVISHIELDTM and COVAXIN® induced immunity in COVID-19 exposed Indians

2023 · npj Vaccines · article

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Growth factor-induced desialylation for the fast control of endocytosis

2023 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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A Survey of Models of Cell Membranes: Toward a New Understanding of Membrane Organization

2023 · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · preprint

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An E-cadherin-actin clutch translates the mechanical force of cortical flow for cell-cell contact to inhibit epithelial cell locomotion

2023 · Developmental Cell · article

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High-density single-molecule maps reveal transient membrane receptor interactions within a dynamically varying environment

2023 · arXiv (Cornell University) · preprint

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Validating saliva as a biological sample for cost-effective, rapid and routine screening for SARS-CoV-2

2023 · Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology · article

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Quantitative fluorescence emission anisotropy microscopy for implementing homo–fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements in living cells

2023 · Molecular Biology of the Cell · article

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A census of actin-associated proteins in humans

2023 · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · article

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Genomic surveillance reveals circulation of multiple variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic in Indian city of Bengaluru

2023 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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The effect of plasma membrane architecture on the transport properties and reaction kinetics of membrane associated proteins

2023 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Contractile actin flows drive patterning of membrane components with differential actin-binding affinities

2023 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Investigating the organisation of the asymmetric plasma membrane using a novel solvatochromic reporter

2023 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Cellular compartmentalisation and receptor promiscuity as a strategy for accurate and robust inference of position during morphogenesis

2023 · eLife · article

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Interim results from comparison of immune responses elicited by an inactivated and a vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in seronegative and seropositive participants in India

2023 · medRxiv · preprint

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Quantitative fluorescence emission anisotropy microscopy for implementing homo-FRET measurements in living cells

2022 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Active emulsions in living cell membranes driven by contractile stresses and transbilayer coupling

2022 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · article

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Reconstitution of Membrane-Tethered Minimal Actin Cortices on Supported Lipid Bilayers

2022 · Journal of Visualized Experiments · article

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Reconstitution of Membrane-Tethered Minimal Actin Cortices on Supported Lipid Bilayers

2022 · Journal of Visualized Experiments · article

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Transmission of B.1.617.2 Delta variant between vaccinated healthcare workers

2022 · Scientific Reports · article

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Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional cell organisation and concentration profiles within curved epithelial tissues

2022 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Active emulsions in living cell membranes driven by contractile stresses and transbilayer coupling

2022 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Cellular compartmentalisation and receptor promiscuity as a strategy for accurate and robust inference of position during morphogenesis

2022 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Validating saliva as a biological sample for cost-effective, rapid and routine screening for SARS-CoV-2

2022 · medRxiv · preprint

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Active control of plasma membrane composition regulates membrane protein signalling

2022 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Multiplexed plasmonic nanoantennas for high throughput single molecule nanoscale dynamics in living cells

2022 · arXiv (Cornell University) · preprint

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Quantitative Analysis of Three-Dimensional Cell Organisation and Concentration Profiles within Curved Epithelial Tissues

2022 · SSRN Electronic Journal · preprint

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Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India

2021 · Science · article

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Cargo-specific recruitment in clathrin- and dynamin-independent endocytosis

2021 · Nature Cell Biology · article

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Inhibition of HIV-1 immune modulation by small molecules targeting viral Nef-host CD80 interface

2021 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion

2021 · Nature · article

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“Viscotaxis”- directed migration of mesenchymal stem cells in response to loss modulus gradient

2021 · Acta Biomaterialia · article

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An E-cadherin-actin clutch translates the mechanical force of cortical flow for cell-cell contact to inhibit epithelial cell locomotion

2021 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Strategies to target SARS-CoV-2 entry and infection using dual mechanisms of inhibition by acidification inhibitors

2021 · PLoS Pathogens · article

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Ceramide structure dictates glycosphingolipid nanodomain assembly and function

2021 · Nature Communications · article

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Formin nanoclustering-mediated actin assembly during plant flagellin and DSF signaling

2021 · Cell Reports · article

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Distinct actin-dependent nanoscale assemblies underlie the dynamic and hierarchical organization of E-cadherin

2021 · Current Biology · article

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Plk4 triggers autonomous de novo centriole biogenesis and maturation

2021 · The Journal of Cell Biology · article

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Niclosamide inhibits SARS-CoV2 entry by blocking internalization through pH-dependent CLIC/GEEC endocytic pathway

2020 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Cargo-specific recruitment in clathrin and dynamin-independent endocytosis

2020 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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The bacterial quorum sensing signal DSF hijacks Arabidopsis thaliana sterol biosynthesis to suppress plant innate immunity

2020 · Life Science Alliance · article

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PAN-INDIA 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing Reveals Important Insights into the Outbreak

2020 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Plk4 triggers autonomous de novo centriole biogenesis and maturation

2020 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Toward a new picture of the living plasma membrane

2020 · Protein Science · article

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Stratification relieves constraints from steric hindrance in the generation of compact actomyosin asters at the membrane cortex

2020 · Science Advances · article

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Myosin II Filament Dynamics in Actin Networks Revealed with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy

2020 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Differential Actin Binding Affinity Leads to Protein Sorting in a Reconstituted Active Composite Layer

2020 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Plasma Membrane Nanodomains as an Integrator of Substrate Encoded Mechano-chemical Signals

2020 · Biophysical Journal · article

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The bacterial quorum sensing signal DSF hijacks Arabidopsis thaliana sterol biosynthesis to suppress plant innate immunity

2020 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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DISTINCT ACTIN-DEPENDENT NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES UNDERLIE THE DYNAMIC AND HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF E-CADHERIN

2019 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Phosphorylation of nephrin induces phase separated domains that move through actomyosin contraction

2019 · Molecular Biology of the Cell · article

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Dynamic actin-mediated nano-scale clustering of CD44 regulates its meso-scale organization at the plasma membrane

2019 · Molecular Biology of the Cell · article

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Dynamic actin-mediated nano-scale clustering of CD44 regulates its meso-scale organization at the plasma membrane

2019 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Spoiled for Choice: Diverse Endocytic Pathways Function at the Cell Surface

2019 · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology · article

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A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin

2019 · eLife · article

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The resolution revolution reaches India

2019 · Biophysical Reviews · article

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Assemblies of F-actin and myosin-II minifilaments: steric hindrance and stratification at the membrane cortex

2019 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Integrin Mechano-chemical Signaling Generates Plasma Membrane Nanodomains that Promote Cell Spreading

2019 · Cell · article

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C–H Arylation of N‐Heteroarenes under Metal‐Free Conditions and its Application towards the Synthesis of Pentabromo‐ and Pentachloropseudilins

2019 · European Journal of Organic Chemistry · article

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Phosphorylation of Nephrin induces phase separated domains that move through actomyosin contraction

2019 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Mechanochemical Feedback Control of Dynamin Independent Endocytosis Modulates Membrane Tension in Adherent Cells

2019 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Differential Actin Binding Affinity Leads to Protein Sorting in a Reconstituted Active Composite Layer

2019 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Dynamic Actin Mediated Nanoclustering of Cd44 Regulates its Meso-Scale Organization at the Plasma Membrane

2019 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Recent advances in clathrin-independent endocytosis

2019 · F1000Research · article

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Distinct Actin-Dependent Nanoscale Assemblies Underlie the Dynamic and Hierarchical Organization of E-Cadherin

2019 · SSRN Electronic Journal · preprint

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Mechanochemical feedback control of dynamin independent endocytosis modulates membrane tension in adherent cells

2018 · Nature Communications · article

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A Composition-Dependent Molecular Clutch Between T Cell Signaling Condensates and Actin

2018 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Small GTPases and BAR domain proteins regulate branched actin polymerisation for clathrin and dynamin-independent endocytosis

2018 · Nature Communications · article

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Quantitative Control of GPCR Organization and Signaling by Endocytosis in Epithelial Morphogenesis

2018 · Current Biology · article

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Differential LAT Microcluster Composition and ACTIN-Dependent Movement at the Immunological Synapse Center

2018 · Biophysical Journal · article

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Transmembrane Pickets Connect Cyto- and Pericellular Skeletons Forming Barriers to Receptor Engagement

2018 · Cell · article

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Acto-Myosin Driven Functional Nanoclusters of GPI-Anchored Proteins Are Generated by Integrin Receptor Signaling

2018 · SSRN Electronic Journal · preprint

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Transmembrane Pickets Connect Cyto- and Exo-skeletons Forming Barriers to Receptor Engagement

2018 · SSRN Electronic Journal · preprint

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Acto-myosin driven functional nanoclusters of GPI-anchored proteins are generated by integrin receptor signaling

2017 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Direction of actin flow dictates integrin LFA-1 orientation during leukocyte migration

2017 · Nature Communications · article

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Wnt and Hedgehog: Secretion of Lipid-Modified Morphogens

2017 · Trends in Cell Biology · article

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Mechanochemical feedback and control of endocytosis and membrane tension

2017 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Actin retrograde flow actively aligns and orients ligand-engaged integrins in focal adhesions

2017 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · article

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Small GTPases and BAR domain proteins regulate branched actin to make clathrin and dynamin independent endocytic vesicles

2017 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Spatio-temporal kinetics of wingless trafficking and signalling in Drosophila wing imaginal discs

2017 · Mechanisms of Development · article

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The mystery of membrane organization: composition, regulation and roles of lipid rafts

2017 · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology · article

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Phase segregation in the Active Composite Cell Surface: clustering and sorting of cell surface molecules at different scales

2017 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · article

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A DNA-Based T Cell Receptor Reveals a Role for Receptor Clustering in Ligand Discrimination

2017 · Cell · article

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2017 · Cell (Cambridge, Mass.) · article

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Endocytosis of Wingless via a dynamin-independent pathway is necessary for signaling in Drosophila wing discs

2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · article

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Actin retrograde flow actively aligns and orients ligand-engaged integrins in focal adhesions

2016 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Direction of actin flow dictates integrin LFA-1 orientation during leukocyte migration

2016 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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A DNA-based T cell receptor reveals a role for receptor clustering in ligand discrimination

2016 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · preprint

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Actomyosin dynamics drive local membrane component organization in an in vitro active composite layer

2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · article

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Cellular Interfaces Group

Publications

Tropomyosin and Vinculin antagonistically mediate GPI-anchored protein nanoclustering

Two-colour Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (ImFCS) probes the influence of the juxta-membrane actin-cortex

Diverse ancestral myosin motors generate and segregate distinct types of nanocluster-rich domains at the plasma membrane

Active flows drive clustering and sorting of membrane components with differential affinity to dynamic actin cytoskeleton

Growth factor-triggered de-sialylation controls glycolipid-lectin-driven endocytosis

Concordant inter-laboratory derived concentrations of ceramides in human plasma reference materials via authentic standards

Solvatochromic reporter to image plasma membrane order leaflet by leaflet reveals a highly asymmetric bilayer locally modulated by transbilayer interactions

Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BBV152 (COVAXIN®) and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (COVISHIELD™) in seronegative and seropositive individuals in India: a multicentre, nonrandomised observational study

Cell biology is…

Concordant inter-laboratory derived concentrations of ceramides in human plasma reference materials via authentic standards

The ubiquitous nanocluster: A molecular scale organizing principle that governs cellular information flow

Subacute Cutaneous Toxicity with Single-Fraction Electron FLASH RT in Yorkshire Swine

Polyfunctional CD4 T-cells correlating with neutralising antibody is a hallmark of COVISHIELDTM and COVAXIN® induced immunity in COVID-19 exposed Indians

Growth factor-induced desialylation for the fast control of endocytosis

A Survey of Models of Cell Membranes: Toward a New Understanding of Membrane Organization

An E-cadherin-actin clutch translates the mechanical force of cortical flow for cell-cell contact to inhibit epithelial cell locomotion

High-density single-molecule maps reveal transient membrane receptor interactions within a dynamically varying environment

Validating saliva as a biological sample for cost-effective, rapid and routine screening for SARS-CoV-2

Quantitative fluorescence emission anisotropy microscopy for implementing homo–fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements in living cells

A census of actin-associated proteins in humans

Genomic surveillance reveals circulation of multiple variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic in Indian city of Bengaluru

The effect of plasma membrane architecture on the transport properties and reaction kinetics of membrane associated proteins

Contractile actin flows drive patterning of membrane components with differential actin-binding affinities

Investigating the organisation of the asymmetric plasma membrane using a novel solvatochromic reporter

Cellular compartmentalisation and receptor promiscuity as a strategy for accurate and robust inference of position during morphogenesis

Interim results from comparison of immune responses elicited by an inactivated and a vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in seronegative and seropositive participants in India

Quantitative fluorescence emission anisotropy microscopy for implementing homo-FRET measurements in living cells

Active emulsions in living cell membranes driven by contractile stresses and transbilayer coupling

Reconstitution of Membrane-Tethered Minimal Actin Cortices on Supported Lipid Bilayers

Reconstitution of Membrane-Tethered Minimal Actin Cortices on Supported Lipid Bilayers

Transmission of B.1.617.2 Delta variant between vaccinated healthcare workers

Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional cell organisation and concentration profiles within curved epithelial tissues

Active emulsions in living cell membranes driven by contractile stresses and transbilayer coupling

Cellular compartmentalisation and receptor promiscuity as a strategy for accurate and robust inference of position during morphogenesis

Validating saliva as a biological sample for cost-effective, rapid and routine screening for SARS-CoV-2

Active control of plasma membrane composition regulates membrane protein signalling

Multiplexed plasmonic nanoantennas for high throughput single molecule nanoscale dynamics in living cells

Quantitative Analysis of Three-Dimensional Cell Organisation and Concentration Profiles within Curved Epithelial Tissues

Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India

Cargo-specific recruitment in clathrin- and dynamin-independent endocytosis

Inhibition of HIV-1 immune modulation by small molecules targeting viral Nef-host CD80 interface

SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion

“Viscotaxis”- directed migration of mesenchymal stem cells in response to loss modulus gradient

An E-cadherin-actin clutch translates the mechanical force of cortical flow for cell-cell contact to inhibit epithelial cell locomotion

Strategies to target SARS-CoV-2 entry and infection using dual mechanisms of inhibition by acidification inhibitors

Ceramide structure dictates glycosphingolipid nanodomain assembly and function

Formin nanoclustering-mediated actin assembly during plant flagellin and DSF signaling

Distinct actin-dependent nanoscale assemblies underlie the dynamic and hierarchical organization of E-cadherin

Plk4 triggers autonomous de novo centriole biogenesis and maturation

Niclosamide inhibits SARS-CoV2 entry by blocking internalization through pH-dependent CLIC/GEEC endocytic pathway

Cargo-specific recruitment in clathrin and dynamin-independent endocytosis

The bacterial quorum sensing signal DSF hijacks <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> sterol biosynthesis to suppress plant innate immunity

PAN-INDIA 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing Reveals Important Insights into the Outbreak

Plk4 triggers autonomous de novo centriole biogenesis and maturation

Toward a new picture of the living plasma membrane

Stratification relieves constraints from steric hindrance in the generation of compact actomyosin asters at the membrane cortex

Myosin II Filament Dynamics in Actin Networks Revealed with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy

Differential Actin Binding Affinity Leads to Protein Sorting in a Reconstituted Active Composite Layer

Plasma Membrane Nanodomains as an Integrator of Substrate Encoded Mechano-chemical Signals

The bacterial quorum sensing signal DSF hijacks <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> sterol biosynthesis to suppress plant innate immunity

DISTINCT ACTIN-DEPENDENT NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES UNDERLIE THE DYNAMIC AND HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF E-CADHERIN

Phosphorylation of nephrin induces phase separated domains that move through actomyosin contraction

Dynamic actin-mediated nano-scale clustering of CD44 regulates its meso-scale organization at the plasma membrane

Dynamic actin-mediated nano-scale clustering of CD44 regulates its meso-scale organization at the plasma membrane

Spoiled for Choice: Diverse Endocytic Pathways Function at the Cell Surface

A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin

The resolution revolution reaches India

Assemblies of F-actin and myosin-II minifilaments: steric hindrance and stratification at the membrane cortex

Integrin Mechano-chemical Signaling Generates Plasma Membrane Nanodomains that Promote Cell Spreading

C–H Arylation of <i>N</i>‐Heteroarenes under Metal‐Free Conditions and its Application towards the Synthesis of Pentabromo‐ and Pentachloropseudilins

Phosphorylation of Nephrin induces phase separated domains that move through actomyosin contraction

Mechanochemical Feedback Control of Dynamin Independent Endocytosis Modulates Membrane Tension in Adherent Cells

Differential Actin Binding Affinity Leads to Protein Sorting in a Reconstituted Active Composite Layer

Dynamic Actin Mediated Nanoclustering of Cd44 Regulates its Meso-Scale Organization at the Plasma Membrane

Recent advances in clathrin-independent endocytosis

Distinct Actin-Dependent Nanoscale Assemblies Underlie the Dynamic and Hierarchical Organization of E-Cadherin

Mechanochemical feedback control of dynamin independent endocytosis modulates membrane tension in adherent cells

A Composition-Dependent Molecular Clutch Between T Cell Signaling Condensates and Actin