Find

AUNAB - Aarhus University Network on Artificial Biology

Publications

Recent research news on Artificial Biology

Actin-Powered Motors Build Cytoskeletons in Artificial Cells

AUNAB members Assistant Prof. Miguel Ramos Docampo's and Prof. Brigitte Stadler's effort to engineered artificial cells to form cytoskeleton-like networks using nanomotor-driven actin polymerization is published in ACS Nano. These hybrid vesicles merge active matter with synthetic biology to achieve life-like movement and self-organization inspired by Listeria’s actin-based propulsion.

16 October 2025 by Emilia Djomina Hansen

Read the article published in ACS Nano here.

Contact information:
Professor Brigitte Maria Städler
Aarhus University
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
Email: bstadler@inano.au.dk

Assistant Professor Miguel Alexandre Ramos Docampo
Aarhus University
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
Email: miramos@inano.au.dk

Recent publications by network

Sort by: Date | Author | Title

Jiang, A., Wang, Z., Li, Q. & Dong, M. (2021). An efficient ruthenium-based dual-electrocatalyst towards hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions. Materials Today Physics, 16, Article 100300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2020.100300

Vogt, S., Bobbili, M. R., Stadlmayr, G., Stadlbauer, K., Kjems, J., Rüker, F., Grillari, J. & Wozniak-Knopp, G. (2021). An engineered CD81-based combinatorial library for selecting recombinant binders to cell surface proteins: Laminin binding CD81 enhances cellular uptake of extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 10(11), Article e12139. https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12139

Focht, D., Neumann, C., Lyons, J., Eguskiza Bilbao, A., Blunck, R., Malinauskaite, L., Schwarz, I. O., Javitch, J. A., Quick, M. & Nissen, P. (2021). A non-helical region in transmembrane helix 6 of hydrophobic amino acid transporter MhsT mediates substrate recognition. EMBO Journal, 40(1), Article e105164. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020105164

González-García, M., Morales-Vicente, F., Pico, E. D., Garay, H., Rivera, D. G., Grieshober, M., Olari, L. R., Groß, R., Conzelmann, C., Krüger, F., Zech, F., Bozzo, C. P., Müller, J. A., Zelikin, A., Raber, H., Kubiczek, D., Rosenau, F., Münch, J., Stenger, S. ... Otero-Gonzalez, A. J. (2021). Antimicrobial activity of cyclic-monomeric and dimeric derivatives of the snail-derived peptide cm-p5 against viral and multidrug-resistant bacterial strains. Biomolecules, 11(5), Article 745. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11050745

Yu, Z., Centola, M., Valero, J., Matthies, M., Šulc, P. & Famulok, M. (2021). A Self-Regulating DNA Rotaxane Linear Actuator Driven by Chemical Energy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(33), 13292-13298. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06226

Choong, F. X., Huzell, S., Rosenberg, M., Eckert, J. A., Nagaraj, M., Zhang, T., Melican, K., Otzen, D. E. & Richter-Dahlfors, A. (2021). A semi high-throughput method for real-time monitoring of curli producing Salmonella biofilms on air-solid interfaces. Biofilm, 3, Article 100060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100060

Valero, J., Civit, L., Dupont, D. M., Selnihhin, D., Reinert, L. S., Idorn, M., Israels, B. A., Bednarz, A. M., Bus, C., Asbach, B., Peterhoff, D., Pedersen, F. S., Birkedal, V., Wagner, R., Paludan, S. R. & Kjems, J. (2021). A serum-stable RNA aptamer specific for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizes viral entry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 118(50), Article e2112942118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112942118

Zhang, Y., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Liu, Q., Li, Q. & Dong, MD. (2021). Atomic-Scale Friction of Black and Violet Phosphorus Crystals: Implications for Phosphorus-Based Devices and Lubricants. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(9), 9932-9937. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c02593

Nielsen, K. H. (2021). Atomic Urbanism under Greenland’s Ice Cap: Camp Century and Cold War Architectural Imagination. In R. Brook, M. Dodge & J. Hogg (Eds.), Cold War Cities: Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism, 1945-1965 (pp. 182-199). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203701478

Ahmed, S. Z., Hjorth, A., Rafner, J. F., Weidner, C. A., Kragh, G., Jensen, J. H. M., Bobroff, J., Nielsen, K. H. & Sherson, J. F. (2021). A training programme for early-stage researchers that focuses on developing personal science outreach portfolios. Science Communication https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2103.03109

Displaying results 741 to 750 out of 3467

75

Revised 03.03.2026

-

Kalinka Hansen