Gambelli, L.; McLaren, M.; Conners, R.; Sanders, K.; Gaines, M. C.; Clark, L.; Gold, V. A. M.; Kattnig, D.; Sikora, M.; Hanus, C.et al.; Isupov, M. N.; Daum, B.: Structure of the two-component S-layer of the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. eLife 13, e84617 (2024)
Nguyen, H.; Nguyen, H. L.; Lan, P. D.; Thai, N. Q.; Sikora, M.; Li, M. S.: Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with host cells and antibodies: experiment and simulation. Chemical Society Reviews 52 (18), pp. 6497 - 6553 (2023)
Mikolajczyk, K.; Sikora, M.; Hanus, C.; Kaczmarek, R.; Czerwinski, M.: One of the two N-glycans on the human Gb3/CD77 synthase is essential for its activity and allosterically regulates its function. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (Orlando, FL) 617, pp. 36 - 41 (2022)
Stelzl, L. S.; Pietrek, L. M.; Holla, A.; Oroz, J.; Sikora, M.; Köfinger, J.; Schuler, B.; Zweckstetter, M.; Hummer, G.: Global Structure of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Tau Emerges from Its Local Structure. JACS Au 2 (3), pp. 673 - 686 (2022)
Slováková, J.; Sikora, M.; Arslan, F. N.; Caballero-Mancebo, S.; Krens, S. F. G.; Kaufmann, W. A.; Merrin, J.; Heisenberg, C.-P.: Tension-dependent stabilization of E-cadherin limits cell-cell contact expansion in zebrafish germ-layer progenitor cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (8), e2122030119 (2022)
Sikora, M.; Ermel, U. H.; Seybold, A.; Kunz, M.; Calloni, G.; Reitz, J.; Vabulas, R. M.; Hummer, G.; Frangakis, A. S.: Desmosome architecture derived from molecular dynamics simulations and cryo-electron tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (44), pp. 27132 - 27140 (2020)
Mykuliak, V. V.; Sikora, M.; Booth, J. J.; Cieplak, M.; Shalashilin, D. V.; Hytönen, V. P.: Mechanical Unfolding of Proteins - A Comparative Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study. Biophysical Journal 119, pp. 939 - 949 (2020)
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and the University of Cologne developed a new optical tool to study ferroptosis, a form of iron-driven cell death. Better understanding of how it spreads could open doors to new therapies.
On February 5, 2024, we participated in the “Frankfurt Stands Up for Democracy” demonstration, standing alongside nearly 20,000 participants representing over 100 institutions, organizations, and companies across the Frankfurt region.
The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics is part of the new science network Frankfurt Alliance together with 15 other research institutions in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area
The fellow program promotes cooperation between Max Planck Institutes and outstanding professors at universities. From March 2024, Müller-McNicoll will lead a small research group at the MPI in Frankfurt for five years to investigate RNA, the carrier of genetic information in the cell, and its regulation.