Nathan B. Viana

Characterization of objective transmittance for optical tweezers.

Self-aggregation of Cryptococcus neoformans capsular glucuronoxylomannan is dependent on divalent cations.

Structure and elastic properties of tunneling nanotubes.

Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide and exopolysaccharide fractions manifest physical, chemical, and antigenic differences.

Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans grows by enlargement of polysaccharide molecules.

Gap junctions are involved in cell migration in the early postnatal subventricular zone.

The elastic properties of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule.

Thyroid hormone induces cerebellar neuronal migration and Bergmann glia differentiation through epidermal growth factor/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.

CTGF/CCN2 has a chemoattractive function but a weak adhesive property to embryonic carcinoma cells.

Biophysical methods for the study of microbial surfaces.

Capsules from pathogenic and non-pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. manifest significant differences in structure and ability to protect against phagocytic cells.

Extracellular matrix secreted by reactive stroma is a main inducer of pro-tumorigenic features on LNCaP prostate cancer cells.

Antibody binding to Cryptococcus neoformans impairs budding by altering capsular mechanical properties.

Swimming behaviour of the multicellular magnetotactic prokaryote 'Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis' under applied magnetic fields and ultraviolet light.

Traffic of secondary metabolites to cell surface in the red alga Laurencia dendroidea depends on a two-step transport by the cytoskeleton.

Membrane elastic properties and cell function.

Membrane cholesterol removal changes mechanical properties of cells and induces secretion of a specific pool of lysosomes.

Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes in 3D Collagen I culture: an in vitro physiological environment for the study of extracellular matrix and host cell interactions.

Rheological properties of cells measured by optical tweezers.

Exact Theory of Optical Tweezers and Its Application to Absolute Calibration.

Effects of cytoskeletal drugs on actin cortex elasticity.

Host membrane glycosphingolipids and lipid microdomains facilitate Histoplasma capsulatum internalisation by macrophages.

Rheological properties of cryptococcal polysaccharide change with fiber size, antibody binding and temperature.

Membrane Elastic Properties During Neural Precursor Cell Differentiation.

The mechanical properties of microbial surfaces and biofilms.

Plasmodium falciparum maturation across the intra-erythrocytic cycle shifts the soft glassy viscoelastic properties of red blood cells from a liquid-like towards a solid-like behavior.

Protocol to measure the membrane tension and bending modulus of cells using optical tweezers and scanning electron microscopy.