Publications

PREPRINTS

53. B. Meadowcroft, I. Palaia, A-K Pfitzner, A. Roux, B. Baum, A. Šarić*Mechanochemical rules for membrane-reshaping composite filaments, bioRxiv: 10.1101/2022.05.10.490642 (2022).

52. Nuno A. M. Araújo et al., Steering self-organisation through confinement, arXiv: 2204.10059v1 (2022).

PUBLISHED 

51. Z. Toprakcioglu, …., A. Šarić, M. Vendruscolo, T. P. J. Knowles, Adsorption free energy predicts amyloid protein nucleation rates, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 119, e2109718119 (2022).

50. I. Palaia and  A. Šarić*Controlling cluster size in 2D phase-separating binary mixtures with specific interactions, J Chem Phys 156, 194902 (2022). (2022 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection).

49. L. Harker-Kirschneck, A. E. Hafner, …,  R. Henriques, B. Baum,  A. Šarić*, Physical mechanism of ESCRT-III-driven cell division, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 119, e2107763119 (2022).

48. I. Palaia, A. Paraschiv, V. Debets, C. Storm, A. Šarić*, Durotaxis of Passive Nanoparticles on Elastic Membranes , ACS Nano 15, 15794 (2021).

47. L. Zeng, I. Palaia, A. Šarić, X. Su, PLCg1 promotes phase separation of the T cell signaling clusters, J Cell Biol 220, e202009154(2021).

46. A. Paraschiv, T. J. Lagny, E. Coudrier, C. V. Campos, P. Bassereau, A. Šarić*, Influence of membrane-cortex linkers on the extrusion of membrane tubes, Biophys J 120, 598 (2021).

45. C. V. Campos, A. Šarić*, Modelling the dynamics of vesicle reshaping and scission under osmotic shocksSoft Matter 10.1039/D0SM02012E, part of a themed collection Emerging Investigators (2021).

44. L. K. Davis, A. Šarić, B. Hoogenboom, A. Zilman, Physical modelling of multivalent interactions in the nuclear pore complex,  Biophys J 120, 1565 (2021).

43. J. Krausser, T. P. J. Knowles, A. Šarić*, Physical mechanisms of amyloid nucleation on fluid membranes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 117, 33090 (2020).

42. J. Forster, J. Krausser, M. Vuyyuru, B. Baum, A. Šarić*, Exploring the Design Rules for Efficient Membrane-Reshaping Nanostructures , Phys Rev Lett, 125, 228101 (2020).

41. A. E. Hafner, N G. Gyori. C. A. Bench, L. K. Davis, A. Šarić*, Modelling fibrillogenesis of collagen mimetic molecules, Biophysical Journal119, 1791 (2020). (On the cover & in blogspot.)

40. A.-K. Pfitzner, V. Mercier, X. Jian, J. M. von Filseck, B. Baum, A. Šarić, A Roux, Sequential polymerization of ESCRT subunits drives membrane deformation and fission, Cell 182, 1140 (2020)

39. G. T. Risa, …., A. Šarić, …, B. Baum, The proteasome controls ESCRT-III-mediated cell division in an archaeon, Science 369, 6504 (2020).

38. A. Paraschiv, S. Hegde, R. Ganti, T. Pilizota, A. Šarić*, Dynamic clustering regulates activity of mechanosensitive membrane channels, Phys Rev Lett 124, 048102 (2020).

37. V. Debets. L. M. C. Janssen, A. Šarić*, Characterising the Diffusion of Biological Nanoparticles on Fluid and Elastic Membranes, Soft Matter 16, 10628 (2020).

36. T. C. T. Michaels, A. Šarić, G. Meisl, G. T. Heller, S. Curk, P. Arosio, S. Linse, C. M. Dobson, M. Vendruscolo, T. P. J. Knowles, Thermodynamic and kinetic design principles for protein aggregation inhibitors, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 117, 24251 (2020).

35. T. C. T. Michaels, A. Šarić, …, S. Linse, T. P. J. Knowles, Dynamics of oligomer populations formed during the aggregation of Alzheimer’s Aβ42 peptide, Nature Chemistry 12, 445 (2020). (On the cover).

34. L. K. Davis, I. Ford, A. Šarić*, B. Hoogenboom, Proteins gating the Nuclear Pore Complex exhibit ideal polymer behaviour, Phys Rev E 101, 022420 (2020).

33. X. Tian, …, A. Šarić, …., G. Battaglia, On the shuttling across the blood-brain barrier via tubules formation: mechanism and cargo avidity bias, Science Advances 6, 48 eabc4397 (2020).

32. A. J. Dear, G. Meisl, A. Šarić, T. C. T. Michaels, M. Kjaergaard, S. Linse, T. P. J. Knowles, Identification of on- and off-pathway oligomers in amyloid fibril formation, Chem Sci 11, 6236 – 6247 (2020).

31. L. Harker-Kirschneck, B. Baum, A. Šarić*, Transitions in filament geometry drive ESCRT-III-mediated membrane remodelling and fission, BMC Biology 17, 1-8 (2019).

30. A. E. Hafner, J. Krausser, A. Šarić*, Minimal coarse-grained models for molecular self-organisation in biology,  Curr. Op. Struct. Biol. 58,  43 (2019).

29. T. Curk, P. Wirnsberger, J. Dobnikar, D. Frenkel, A. Šarić*, Controlling cargo trafficking in multicomponent membranes,  Nano Letters 18, 5350 (2018). (On the cover.)

28. T. C. T. Michaels, L. X. Liu, S. Curk, P. Bolhuis, A. Šarić*, T. P. J. Knowles, Reaction rate theory for supramolecular kinetics: application to protein aggregation, Mol. Phys. 116, 3055 (2018).

27. S. I. A. Cohen, R. Cukalevski, T. C. T. Michaels, A. Šarić, M. Vendruscolo, C. M. Dobson, A. K. Buell, T. P. J. Knowles, S. Linse, Distinct thermodynamic signature of oligomer generation in the aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide, Nature Chemistry 10, 523 (2018).

27. A. J. Dear, A. Šarić*, T. C. T. Michaels, C. M. Dobson, T. P. J. Knowles, Statistical Mechanics of Globular Oligomer Formation by Protein Molecules, J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 11721 (2018).

25. T. C. T. Michaels, A. Šarić, J. Habchi, S. Chia, G. Meisl, M. Vendruscolo, C. M Dobson, T. P. J. Knowles, Chemical Kinetics for Bridging Molecular Mechanisms and Macroscopic Measurements of Amyloid Fibril Formation, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 69 (2018).

24. P. D. E. Fisher, Q. Shen, B. Akpinar, L. K. Davis, K. K. H. Chung, D. Baddeley, A. Šarić, T. J. Melia, B. W. Hoogenboom, C. Lin, C. P. Lusk, A Programmable DNA Origami Platform for Organizing Intrinsically Disordered Nucleoporins within Nanopore Confinement, ACS Nano 12, 1502 (2018). (Highlight on the UCL website.)

23. M. Šimunović, A. Šarić, M. Henderson, K. Y. C. Lee and G. A. Voth, Long-range patterns of membrane-curving proteins, ACS Cent. Sci. 3, 1246 (2017).

22. S. C. J. Helle, Q. Feng, M. J. Aebersold, L. Hirt, R. R. Grüter, A. Vahid, A. Sirianni, S. Mostowy, J. G. Snedeker, A. Šarić, T. Idema, T. Zambelli and B. Kornmann, Mechanical force induces mitochondrial fission. eLife 6, e30292 (2017).

21. G. Meisl, L. Rajah, S. I. A. Cohen, M. Pfammatter, A. Šarić, E. Hellstrand, A. K. Buell, A. Aguzzi, S. Linse, M. Vendruscolo , C. M. Dobson and T. P. J. Knowles, Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assemblyChem. Sci. 8, 7087 (2017).

20. P. Wirnsberger, D. Fijan, R. A. Lightwood, A. Šarić, C. Dellago and D. Frenkel, Numerical evidence for thermally induced monopolesProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114, 4911 (2017).

19. A. Vahid, A. Šarić, and T. Idema, Curvature variation controls particle aggregation on fluid vesicles. Soft Matter 13, 4924 (2017).

18. A. Šarić*, T. C. T. Michaels, A. Zaccone, T. P. J. Knowles and D. Frenkel, Kinetics of spontaneous filament nucleation via oligomers: insights from theory and simulation, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 211926 (2016). (Cover paper of the special issue. Highlighted in the AIP News.)

17. C. van der Wel, A. Vahid, A. Šarić, T. Idema, D. Heinrich and D. J. Kraft, Lipid membrane-mediated attraction between curvature inducing object, Scientific Reports 6, 32825 (2016).

16. S. J. Bachmann, J. Kotar, L. Parolini, A. Šarić, P. Cicuta, L. Di Michele§ and B. M. Mognetti§, Melting transition in lipid vesicles functionalised by mobile DNA linkers, Soft Matter 12, 7804 (2016).

15. A. Šarić*, A. K. Buell, G. Meisl, T. C. T. Michaels, C. M. Dobson, S. Linse, T. P. J. Knowles and D. Frenkel, Physical determinants of the self-replication of protein fibrils, Nature Physics 12, 874 (2016). (Cam Research News, UCL Research News, Media). Free view-only version.


PRIOR TO 2016

14. P. Wirnsberger, D. Fijan, A. Šarić, M. Neumann, C. Dellago and D. Frenkel, Non-equilibrium simulations of thermally induced electric fields in water , J. Chem. Phys. 144, 224102 (2016).

13. A. Šarić, Y. C. Chebaro, T. P. J. Knowles and D. Frenkel, Crucial role of non-specific interactions in amyloid nucleation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 17869 (2014). (Highlighted on the HFSP website).

12. S. A. Mallory, A. Šarić, C. Valeriani and A. Cacciuto, Anomalous thermomechanical properties of fluids of self-propelled particles. Phys. Rev. E  89, 052303 (2014).

11. B. M. Mognetti§, A. Šarić§, S. Angioletti-Uberti, A. Cacciuto, C. Valeriani and D. Frenkel, Living clusters and crystals from low densities suspensions of active colloids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 245702 (2013). (Editor’s suggestion, highlighted in P. Ball, Physics 6, 134 (2013)).

10. J. A. Napoli, A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Collapsing nanoparticle-laden nanotubes, Soft Matter 9, 8881 (2013).

9. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Self-assembly of nanoparticles on fluid and elastic membranesSoft Matter 9, 6677 (2013). (Review article, part of themed collection “Emerging Investigators”).

8. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Mechanism of membrane tube formation induced by adhering nanocomponents, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 188101 (2012). (Cover paper of the weekly issue, highlighted in APS Physics Synopsis.)

7. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Fluid membranes can drive linear aggregation of adsorbed spherical nanoparticles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 118101 (2012). (Editor’s suggestion.)

6. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Soft elastic surfaces as a platform for particle self-assembly. Soft Matter 7, 7552 (2011).

5. A. Šarić and A. Cacciuto, Particle self-assembly on soft elastic shells, Soft Matter 7, 1874 (2011).

4. A. Šarić§, B. Bozorgui§, and A. Cacciuto, Packing of soft asymmetric dumbbells, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 7182 (2011). (On the cover of the special issue “Clusters in Complex Fluids”.)

3. A. Šarić, J. C. Pàmies, and A. Cacciuto, Effective elasticity of a fexible flament bound to a deformable cylindrical surface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 226101 (2010).

2. A. Šarić, T. Hrenar, M. Mališ, and N. Došlić, Quantum mechanical study of secondary structure formation in protected dipeptides, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 4678 (2010).

1. A. Šarić, V. Vrček and M. Bühl, Density Functional Study of Protonated Formylmetallocenes, Organometallics 27, 394 (2008).

(*corresponding author; § shared authorship)