Gijsje Koenderink

Gijsje Koenderink


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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 October 2018 in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
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MDMarileen Dogterom
Marileen Dogterom
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink

11 August 2013 in Nature Physics
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JAJosé Alvarado
José Alvarado
MSMichael Sheinman
Michael Sheinman
ASAbhinav Sharma
Abhinav Sharma
FMFred C. MacKintosh
Fred C. MacKintosh
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink

1 February 2015 in Current Opinion in Cell Biology
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FHFlorian Huber
Florian Huber
ABAdeline Boire
Adeline Boire
MLMagdalena Preciado López
Magdalena Preciado López
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink

18 May 2011 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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MSMarina Soares e Silva
Marina Soares e Silva
MDMartin Depken
Martin Depken
BSBjörn Stuhrmann
Björn Stuhrmann
MKMarijn Korsten
Marijn Korsten
FMFred C. MacKintosh
Fred C. MacKintosh
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink
In cells, many vital processes involve myosin-driven motility that actively remodels the actin cytoskeleton and changes cell shape. Here we study how the collective action of myosin motors organizes actin filaments into contractile structures in a simplified model system devoid of biochemical regulation. We show that this self-organization occurs through an active multistage coarsening process. First, motors form dense foci by moving along the actin network structure followed by coalescence. Then the foci accumulate actin filaments in a shell around them. These actomyosin condensates eventually cluster due to motor-driven coalescence. We propose that the physical origin of this multistage aggregation is the highly asymmetric load response of actin filaments: they can support large tensions but buckle easily under piconewton compressive loads. Because the motor-generated forces well exceed this threshold, buckling is induced on the connected actin network that resists motor-driven filament sliding. We show how this buckling can give rise to the accumulation of actin shells around myosin foci and subsequent coalescence of foci into superaggregates. This new physical mechanism provides an explanation for the formation and contractile dynamics of disordered condensed actomyosin states observed in vivo.

1 May 2010 in Biophysical Journal
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IPIzabela K. Piechocka
Izabela K. Piechocka
RBRommel G. Bacabac
Rommel G. Bacabac
MPMax Potters
Max Potters
FMFred C. MacKintosh
Fred C. MacKintosh
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink

18 March 2019 in Nature Reviews Physics
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FBFederica Burla
Federica Burla
YMYuval Mulla
Yuval Mulla
BVBart E. Vos
Bart E. Vos
AAAnders Aufderhorst-Roberts
Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts
GKGijsje Koenderink
Gijsje Koenderink