Timo Betz

Summary

Affiliation: Institut Curie
Country: France

Publications

  1. ncbi ATP-dependent mechanics of red blood cells
    Timo Betz
    Centre de Recherche, Institut Curie, Unités Mixte de Recherche 168, F 75248 Paris, France
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:15320-5. 2009
  2. ncbi Growth cones as soft and weak force generators
    Timo Betz
    Division of Soft Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13420-5. 2011
  3. ncbi Stochastic actin polymerization and steady retrograde flow determine growth cone advancement
    Timo Betz
    Division of Soft Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Universitat Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Biophys J 96:5130-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Optical neuronal guidance
    Allen Ehrlicher
    Lehrstuhl für die Physik weicher Materie, Fakultat fur Physik und Geowissenschaften, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestr 5, Leipzig D 04103, Germany
    Methods Cell Biol 83:495-520. 2007
  5. ncbi Neurite branch retraction is caused by a threshold-dependent mechanical impact
    Kristian Franze
    Department of Physics, Soft Matter Physics Group, Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    Biophys J 97:1883-90. 2009
  6. ncbi Simultaneous manipulation and detection of living cell membrane dynamics
    Michael Gögler
    Department of Physics, University of Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Opt Lett 32:1893-5. 2007
  7. ncbi External forces control mitotic spindle positioning
    Jenny Fink
    Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 144, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Nat Cell Biol 13:771-8. 2011
  8. ncbi Neuronal growth: a bistable stochastic process
    Timo Betz
    Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Linnestrasse 5, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
    Phys Rev Lett 96:098103. 2006

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Publications8

  1. ncbi ATP-dependent mechanics of red blood cells
    Timo Betz
    Centre de Recherche, Institut Curie, Unités Mixte de Recherche 168, F 75248 Paris, France
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:15320-5. 2009
    ..4 +/- 0.1 k(B)T, that corresponds to an actively increased effective temperature...
  2. ncbi Growth cones as soft and weak force generators
    Timo Betz
    Division of Soft Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13420-5. 2011
    ..Traction force measurements confirmed these values. Hence, our results indicate that growth cones are particularly soft and weak structures that may be very sensitive to the mechanical properties of their environment...
  3. ncbi Stochastic actin polymerization and steady retrograde flow determine growth cone advancement
    Timo Betz
    Division of Soft Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Universitat Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Biophys J 96:5130-8. 2009
    ..This hints at a possible role of noise intensity in determining signal detection sensitivity...
  4. ncbi Optical neuronal guidance
    Allen Ehrlicher
    Lehrstuhl für die Physik weicher Materie, Fakultat fur Physik und Geowissenschaften, Universitat Leipzig, Linnestr 5, Leipzig D 04103, Germany
    Methods Cell Biol 83:495-520. 2007
    ..Automated tracking and laser micromanipulation of cells. Rev. Sci. Instr. 76, 035105]. Optical guidance may eventually be used alone or with other methods for controlling neurite extension in both research and clinical applications...
  5. ncbi Neurite branch retraction is caused by a threshold-dependent mechanical impact
    Kristian Franze
    Department of Physics, Soft Matter Physics Group, Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    Biophys J 97:1883-90. 2009
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  6. ncbi Simultaneous manipulation and detection of living cell membrane dynamics
    Michael Gögler
    Department of Physics, University of Leipzig, Linnestrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Opt Lett 32:1893-5. 2007
    ..We investigated the membrane motion at the leading edge of red blood cells in detail and showed that this technique can achieve simultaneous manipulation and detection of cellular edge dynamics with unprecedented precision...
  7. ncbi External forces control mitotic spindle positioning
    Jenny Fink
    Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 144, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Nat Cell Biol 13:771-8. 2011
    ..We propose that cells divide according to cues provided by their mechanical micro-environment, aligning daughter cells with the external force field...
  8. ncbi Neuronal growth: a bistable stochastic process
    Timo Betz
    Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Linnestrasse 5, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
    Phys Rev Lett 96:098103. 2006
    ..An analysis of growth cone motility confirms the model, and predicts that linear changes of the bistable potential, as known from stochastic filtering, result in directed growth cone translocation...