Sorkin Lab

PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Full list can be found on Google Scholar:
Membrane Tension Inhibits Lipid Mixing by Increasing the Hemifusion Stalk Energy, Shendrik P., Golani G., Dharan R., Schwarz U. S., and Sorkin R., ACS Nano, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c04293

Tetraspanin 4 stabilizes membrane swellings and facilitates their maturation into migrasomes, Dharan, R., Huang Y., Cheppali S. K., Goren S., Shendrik P., Wang W., Kozlov M. M., Yu L., and Sorkin R., Nature Communications, 14, 1037 (2023)
Probing Local Force Propagation in Tensed Fibrous Gels, Goren S., Levin M., Brand G., Lesman A. and Sorkin R., Small, (2022), 2202573
Supported Natural Membranes on Microspheres for Protein–Protein Interaction Studies, Cheppali S. K., Dharan R., Katzenelson R., Sorkin R.,
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c13095
Transmembrane Proteins Tetraspanin 4 and CD9 Sense Membrane Curvature, Dharan, R.; Goren, S.; Cheppali, S. K.; Shendrik, P.; Brand, G.; Vaknin, A.; Yu, L.; Kozlov, M. M.; Sorkin, R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (2022), 119,43, e2208993119.
Forces of Change: Optical Tweezers in Membrane Remodeling Studies Cheppali S. K., Dharan R., Sorkin R, Journal of Membrane Biology, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-022-00241-1



Synaptotagmin-1 and Doc2b exhibit distinct membrane remodeling mechanisms, Sorkin R., Marchetti M., Logtenberg E., Kerklingh E., Brand G., Voleti R., Roos W. H., Rizo J., Groffen A. J. & Wuite G. J. L., Biophysical Journal, (2019), 118(3), 643-656

The fluid membrane determines mechanics of erythrocyte extracellular vesicles and is softened in hereditary spherocytosis, Vorselen D., Van Dommelen S. M., Sorkin R., Piontek M.C, Schiller J., Dopp S.T., Kooijmans S.A.A., van Oirschot B. A., Versluijs B. A., Bierings M. B., van Wijk R., Schiffelers R.M., Wuite G. J. L. and Roos W. H., Nature Communications (2018) 9(1):4960
Nanomechanics of extracellular vesicles reveals vesiculation pathways, Sorkin R., Huisjes R., Bošković F., Vorselen D., Pignatelli S., Ofir-Birin Y., Freitas Leal J. K., Schiller J., Roos W. H., Bosman G., Regev-Rudzki N., Schiffelers R. M., Wuite G. J. L., Small, (2018) 1801650
Probing cellular mechanics with Acoustic Force Spectroscopy, Sorkin R., Bergamaschi G., Kamsma D., Brand G., Dekel E., Ofir-Birin Y., Gironella M., Ritort F., Regev-Rudzki N., Roos W. H. & Wuite G. J. L., Molecular Biology of the Cell, (2018) doi: 10.1091/mbc
Supported Planar Mammalian Membranes as Models of in Vivo Cell Surface Architectures, Liu H-Y., Grant H., Hsu H-L, Sorkin R., Bošković F.; Wuite, G.J.L.; Daniel S., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2017), 9 (41), pp 35526–35538.
Effect of cholesterol on the stability and lubrication efficiency of Phosphatidylcholine surface layers, Sorkin R., Kampf N. and Klein J. Langmuir (2017), 33 (30), pp 7459–7467
The effect of the serum corona on interactions between a single nano-object and a living cell, Dror Y., Sorkin R., Brand G., Boubriak O., Urban J., Klein J., Nature Scientific Reports, (2017), Doi: 10.1038/srep45758
Hydration lubrication and shear-induced self-healing of lipid bilayer boundary lubricants in phosphatidylcholine dispersions Sorkin R., Kampf N., Zhu L. and Klein J., Soft Matter, (2016) ,12, 2773-2784
Mechanical stability and lubrication by phosphatidylcholine boundary layers in the vesicular and in the extended lamellar phases, Sorkin R., Dror Y., Kampf N., Klein J., Langmuir, (2014). Doi: 10.1021/la500420u
Origins of extreme boundary lubrication by phosphatidylcholine liposomes, Sorkin R., Kampf N., Dror Y., Shimoni E., Klein J., Biomaterials, 34, (2013), 5465-5475
Process entanglement as a neuronal anchorage mechanism to rough surfaces, Sorkin R., Greenbaum A., Pur M. D., Anava S., Ayali A., Ben Jacob E. and Hanein Y., Nanotechnology, 20, 1 (2009),015101
Compact self-wiring in cultured neural networks, Sorkin R., Gabay T., Blinder P., Baranes D., Ben Jacob E. and Hanein Y., Journal of Neural Engineering, 3, 2 (2006), 95-101.






