Chirality of malaria parasites determines their motion patterns

2025/11/24 by Leon Lettermann, Mirko Singer, Smilla Steinbrück +5 · 2 voices · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Micro and Nano Robotics #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

paper · doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03096-0

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Discussions

• 📢 Paper alert 📢 Chirality is known to be important for the movement of microorganisms and active matter. In our new paper out today in @natphys.nature.com, we show that chirality is used by malaria [bsky, 82 points, 1 comments]
• Super happy to see this major part of my PhD work out in @natphys.nature.com! Three years of fantastic teamwork with Mirko Singer and @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social and many others. Paper: doi.org/1 [bsky, 6 points, 0 comments]