Miguel Amaral

PhD Student in Biophysics @ Šarić Lab, IST Austria

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Did you know there are more than bilayer #membranes in nature? Meet the #archaeal monolayer and its surprising mechanical properties! New #preprint! (1/7)

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

I sit across from @v_sorichetti .
He charges brushes the right way.
Maybe his preprint can recharge your scientific batteries and brush up your cg simulation skills. Find out?

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@brewerbiology Hi! I found this: "Peroxisomes differ from mitochondria and chloroplasts in many ways. Most notably, they are surrounded by only a single membrane, and they do not contain DNA or ribosomes" https://t.co/PmU997fwwL Most likely their membrane has two layers/leaflets

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Did you know there are more than bilayer #membranes in nature? Meet the #archaeal monolayer and its surprising mechanical properties! New #preprint! (1/7)

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@just0and For entropy concernts I actually tried to get some insight from mathematicians into estimating the possible configurations for a bolalipid membrane with straight and U-shapes (approximating as two hexagonal lattices and two types of puzzle pieces)

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Taken together, we find membrane tradeoff design principles evolved in extremophiles - stability vs reshapeability - that can be valuable for (bio)technological applications. (7/7)
🙏 @sciFelixFrey , @xiuyun_jiang , @BaumBuzz @SaricLab
preprint → https://t.co/tcsEUBfUIo

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Modelling real word-like archaeal membranes by mixing bolalipids with a small fraction of bilayer lipids, we get membranes that are easy to bend and are stable at high T. (6/7)

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@timelinize Hi, I would like to beta test it.
DM me please.

[Billie Meadowcroft @BillieMeadowcr1]

@PhysicsofLifeUK Feeling very inspired by this young bio-physics community, and what a nice setting in lovely Edinburgh (excellent weather was a great idea too, thanks organisers!) @vainhilla96 @miggral

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

Discussing physics over tapas at @PhysicsofLifeUK Summer School in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with @BillieMeadowcr1 @lucabrb_ @luke_phys @vainhilla96 !

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@MarkusDeserno I'm assuming it did not follow NIST's handbook of mathematical functions

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@Moshe_Hoffman I wonder if a subreddit with automated submission of doi links would result in anything usable.

[Miguel Amaral @miggral]

@Moshe_Hoffman @erezyoeli Hey, I've been working on network science and I'm curious about game theory. May I follow the coursework?