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59. Pilkington, C. P., Gispert, I., Chui, S. Y., Seddon, J. M., & Elani, Y. (2024). Engineering a nanoscale liposome-in-liposome for in situ biochemical synthesis and multi-stage release. Nature chemistry, 16(10), 1612–1620.

58. Ioannou, I. A., Monck, C., Ceroni, F., Brooks, N. J., Kuimova, M. K., & Elani, Y. (2024). Nucleated synthetic cells with genetically driven intercompartment communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(36), e2404790121.

57. Monck C, Elani Y, Ceroni F. (2024) Genetically programmed synthetic cells for thermo-responsive protein synthesis and cargo release. Nature Chemical Biology, 20(10), 1380-1386.

56. Zhu, K. K., Gispert, I., Ces, O., Barter, L. M. C., Hindley, J. W., & Elani, Y. (2024). Magnetic Modulation of Biochemical Synthesis in Synthetic Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(19), 13176-13182.

55. Cheng, Y., Hay, C. D., Mahuttanatan, S. M., Hindley, J. W., Ces, O., & Elani, Y. (2024). Microfluidic technologies for lipid vesicle generation. Lab on a Chip, 24(20), 4679-4716.

54. Allen, M. E., Kamilova, E., Monck, C., Ceroni, F., Hu, Y., Yetisen, A. K., & Elani, Y. (2024). Engineered Bacteria as Living Biosensors in Dermal Tattoos. Advanced Science, 2309509.

53. Huang, J., Elani, Y., & Friddin, M. S. (2024). A handheld laser-cut device for the size-controlled assembly and electrical characterisation of lipid bilayers. Sensors & Diagnostics, 3(9), 1461-1466.

52. Ioannou, I. A., Brooks, N. J., Kuimova, M. K., & Elani, Y. (2024). Visualizing Actin Packing and the Effects of Actin Attachment on Lipid Membrane Viscosity Using Molecular Rotors. JACS Au, 4(5), 2041.

51. Adamala, K. P., Dogterom, M., Elani, Y., Schwille, P., Takinoue, M., & Tang, T. D. (2024). Present and future of synthetic cell development. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 25(3), 162-167.

50. Peng, Z. et al (2024). Lipid vesicle-based molecular robots. Lab on a Chip, 24(5), 996-1029.

49. Raguseo, F. et al (2023). The ALS/FTD-related C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion forms RNA condensates through multimolecular G-quadruplexes. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8272.

48. Pilkington, C. P., Contini, C., Barritt, J. D., Simpson, P. A., Seddon, J. M., & Elani, Y. (2023). A microfluidic platform for the controlled synthesis of architecturally complex liquid crystalline nanoparticles. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 12684.

47. Elani, Y., & Seddon, J. M. (2023). What it means to be alive: a synthetic cell perspective. Interface Focus, 13(5), 20230036.

46. Allen, M. E., Hindley, J. W., O’Toole, N., Cooke, H. S., Contini, C., Law, R. V., ... & Elani, Y. (2023). Biomimetic behaviors in hydrogel artificial cells through embedded organelles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(35), e2307772120.

45. Cruz-Samperio, R., Hicks, C. L., Scott, A., Contamina, I. G., Elani, Y., Richardson, R. J., & Perriman, A. W. (2023). Modular Bioorthogonal Lipid Nanoparticle Modification Platforms for Cardiac Homing. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(41), 22659.

44. Allen, M. E., Hindley, J. W., Baxani, D. K., Ces, O., & Elani, Y. . Hydrogels as functional components in artificial cell systems. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 562-578 (2022).


43. Gispert, I., Hindley, J. W., Pilkington, C. P., Shree, H., Barter, L. M., Ces, O., & Elani, Y. Stimuli-responsive vesicles as distributed artificial organelles for bacterial activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2206563119 (2022)

 

42. Zubaite, G., Hindley, J. W., Ces, O., & Elani, Y. Dynamic Reconfiguration of Subcompartment Architectures in Artificial Cells. ACS nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c02195 (2022)

41. Allen, M. E., Albon, J., & Elani, Y. Layer-by-layer assembly of multi-layered droplet interface bilayers (multi-DIBs). Chemical Communications, 58, 60 (2022)

40. Monck, C., Elani, Y., & Ceroni, F. Cell-free protein synthesis: biomedical applications and future perspectives. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 177, 653-658 (2022)

39. Contini, C., Hu, W., & Elani, Y. Manufacturing polymeric porous capsules. Chemical Communications, 58, 4409 (2022)

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38. Zhang, S., Contini, C., Hindley, J.W., Bolognesi, G., Elani, Y. and Ces, O. Engineering motile aqueous phase-separated droplets via liposome stabilisation. Nature communications, 12, `1673 (2021)

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37. Ip, T., Li, Q., Brooks, N., & Elani, Y. Manufacture of Multilayered Artificial Cell Membranes through Sequential Bilayer Deposition on Emulsion Templates. ChemBioChem. doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100072, (2021)

36. Lucey. M., et al. Acylation of the incretin peptide exendin-4 directly impacts GLP-1 receptor signalling and trafficking. 2021. Molecular Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1124/molpharm.121.000270 (2021)

35. Pazos, M. D., Hu, Y., Elani, Y., Browning, K. L., Jiang, N., & Yetisen, A. K. Tattoo Inks for Optical Biosensing in Interstitial Fluid. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2101238 (2021)

34. Allen, M. E., Elani, Y., Brooks, N. J., & Seddon, J. M. The effect of headgroup methylation on polymorphic phase behaviour in hydrated N-methylated phosphoethanolamine: palmitic acid membranes. Soft Matter, 17, 5763 (2021)

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33. Pilkington, C. P., Seddon, J. M., & Elani, Y. Microfluidic technologies for the synthesis and manipulation of biomimetic membranous nano-assemblies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 3693 (2021)

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32. Elani, Y, Interfacing living and synthetic cells as an emerging frontier in synthetic biology. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, 5602 (2021)

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31. Vivek, A., Bolognesi, G. and Elani, Y. Fusing Artificial Cell Compartments and Lipid Domains Using Optical Traps: A Tool to Modulate Membrane Composition and Phase Behaviour. Micromachines, 11, 388 (2020).

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30. Hindley, J. W., Zheleva, D. G., Elani, Y., Charalambous, K., Barter, L. M., Booth, P. J. ,Bevan, C.L., Law, R.V. & Ces, O. Building a synthetic mechanosensitive signaling pathway in compartmentalized artificial cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 16711, (2019)

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29. Friddin, M. S., Elani, Y., Trantidou, T., & Ces, O. New Directions for Artificial Cells Using Prototyped Biosystems. Analytical chemistry, 91, 4921-4928 (2019)

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28. Friddin, M.S., Bolognesi G., Salehi-Reyhani A., Ces, O., and Elani Y. Direct manipulation of liquid ordered lipid membrane domains using optical traps. Communications Chemistry, 2,  6, DOI: 10.1038/s42004-018-0101-4, (2019)

27. Ces, O., & Elani, Y. Community building in synthetic biology. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 244, 4. 281–282. https://doi.org/10.1177/1535370219832279 (2019)

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26. Trantidou, T., Dekker, L., Polizzi, K., Ces, O. and Elani Y.  Functionalizing cell-mimetic giant vesicles with encapsulated bacterial biosensors. Royal Society Interface.  DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2018.0024 (2018)

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25. Trantidou, T., M. S. Friddin, A. Salehi-Reyhani,  Ces,O., and Elani Y. Droplet microfluidics for the construction of compartmentalised model membranes. Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/C8LC00028J O (2018)

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24. Bolognesi, G., Friddin, M.S., Salehi-Reyhani, A., Barlow, N.E., Brooks, N.J., Ces, O. and Elani, Y. Sculpting and fusing biomimetic vesicle networks using optical tweezers. Nature communications, 9, 1882 (2018)

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23. Karamdad, K., Hindley, J.W., Bolognesi, G., Friddin, M.S., Law, R.V., Brooks, N.J., Ces, O. and Elani, Y.. Engineering thermoresponsive phase separated vesicles formed via emulsion phase transfer as a content-release platform. Chemical Science, 9, 4851 (2018)

22. Hindley JW, Elani Y, McGilvery CM, Ali S, Bevan CL, Law RV, Ces O. Light-triggered enzymatic reactions in nested vesicle reactors. Nature communications.  15, 9. 109 (2018).

21. Elani, Y., Trantidou, T., Wylie, D., Dekker, L., Polizzi, K., Law, R.V. and Ces, O., 2018. Constructing vesicle-based artificial cells with embedded living cells as organelle-like modules. Scientific reports, 8, 4564 (2018)

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20. Thomas, J.M., Friddin, M.S., Ces, O. and Elani, Y. Programming membrane permeability using integrated membrane pores and blockers as molecular regulators. Chemical Communications, 53, 91. 12282-12285 (2017)

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19. de Bruin, A., Friddin, M.S., Elani, Y., Brooks, N.J., Law, R.V., Seddon, J.M. and Ces, O., A transparent 3D printed device for assembling droplet hydrogel bilayers (DHBs) RSC Advances, 7, 75, 47796-47800 (2017).

18. Trantidou, T., Friddin, M., Elani, Y., Brooks, N., Law, R., Seddon, J., and Ces, O. Engineering compartmentalized biomimetic micro- and nanocontainers. ACS nano, 11, 7, 6549–6565 (2017)

17. Salehi-Reyhani, A., Ces., O, and Elani Y. Synthetic cell mimics as tools for quantitative biology, Experimental Biology and Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/1535370217711441 (2017) 

16. Trantidou, T., Elani, Y., Parsons, E., & Ces, O., Hydrophilic surface modification of PDMS for droplet microfluidics using a simple, quick, and robust method via PVA deposition, Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 3, 17091;  doi:10.1038/micronano.2016.91 (2017)

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15. Elani, Y. Construction of membrane-bound artificial cells using microfluidics: a new frontier in bottom-up synthetic biology. Biochemical Society Transactions 44.3, 723-730. (2016) 

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14. Friddin M. S., Bolognesi, G., Elani, Y., Brooks, N.J., Law, R.V., Seddon, J.M., Neil, M.A.A., and Ces. O.. Light-driven drag and drop assembly of micron-scale bilayer networks for synthetic biology, Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS) 10/2016, 545-546 (2016)

13. Elani, Y., Xavier, C.I., Edel, J. B., Law, R.V, & Ces, O., Microfluidic generation of encapsulated droplet interface bilayer networks (multisomes) and their use as cell-like reactors, Chemical Communications 52.35, 5961-5964 (2016)

12. Trantidou, T., Elani Y., and Ces O. Versatile strategies for the microfluidic generation of lipid-stabilised double emulsions (2016) Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS) 10/2016, 1895-1896 (2016)

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11. Friddin, M.S., Bolognesi, G., Elani, Y., Brooks, N.J., Law, R.V., Seddon, J.M., Neil, M.A. and Ces, O. Optically assembled droplet interface bilayer (OptiDIB) networks from cell-sized microdroplets, Soft Matter, 12, 37, .7731-7734 (2016)

10. Elani, Y., Law, R. V., & O. Ces. Vesicle-based artificial cells: recent developments and prospects for drug delivery, Therapeutic Delivery, 6, 5, 143–145 (2015)

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9. Elani, Y., Purushothaman, S., Booth, P. J., Seddon, J. M., Brooks, N. J., Law, R. V., & Ces, O. Measurements of the effect of membrane asymmetry on the mechanical properties of lipid bilayers, Chemical Communications, 51,32, 6976-6979 (2015)

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8. Carreras, P., Elani, Y., Law, R. V., Brooks, N. J., Seddon, J. M., & Ces, O. A microfluidic platform for size-dependent generation of droplet interface bilayer networks on rails. Biomicrofluidics, 9(6), 064121 (2015)

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7. Elani, Y., Law, R. V., & Ces, O. Protein synthesis in artificial cells: using compartmentalisation for spatial organisation in vesicle bioreactors.. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 15534-15537, (2015)

6. Elani, Y., Law, R. V., & Ces, O. Microfluidic generation of networked droplet collections and lipid membrane constructs, Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS),. 10/2013, 677-679. (2013)

5. Carreras, P., Elani Y., Law R.V., Brooks N.J., Seddon J.M, and Ces O. A droplet trapping microfluidic device for the study of mass-transport across droplet interface bilayers, Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS), 10/2013, 1622. (2014)

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4. Elani, Y., Law, R. V., & Ces, O. Vesicle-based artificial cells as chemical microreactors with spatially segregated reaction pathways. Nature communications, 5, 5305 (2014)

3. Elani Y., Law, R.V., & Ces, O., Manufacturing vesicles with internal bilayer partitions: a novel unit for synthetic biology, European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters. 01/2013; 42:S55-S55. (2013)

2. Elani, Y., Gee, A., Law, R. V., & Ces, O. Engineering multi-compartment vesicle networks. Chemical Science, 4, 8, 3332-3338. (2013)

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  1. Elani, Y., Niu, X., DeMello, A.J., & Ces, O. Novel technologies for the formation of 2-D and 3-D droplet interface bilayer networks. Lab on a chip, 12, 18, 3514-3520 (2012)