Publications - Pierre Sens

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Submitted

- R. Rollin, M. Nava, A. Williart , S. Ludwig, C. Plancke, M.-A. Pllamont, M. San Roman, G. Nade, Z. Gueroui, J.-F. Joanny, D. Müller, D. Cuvelier, P. Sens & M. Piel. Coupled nucleoplasmic flows and envelope expansion govern the mechanical resistance of the nucleus. (2026) (link)

- Amir Khosravanizadeh, Pierre Sens &Farshid Mohammad-Rafiee. Cellular wrapping of elastic particles by a supported lipid membrane. (2026)  (link)

- Niladri Sarkar, Christophe Lamaze &, Pierre Sens. Mechano-sensitivity of multi-component caveolae. (2026)  (link)

- S. C. Al-Izzi, M. S. Turner & P. Sens, Membrane tubes with active pumping : water transport, vacuole formation and osmoregulation. arXiv 2024

- Mathieu Dedenon & P. Sens, Lamellipodium initiation during cell spreading arXiv 2019  

Published

[88]. D.  WörthmüllerG. Ferraro, P. Sens & M. Castellana. Irene : A fluid layer finite-element software. Comput. Phys. Commun. Accepted (2026) (arxiv)

[87]. Md Arsalan Ashraf, Tapas Singha, Susav Pradhan, Serene Rose David, Pierre Sens, and Pramod Pullarkat. Myosin II independent contraction of actin filaments in membrane nanotubes P.N.A.S Accepted (2026) (link)

[86]. Kristiana Mihali, Dennis Wörthmüller and Pierre Sens. Mechanical stress induced by the polymerisation of an active gel near a surface Phys. Rev. Research Accepted (July 2026) (link)

[85]. Kristiana Mihali, Dennis Wörthmüller and Pierre Sens. Curvature instability of an active gel growing on a wavy membrane. Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 258401 (2026) (link)

[84]. S. K. Mani, N. Tardif, O. Rossier, I. Khater, X. Zhou, F. N. Vicente, AV Radhakrishnan, I. Brito, R. Ruez, M. Dewulf, G. Hamarneh, I. R. Nabi, P. Sens, G. Giannone, C. M. Blouin & C. Lamaze, Diffusing caveolin-1 scaffolds regulate mechanosignalling Nat Cell Biol 28, 1175-1190 (2026) (link)

[83]. M. Dedenon, J. Barbazán, C. Pérez González, D. Vignjevic, P. Sens, Friction-induced budding of a cancer cell monolayer Phys. Rev. Research 8, 023038 (2026) (link)

[82]. C. Lamaze, C. Blouin & P. Sens. Caveolae Mechanics : Cellular Functions and Pathophysiology. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 27, 581-600 (2026). (link)

[81]. V. Singh, Dr V. Breton, C. Viaris de Lesegno, A.-S. Macé, C. M. Blouin, A. Singh Vishen, P. Sens & C. Lamaze, Spatiotemporal Coupling of Caveolae Mechanosensing and RhoA-GEFs Regulates Cell polarity and Directional Migration. Nature Communication. 17 398 (2026) (link)

[80]. A. Damm, S-J. Paik, R. Kumar Sadhu, A. Di-Cicco, J. Manzi, M. Castellana, E. Margeat, M. Dahan, P. Sens, D. Lévy & P. Bassereau, Conformational Changes of the ABC Transporter BmrA Depend on Membrane Curvature. eLife 15 RP109854 (2026) (link)

[79] T. Singha & P. Sens, Contractility-driven cell motility against a viscoelastic resistance Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 068401 (2025) arXiv 2024

[78] A. Singh Vishen, J. Prost, P. Sens, Quantitative comparison of cell-cell detachment force in different experimental setups. Accepted (2024) EPJE b (2024) 22 (arXiV)

[77]  L. Coquand, C. Brunet Avalos, A.-S. Macé, S. Farcy, A. Di Cicco, M. Lampic, R. Wimmer, B. Bessières, T. Attie-Bitach, V. Fraisier, P. Sens, F. Guimiot, J.-B. Brault & A. Baffet, A cell fate decision map reveals abundant direct neurogenesis bypassing intermediate progenitors in the human developing neocortex. Nat Cell Biol 26 (2024) 698-709 (BiorXiv)

[76]  J Barbazan, C Perez-Gonzalez, M Gomez-Gonzalez, S Richon, E Latorre, M Dedenon, M Serrra, P Mariani, S Descroix, P Sens, X Trepat & D Matic Vignjevic, Cancer-associated fibroblasts actively compress cancer cells and modulate mechanotransduction. Nat Commun 14 (2023) 6966

[75] R Rollin, J-F Joanny & P Sens, Physical basis of the cell size scaling laws. eLife journal 12 (2023) e82490

[74] R Adar, A Singh, J-F Joanny, P Sens & S Safran, Volume regulation in adhered cells : roles of surface tension and cell swelling Biophysical journal 122 (2023) 1-7

[73] A Khosravanizadeh, P Sens,& F Mohammad-Rafiee, Role of particle local curvature in cellular wrapping.  J R Soc Interface 19 (2022) 20220462 

[72] A Godeau, M Leoni, J Comelles, H Delanoe-Ayari, A Ott, S Harlepp, ~~P Sens & D Riveline, Temporal correlation between oscillating force dipoles drives single cell migration in 3D.  eLife, 11 (2022) e71032

[71] L. Venkova, A Singh Vishen, S Lembo, N Srivastava, B Duchamp, A Ruppel, S Vassilopoulos, A Deslys, J M Garcia Arcos, A Diz-Muñoz, M Balland, J-F Joanny, D Cuvelier, P Sens & M Piel. A mechano-osmotic feedback couples cell volume to the rate of cell deformation.  eLife, 11 (2022) e72381

[72] A. Yadav, Q. Vagne, P. Sens, G. Iyengar & M. Rao, eLife, 11 (2022) e76757 Glycan processing in the Golgi as optimal information coding that constrains cisternal number and enzyme specificity

[71] G.-J. Both, S. Choudhury, P. Sens & R. Kusters. DeepMoD: Deep learning for Model Discovery in noisy data,   J. Comput. Phys. 428 (2021) pp.109985

[70] Pierre Sens, Stick-Slip model for actin-driven cell protrusions, cell polarisation and crawling. P.N.A.S 117 (2020) 24670-24678

[69] Sami C. Al-Izzi, Pierre Sens, Matthew S. Turner & Shigeyuki Komura,, Dynamics of passive and active membrane tubes  Soft Matter (2020) DOI:10.1039/D0SM01290D

[68] Quentin Vagne, Jean-Patrick Vrel & P. Sens, A Minimal Self-Organized model for the Golgi Apparatus eLife,2020;9:e47318

[67] Sami C. Al-Izzi, Pierre Sens & Matthew S. Turner,  Shear-driven instabilities of membrane tubes and Dynamin-induced scission Phys. Rev. Let. 125 (2020) 018101

[66] R. Kusters, C. Simon, R. Lopes Dos Santos, V. Caorsi, S. Wu J.-F. Joanny, P. Sens & C. Sykes,  Actin shells control buckling and wrinkling of biomembranes Soft Matter 15 (2019) 9647–9653

[65] Amir Khosravanizadeh, Pierre Sens & Farshid Mohammad-Rafiee,  Wrapping of a nanowire by a supported lipid membrane Soft Matter 15 (2019) 7490-7500  

[64] Ido Lavi, M. Goudarzi, Erez Raz, Nir Gov, Raphael Voituriez & Pierre Sens Cellular Blebs and Membrane Invaginations Are Coupled through Membrane Tension Buffering Biophys. J.  Physics 117 (2019) 1485-1495

[63] C. Simon, R. Kusters, V. Caorsi, A. Allard, M. Abou-Ghali, J. Manzi, A. Di Cicco, D. Lévy, M. Lenz, J.-F. Joanny, C. Campillo, J. Plastino, P. Sens & C. Sykes,  Actin dynamics drive cell-like membrane deformation Nature Physics 15, 602-609  (2019)

[62] G. Beaune, S. Douezan, J. Dumont, D. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, D. Cuvelier, P. Sens, C. Blanch-Mercader, S. Dufour, M. P. Murrel and F. Brochard-Wyart. Spontaneous migration of cellular aggregates: from giant keratocytes to running spheroids P.N.A.S. (2018) 12926-12931

[61] S.C. Al-Izzi, G. Rowlands, P. Sens and M.S. Turner Hydro-osmotic instability in active membrane tubes Phys. Rev. Let. 120, 138102  (2018)

[60] Q. Vagne and P. Sens. Stochastic Model of Vesicular Sorting in Cellular Organelles. Phys. Rev. Let. 120, 058102  (2018)

[59] Q. Vagne and P. Sens. Stochastic Model of Maturation and Vesicular Exchange in Cellular Organelles. . Biophys. J. 114, 947-957  (2018)

[58] M. Leoni and P. Sens. Model of cell crawling controlled by mechanosensitive adhesion. . Phys. Rev. Let. 118, 228101  (2017)

[57] F. Valentino, P. Sens, J. Lemière, T. Betz, C. Campillo and C. Syke. Fluctuations of a membrane nanotube revealed by high-resolution force measurements. Soft Matter 12 (2016) 9429-9435 

[56] Q. Vagne, M. S. Turner and P. Sens. Sensing size through clustering in non-equilibrium membranes and the control of membrane-bound enzymatic reactions. PLoS ONE 10, e0143470 (2015)

[55] P. Sens and J. Plastino. Membrane tension and cytoskeleton organization in cell motility J. Phys. Cond. Mat.,  27, 273103 (2015)

[54] R. Alert, J. Casademunt, J. Brugues  and P. Sens. Model for probing membrane-cortex adhesion by micropipette aspiration and fluctuation spectroscopy Biophys. J.,  108, 1878–1886  (2015)

[53] M. Leoni and P. Sens. Polarization of cells and soft objects driven by mechanical interactions: Consequences for migration and chemotaxis Phys. Rev. E,  91 022720 (2015)

[52] S. M. Hashemi, P. Sens and F. Mohammad-Rafiee.  Regulation of the membrane wrapping transition of a cylindrical target by cytoskeleton adhesion J. R. Soc. Interface 11, 20140769 (2014)

[51] P. Sens Rigidity sensing by stochastic sliding friction  Europhys. Lett. 104, 38003 (2013)

[50] S. Dmitrieff and P. Sens Transient domain formation in membrane-bound organelles undergoing maturation Phys. Rev. E.  88, 062704 (2013)

[49] P. Sens and M. Rao (Re)Modelling the Golgi  in: Methods in Cell Biology: Golgi Function, D. Stevens and F. Perez, Eds. (2013 - in press).

[48] S. Dmitrieff, M. Rao and P. Sens  Quantitative analysis of intra-Golgi transport shows intercisternal exchange for all cargo PNAS. 110, 15692-15697 (2013)

[47] C. Campillo, P. Sens, D. Köster, L-L. Pontani, D. Lévy, P. Bassereau, P. Nassoy, and C. Sykes Unexpected Membrane Dynamics Unveiled by Membrane Nanotube Extrusion  Biophys. J. 104, 1248 (2013)

[46] M. Zeitz and P. Sens Reversibility of Red Blood Cell deformation  Phys. Rev. E 85, 051904 (2012)

[45] S. Dmitrieff and P. Sens GOLGI APPARATUS: Homotypic fusion maintains biochemical gradients within the Golgi and improves the accuracy of protein maturation. Int J. Biochem & Cell Biol. 44, 718-721 (2012)

[44] M. Linden, P. Sens and R.P. Phillips Entropic Tension in Crowded Membranes PLoS Comp. Biol. 8 e1002431 (2012) 

[43] N. Buzhynskyy, P. Sens, F. Behar-Cohen and S. Scheuring Eye lens membrane junctional microdomains: a comparison between healthy and pathological cases New J. Phys. 13 085016 (2011)

[42] E. Batchelder, G. Hollopeter, C. Campillo, X. Mezanges, E. Jorgensen, P. Nassoy, P. Sens, J. Plastino Membrane tension regulates motility by controlling lamellipodia organization  PNAS 108 11429-11434 (2011) (Supp Info)

[41] P. Sens and M.S. Turner Microphase separation in nonequilibrium biomembranes  Phys. Rev. Let. 106 238101 (2011)

[40] S. Dmitrieff and P. Sens Cooperative protein transport in cellular organelles  Phys. Rev. E 83, 041923 (2011)

[39] Sinha B, Koster D, Ruez R, Gonnord P, Bastiani M, Abankwa D, Stan RV, Butler-Browne G, Vedie B, Johannes L, Morone N, Parton RG, Raposo G, Sens P , Lamaze C, Nassoy P Cells Respond to Mechanical Stress by Rapid Disassembly of Caveolae  Cell 144, 402-413 (2011)

[38] I. Casuso, P. Sens, F. Rico and S. Scheuring Experimental Evidence for Membrane-Mediated Protein-Protein Interaction Biophy. J. 99, L47-L49, 2010 (Supp Info)

[37] L. L. Norman, J. Brugues, K. Sengupta, P. Sens, and H. Aranda-EspinozaCell blebbing and membrane area homeostasis in spreading and retracting cells  Biophy. J. 99, 1726-1733, 2010 (Supp Info)

[36] B. Maugis, J. Brugués, P. Nassoy, N. Guillen, P. Sens & F. Amblard A dynamic instability of the intracellular pressure drives bleb-based motility   J. Cell Sci 123, 3884-3892 (2010)

[35] J. Brugués, B. Maugis, J. Casademunt, P. Nassoy, F. Amblard & P. Sens Dynamical organization of the cytoskeletal cortex probed by micropipette aspiration PNAS 107 15415-15420 (2010) (Supp Info)

[34] H. Ewers etal. SV40 binding to its receptor, GM1, induces membrane  invagination, tubulation and infection   Nature Cell Biology  12 11-18 (2010)

[33] N. Gov, J. Cluitmans, P. Sens & G.J.C.G.M. Bosman Cytoskeletal Control of Red Blood Cell Shape: Theory and Practice of Vesicle FormationAdvances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes (Chap. 4),  10 95-119 (2009)

[32] R. Phillips, T. Ursell, P. Wiggins & P. Sens

    Emerging roles for lipids in shaping membrane-protein function  Nature  459 379-385 (2009)

[31] D. Reeves, T. Ursell, P. Sens, J. Kondev & R. Phillips Membrane mechanics as a probe of ion-channel gating mechanisms  Phys. Rev. E  78 041901 (2008)

[30] L. Foret & P. Sens,  Kinetic regulation of coated vesicle secretion PNAS 105 14763-14768 (2008)

[29] P. Sens, L. Johannes & P. Bassereau Biophysical Approaches to protein-induced membrane deformations in  trafficking   Curr. Op. Cell Biol. 20 1-7  (2008) 

[28] W. Römer, L. Berland, V. Chambon, K. Gaus, B. Windschiegl, D. Tenza, M. R. E. Aly, V. Fraisier, J.-C. Florent, D. Perrais,    C. Lamaze, G. Raposo, C. Steinem, P. Sens, P. Bassereau & L. Johannes  Shiga toxin induces tubular membrane invaginations for its uptake into cells  Nature 450 670-675. (2007) 

[27] N. . Buzhynskyy, V. Prima, P. Sens, J. N. Sturgis & S. Scheuring. Rows of ATP synthase dimers in native mitochondrial inner membranes Biophys. J. 93 2870-2876. (2007) 

[26] P. Sens & N. Gov  Force Balance and Membrane Shedding at the Red-Blood-Cell Surface   Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 018102 (2007) 

[25]  R.P. Gonçalves, G. Agnus, P. Sens, C. Houssin, B. Bartenlian & S. Scheuring 2-Chamber-AFM: Probing Membrane Proteins Separating Two Aqueous Compartments  Nature Methods 3, 1007-1012 (2006)

[24]  O. Campàs, & P. Sens  Chromosome Oscillation in Mitosis Phys. Rev. Let. 97 128102 (2006)

[23] P. Sens & M.S. Turner,  Budded membrane microdomains as tension regulators  Phys. Rev. E 73 031918 (2006)

[22] P. Sens & M.S. Turner The forces that shape caveolae   in Lipid Rafts and Caveolae, C. Fielding Ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2006)

[21] M.S. Turner, P. Sens & N.D. Socci  Non-equilibrium raft-like membrane domains under continuous recycling.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 168301 (2005)

[20] M.S. Turner & P. Sens   Gating-by-tilt of Mechano-sensitive membrane channels.   Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 118103 (2004) 

[19] P. Sens  Dynamics of membrane budding driven by lipid translocation. Phys. Rev. Lett.  93, 108103 (2004) 

[18] P. Sens, & Turner M.S Theoretical Model for the Formation of Caveolae and Similar Membrane Invaginations Biophys. J. 86, 2049-2057 (2004)

[17] A. Evans, M.S. Turner & P. Sens  Interactions between proteins bound to biomembranes.   Phys. Rev. E. 67, 041907 (2003)

[16] P. Sens & H. Isambert Poorly Conductive Membranes under Electric Field.    Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 128102 (2002)

[15] P. Sens & M.S. Turner   Structure Factor of a Lamellar Smectic Phase with Inclusions.  EuroPhys J. E, 4, 115 (2001)

[14] P. Sens & J.-F. Joanny Counterion Release and Electrostatic Adsorption. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4862 (2000)

[13] P. Sens & S.A. Safran  Inclusion Induced Phase Separation in Mixed Lipid Film. EuroPhys. J. E, 1, 237 (2000)

[12] M. Castelnovo, P. Sens & J.-F. Joanny    Charge Distribution on Annealed Polyelectrolytes.   EuroPhys. J. E, 1, 115 (2000),

[11] P. Sens  Comment on "Adsorption of Polyelectrolyte onto a Colloid of Opposite Charge" - Reply.   Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2474 (1999)

[10] E. Gurovitch & P. Sens  Adsorption of Polyelectrolyte onto a Colloid of Opposite Charge.    Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 339 (1999)

[9] M.S. Turner & P. Sens Inclusions on Fluid Membranes Anchored to Elastic Media.   Biophys. J., 76, 564 (1999)

[8] P. Sens & S.A. Safran   Pore Formation and Area Exchange in Tense Membranes.   Europhys. Let., 43, 95 (1998)

[7] M.S. Turner & P. Sens  Multipole Expansion for Inclusions in a Lamellar Phase.   Phys. Rev. E, 57, 823 (1998)

[6] M.S. Turner & P. Sens.   Inclusions in Thin Smectic Films.  J. Phys. II (Paris), 12, 1855 (1997)

[5] P. Sens, M.S. Turner and P. Pincus.  Particulate Inclusions in a Lamellar Phase.  Phys. Rev. E, 55, 4394 (1997)

[4] M.S. Turner & P. Sens.   Interactions between Particulate Inclusions in a Smectic-A.   Liquid Crystal.  Phys. Rev. E, 55, 1275 (1997)

[3] P. Sens, C.M. Marques and J.-F. Joanny.  Mixed Micelles in a Bidisperse Solution of Diblock Copolymers.  Macromolecules, 29, 4880 (1996)

[2] P. Sens, C.M. Marques and J.-F. Joanny. Viscoelasticity of Adsorbed Polymer Layers.  Macromolecules, 27, 3812 (1994)

[1] P. Sens, C.M. Marques and J.-F. Joanny. Hydrodynamic Modes of Viscoelastic Soap Films. Langmuir, 9, 3212 (1993)