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List of Publications

  1. Contact dynamics of cytoadhering P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes in flow                                                          K Scholz, M Papagrigorakes, L Lettermann, F Pennarola, P Patra, A Dasanna, C Sanchez, J Kehrer, A Cavalcanti, A Elisabetta, U Schwarz, M Tanaka, M Lanzer                                                                                    (submitted 2025)

  2. Pair cross-correlation analysis for assessing protein co-localization                                                                            P Patra, C Sanchez, M Lanzer, US Schwarz                                                                                                         (accepted in Biophysical Journal 2025)

  3. Collective migration reveals mechanical flexibility of malaria parasites

    P Patra, K Beyer, A Jaiswal, A Battista, K Rohr, F Frischknecht, US Schwarz

    Nature Physics 18, 586–594 (2022).                                                                                                                           University of Heidelberg Press Release​. Highlighted in Nature Physics News & Views.                                     News Coverage: Phys.org, Science Daily, ScienMag, EurekaAlert!

  4. A particle-based computational model to analyse remodelling of the red blood cell cytoskeleton during malaria infections

    J Jäger, P Patra, CP Sanchez, M Lanzer, US Schwarz

    PLOS Computational Biology 18(4), e1009509 (2022)

  5. KAHRP dynamically relocalizes to remodeled actin junctions and associates with knob spirals in Plasmodium falciparum‐infected erythrocytes

    CP Sanchez, P Patra, SYS Chang, C Karathanasis, L Hanebutte, N Kilian, M Cyrklaff, M Heilemann, US Schwarz, M Kudryashev, M Lanzer

    Molecular Microbiology (2021)

  6. Role of bacterial persistence in spatial population expansion

    P Patra, S Klumpp

    Physical Review E 104 (3), 034401 (2021)

  7. Microtubule number and length determine cellular shape and function in Plasmodium

    B Spreng, H Fleckenstein*, P Kübler*, C Di Biagio*, M Benz*, P Patra*, US Schwarz, Marek Cyrklaff, Friedrich Frischknecht (*equal contributions)

    The EMBO journal 38 (15), e100984 (2019)

  8. Systematic analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus developmental gene regulatory network supports posttranslational regulation of FruA by C‐signaling

    S Saha, P Patra, OA Igoshin, L Kroos

    Molecular microbiology, 111(6), 1732-1752 (2019)

  9. Mechanism of Kin-Discriminatory Demarcation Line Formation between Colonies of Swarming Bacteria

    P Patra, CN Vassallo, D Wall, OA Igoshin

    Biophysical journal 113 (11), 2477-2486 (2017)

  10. Colony Expansion of Socially Motile Myxococcus xanthus Cells Is Driven by Growth, Motility, and Exopolysaccharide Production

    P Patra, K Kissoon, I Cornejo, HB Kaplan, OA Igoshin

    PLoS Computational Biology 12 (6), e1005010 (2016)

  11. Emergence of phenotype switching through continuous and discontinuous evolutionary transitions

    P Patra, S Klumpp

    Physical biology 12 (4), 046004 (2015)

  12. Phenotypically heterogeneous populations in spatially heterogeneous environments

    P Patra, S Klumpp

    Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 89 (3), 030702 (2014)

  13. Population Dynamics of Bacterial Persistence

    P Patra, S Klumpp

    PLoS ONE 8 (5), e62814 (2013)

  14. Interplay between population dynamics and drug tolerance of Staphylococcus aureus persister cells

    S Lechner, P Patra, S Klumpp, R Bertram

    Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology 22 (6), 381-391 (2012)

Publications: Publications

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