Publications

   
    
2012
   
 
  • Bacterial Organization in Space and Time
    In: Edward H. Egelman, editor: Comprehensive Biophysics, Vol 7, Cell Biophysics, Denis Wirtz
    Oxford: Academic Press, 208-221, 2012 [.pdf]
   
 
  • The Taylor-Couette motor: spontaneous flows of active polar fluids between two coaxial cylinders
    S. Fürthauer, M. Neef, S.W. Grill, K. Kruse and F. Jülicher
    New J. Phys., 14, 023001 (2012) [.pdf]
   
   
2011
   
 
  • Cell Motility Resulting from Spontaneous Polymerization Waves
    K. Doubrovinski, K. Kruse
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 258103 (2011) [.pdf]
   
 
  • Min protein patterns emerge from rapid rebinding and membrane interaction for MinE
    Martin Loose, Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich, Christoph Herold, Karsten Kruse & Petra Schwille
    Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 18, 5, 577-584 (2011) [.pdf]
   
 
  • Protein Self-Organization: Lessons from the Min System
    Martin Loose, Karsten Kruse, and Petra Schwille
    Annual Review of Biophysics 40, 315 (2011) [.pdf]

   
 
  • Spontaneous mechanical oscillations implications for developing organisms
    Karsten Kruse, Daniel Riveline
    Curr Top Dev Biol, 95, 67-91 (2011) [.pdf]
   
   
2010
   
 
  • Spontaneous sarcomere dynamics
    Stefan Günther and Karsten Kruse
    Chaos 20, 045122 (2010) [.pdf]

   
 
  • Filament turnover stabilizes contractile cytoskeletal structures
    P. Guthardt Torres, K. Doubrovinski and K. Kruse
    EPL, 91, 68003 (2010) [.pdf]
   
 
  • Intra- and intercellular fluctuations in Min-protein dynamics decrease with cell length
    E. Fischer-Friedrich, G. Meacci, J. Lutkenhaus, H. Chaté and K. Kruse
    PNAS, 107, 14, 6134-6139 (2010) [.pdf]
   
 
  • Self-organization in systems of treadmilling filaments
    K. Doubrovinski and K. Kruse
    Eur. Phys. J. E, 31, 95-104, (2010) [.pdf]
   
 
2009
   
 
  • Uncorrelated changes of subunit stability can generate length-dependent disassembly of treadmilling filaments
    C. Erlenkämper, K. Kruse
    Phys. Biol. 6, 046016 (2009) [.pdf]
   
 
  • The immunological synapse controls local and global calcium signals in T lymphocytes
    Carsten Kummerow, Christian Junker, Karsten Kruse, Heiko Rieger, Ariel Quintana, Markus Hoth
    Immunological Reviews, Volume 231, Issue 1, 132-147, (2009) [.pdf]
   
 
2008
   
 
  • A simple self-organized swimmer driven by molecular motors
    S. Günther and K. Kruse
    Europhys. Lett., 84, 68002 (2008). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Cytoskeletal waves in the absence of molecular motors
    K. Doubrovinski and K. Kruse
    Europhys. Lett., 83, 18003 (2008). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Spatial Regulators for Bacterial Cell Division Self-Organize into Surface Waves in Vitro
    M. Loose, E. Fischer-Friedrich, J. Ries, K. Kruse, P. Schwille
    Science, 320, 5877, 789-792 (2008). [.pdf]
       
 
  • Superdiffusion of morphogens by receptor-mediated transport
    Karsten Kruse and Alexander Iomin
    New J. Phys. 10, 023019 (2008). [.pdf]
   
    
2007
   
 
  • Hydrodynamik theory for multi-component active polar gels
    J. F. Joanny, F. Jülicher, K. Kruse and J. Prost
    New J. Phys., 9, 422 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Spontaneous waves in muscle fibres
    Stefan Günther and Karsten Kruse
    New J. Phys., 9, 417 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Self-Organization of Treadmiling Filaments
    K. Doubrovinski and K. Kruse
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 228104 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Stress Generation and Filament Turnover during Actin Ring Constriction
    Zumdieck A., Kruse K., Bringmann H., Hyman A.A., Jülicher F.
    PLoS ONE 2, e696 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Active behavior of the Cytoskeleton
    F. Jülicher, K. Kruse, J. Prost and J.-F. Joanny
    Physics Reports, 449, 3-28 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Driven Diffusive Systems of Active Filament Bundles
    P.K. Mohanty, K. Kruse
    J. Stat. Phys. 128, 95-110 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Physik in der Zelle
    Karsten Kruse
    Physik Journal 6 (5), 27 (2007). [.pdf]
   
 
  • An experimentalist's guide to computational modelling of the Min system
    Karsten Kruse, Martin Howard, and William Margolin
    Molecular Microbiology, 63, 1279-1284 (2007).
   
     
     
 
2006
   
     
 
  • Spindle Oscillations during Asymmetric Cell Division Require a Threshold Number of Active Cortical Force Generators
    J. Pecreaux, J.C. Röper, K. Kruse, F. Jülicher, A.A. Hyman, S.W. Grill, J. Howard
    Curr. Biol. 16, 2111 (2006). [.pdf]
   
 
  • Contractility and retrograde flow in lamellipod motion
    K. Kruse, J.-F. Joanny, F. Jülicher, and J. Prost
    Phys. Biol. 3, 130 (2006).
           
 
  • Kinetics in Spatially Extended Systems
    K. Kruse and J. Elf, in System Modeling in Cellular Biology, eds. Z. Szallasi, J. Stelling, V. Pericoal, MIT Press, Cambridge, p. 177 (2006 )
   
 
  • Dynamics and mechanics of motor-filament systems
    K. Kruse and F. Jülicher
    Eur. Phys. J. E. 20, 459 (2006). [.pdf]
   
 


2005

   
 
  • Continuum description of the cytoskeleton: ring formation in the cell cortex
    A. Zumdieck, M. Cosentino Lagomarsino, C. Tanase, K. Kruse, B. Mulder, M. Dogterom, and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 258103 (2005).
   
 
  • A self-organized vortex array of hydrodynamically entrained sperm cells
    I.H. Riedel, K. Kruse, and J. Howard
    Science 309, 300 (2005).
   
 
  • Theory of mitotic spindle oscillations
    S.W. Grill, K. Kruse, and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 108104 (2005).
   
 
  • Filament depolymerization by molecular motors
    G.A. Klein, K. Kruse, G. Cuniberti, and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 108102 (2005).
   
 
  • Generic theory of active polar gels: a paradigm for cytoskeletal dynamics
    K. Kruse, J.F. Joanny, F. Jülicher, J. Prost, and K. Sekimoto
    Eur. Phys. J. E 16, 5 (2005).
   
 
  • Oscillations in Cell Biology
    K. Kruse and F. Jülicher
    Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 17, 20 (2005).
   
 
  • Min-oscillations in Escherichia coli induced by interactions of membrane-bound proteins
    G. Meacci and K. Kruse
    Phys. Biol. 2, 89 (2005).
   
 
  • Cellular organization by self-organization: mechanisms and models for Min protein dynamics
    M. Howard and K. Kruse
    J. Cell Biol. 168, 533 (2005).
   
 
  • Robust formation of morphogen gradients
    T. Bollenbach, K. Kruse, P. Pantazis, M. González-Gaitán and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 018103 (2005).
   
 


2004

   
 
  • Asters, Vortices and Rotating Spirals in Active Gels of Polar Filaments
    K. Kruse, J.F. Joanny, F. Jülicher, J. Prost, and K. Sekimoto
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 078101 (2004).
   
 
  • A physicist's view on the cytoskeleton
    K. Kruse in W. Greiner and J. Reinhardt, editors, Proceedings of the Idea-Finding Symposium for the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, page 117, EP Systema, Debrecen, 2004.
   
 
  • Dpp gradient formation by dynamin-dependent endocytosis: receptor trafficking and the diffusion model
    K. Kruse, P. Pantazis, T. Bollenbach, F. Jülicher, and M. González-Gaitán
    Development 131, 4843 (2004).
   
 
2003
   
 
  • Continuum theory of contractile fibres
    K. Kruse, A. Zumdieck, and F. Jülicher
    Europhys. Lett. 64, 716 (2003).
   
 
  • Self-organization and mechanical properties of active filament bundles
    K. Kruse and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. E 67, 051913 (2003).
   
 
2002
   
 
  • Growth of fingerlike protrusions driven by molecular motors
    K. Kruse and K. Sekimoto
    Phys. Rev. E 66, 031904 (2002).
   
 
  • A dynamic model for determining the middle of Escherichia coli
    K. Kruse
    Biophys. J. 82, 618 (2002).
   
 
2001
   
 
  • Self-propagating patterns in active filament bundles
    K. Kruse, S. Camalet, and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 138101 (2001).
   
 
2000
   
 
  • Actively contracting bundles of polar filaments
    K. Kruse and F. Jülicher
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1778 (2000).
   
 
  • Bloch electrons in a magnetic field - why does chaos send electrons the hard way
    R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, D. Springsguth, and T. Geisel
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2929 (2000).
   
 
  • Quantum chaos in extended systems: Spreading wave packets and avoided band crossings
    T. Geisel, R. Ketzmerick, and K. Kruse in G. Casati, I. Guarneri, and U. Smilansky, editors, New Directions in Quantum Chaos, Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", page 101, IOS Press, Amsterdam 2000.
   
 
  • Quantum chaos and spectral transitions in the kicked Harper model
    K. Kruse, R. Ketzmerick, and T. Geisel in D. Reguera, G. Platero, L. L. Bonilla, and J. M. Rubi, editors, Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Mesoscopic Systems. Proceedings of the XVI. Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, page 47. Springer, Berlin, 2000.
   
 


1999

   
 
  • Efficient diagonalization of kicked quantum systems
    R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, and T. Geisel
    Physica D 131, 247 (1999).
   
 
1998
   
 
  • Spektrale und dynamische Eigenschaften ausgedehnter Quantensysteme
    K. Kruse
    MPI für Strömungsforschung, Bericht 15/1998.
   
 
  • A covering property of Hofstadter's butterfly
    R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, F. Steinbach, and T. Geisel
    Phys. Rev. B 58, 9881 (1998).
   
 
  • Avoided band crossings: Tuning metal-insulator transitions in chaotic systems
    R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, and T. Geisel
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 137 (1998).
   
 
1997
   
 
  • What determines the spreading of a wave packet?
    R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, S. Kraut, and T. Geisel
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1959 (1997).