PUBLICATIONS
18. B Najma, S Ghosh, C Amey, PJ Foster, MF Hagan, A Baskaran, G Duclos, "Arrested coalescence, aging, and stability of asters composed of microtubules and kinesin motors", Phys. Rev. Research, 2025; 7, 013247; doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013247 (PDF)
17. S Alam, B Najma, A Singh, J Laprade, G Gajeshwar, HG Yevick, A Baskaran, PJ Foster, G Duclos, "Active Fréedericksz Transition in Active Nematic Droplets", Phys. Rev. X 14, 041002 ; doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.14.041002 (PDF)
16. B Najma, W Wei, A Baskaran, PJ Foster, G Duclos, "Microscopic interactions control a structural transition in active mixtures of microtubules and molecular motors", PNAS, 2024; 121 (2); e2300174121; doi:10.1073/pnas.2300174121 (PDF)
15. PJ Foster* , J Bae*, B Lemma, J Zheng, W Ireland, P Chandrakar, R Boros, Z Dogic, DJ Needleman, JJ Vlassak, "Dissipation and energy propagation across scales in an active cytoskeletal material", PNAS, 2023; 120 (14); e2207662120; doi:10.1073/pnas.2207662120 (PDF) (* denotes equal contribution)
14. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, N Fakhri, "Active mechanics of sea star oocytes", bioRxiv, 2022; doi:10.1101/2022.04.22.489189 (PDF)
13. TH Tan*, A Mietke*, J Li#, Y Chen#, H Higinbotham, PJ Foster, S Gokhale, J Dunkel, N Fakhri, "Odd dynamics of living chiral crystals", Nature, 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04889-6 (PDF) (* and # denote equal contribution)
12. X Yang*, M Heinemann, J Howard, G Huber, S Iyer-Biswas, G Le Treut, M Lynch, KL Montooth, DJ Needleman, S Pigolotti, J Rodenfels, P Ronceray, S Shankar, I Tavassoly, S Thutupalli, DV Titov, J Wang, PJ Foster*, "Physical bioenergetics: Energy fluxes, budgets, and constraints in cells", PNAS, 2021; 118 (26); e2026786118; doi:10.1073/pnas.2026786118 (PDF) (* denotes equal contribution)
11. J Bae*, J Zheng*, H Zhang, PJ Foster, DJ Needleman, JJ Vlassak, "A Micromachined Picocalorimeter Sensor for Liquid Samples with Application to Chemical Reactions and Biochemistry", Adv. Sci., 2021; 8; 2003415; doi:10.1002/advs.202003415 (PDF)
(* denotes co-first authors)
10. S Fürthauer, B Lemma, PJ Foster, SC Ems-McClung, CH Yu, CE Walczak, Z Dogic, DJ Needleman, MJ Shelley, "Self-straining of actively crosslinked microtubule networks", Nat. Phys. 2019; 15; 1295-1300; doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0642-1 (PDF)
9. PJ Foster, M Razo-Mejia, R Phillips, "Measuring the Energetic Costs of Embryonic Development", Dev. Cell 2019; 48; 591-592; doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2019.02.016 (PDF)
8. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, "From cytoskeletal assemblies to living materials", Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 2019; 56; 109-114; doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2018.10.010 (PDF)
7. B Kaye, O Steihl, PJ Foster, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, S Fürthauer, "Measuring and modeling polymer gradients argues that spindle microtubules regulate their own nucleation", New J. Phys. 2018; 20; 055012; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aac2a5 (PDF)
6. DJ Sherman*, R Xie*, RJ Taylor*, AH George*, S Okuda*, PJ Foster*, DJ Needleman, D Kahne, "Lipopolysaccharide is transported to the cell surface by a membrane-to-membrane protein bridge", Science 2018; 359(6377); 798-801; doi:10.1126/science.aar1886 (PDF)
(* denotes co-first authors)
5. R Tan, PJ Foster, DJ Needleman, RJ McKenney, "Cooperative Accumulation of Dynein-Dynactin at Microtubule Minus-Ends Drives Microtubule Network Reorganization", Dev. Cell 2018; 44(2); 233-247; doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.023 (PDF)
4. PJ Foster*, W Yan*, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, "Connecting macroscopic dynamics with microscopic properties in active microtubule network contraction", New J. Phys. 2017; 19; 125011; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa9320 (PDF) (* denotes co-first authors)
3. B Kaye, TY Yoo, PJ Foster, CH Yu, DJ Needleman, "Bridging length scales to measure polymer assembly", Mol. Biol. Cell 2017; 28(10); 1379-1388; doi:10.1091/mbc.E16-05-0344 (PDF)
2. B Kaye*, PJ Foster*, TY Yoo*, DJ Needleman, "Developing and Testing a Bayesian Analysis of Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements", PLoS ONE 2017;12(1);e0169337; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169337 (PDF) (* denotes co-first authors)
1. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, “Active contraction of microtubule networks”, eLife 2015; 4:e10837; doi:10.7554/eLife.10837 (PDF)
17. S Alam, B Najma, A Singh, J Laprade, G Gajeshwar, HG Yevick, A Baskaran, PJ Foster, G Duclos, "Active Fréedericksz Transition in Active Nematic Droplets", Phys. Rev. X 14, 041002 ; doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.14.041002 (PDF)
16. B Najma, W Wei, A Baskaran, PJ Foster, G Duclos, "Microscopic interactions control a structural transition in active mixtures of microtubules and molecular motors", PNAS, 2024; 121 (2); e2300174121; doi:10.1073/pnas.2300174121 (PDF)
15. PJ Foster* , J Bae*, B Lemma, J Zheng, W Ireland, P Chandrakar, R Boros, Z Dogic, DJ Needleman, JJ Vlassak, "Dissipation and energy propagation across scales in an active cytoskeletal material", PNAS, 2023; 120 (14); e2207662120; doi:10.1073/pnas.2207662120 (PDF) (* denotes equal contribution)
14. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, N Fakhri, "Active mechanics of sea star oocytes", bioRxiv, 2022; doi:10.1101/2022.04.22.489189 (PDF)
13. TH Tan*, A Mietke*, J Li#, Y Chen#, H Higinbotham, PJ Foster, S Gokhale, J Dunkel, N Fakhri, "Odd dynamics of living chiral crystals", Nature, 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04889-6 (PDF) (* and # denote equal contribution)
- Commentary by Jack Binysh and Anton Souslov in Nature, "Odd living matter defies golden rule of mechanics"
12. X Yang*, M Heinemann, J Howard, G Huber, S Iyer-Biswas, G Le Treut, M Lynch, KL Montooth, DJ Needleman, S Pigolotti, J Rodenfels, P Ronceray, S Shankar, I Tavassoly, S Thutupalli, DV Titov, J Wang, PJ Foster*, "Physical bioenergetics: Energy fluxes, budgets, and constraints in cells", PNAS, 2021; 118 (26); e2026786118; doi:10.1073/pnas.2026786118 (PDF) (* denotes equal contribution)
11. J Bae*, J Zheng*, H Zhang, PJ Foster, DJ Needleman, JJ Vlassak, "A Micromachined Picocalorimeter Sensor for Liquid Samples with Application to Chemical Reactions and Biochemistry", Adv. Sci., 2021; 8; 2003415; doi:10.1002/advs.202003415 (PDF)
(* denotes co-first authors)
10. S Fürthauer, B Lemma, PJ Foster, SC Ems-McClung, CH Yu, CE Walczak, Z Dogic, DJ Needleman, MJ Shelley, "Self-straining of actively crosslinked microtubule networks", Nat. Phys. 2019; 15; 1295-1300; doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0642-1 (PDF)
9. PJ Foster, M Razo-Mejia, R Phillips, "Measuring the Energetic Costs of Embryonic Development", Dev. Cell 2019; 48; 591-592; doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2019.02.016 (PDF)
8. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, "From cytoskeletal assemblies to living materials", Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 2019; 56; 109-114; doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2018.10.010 (PDF)
7. B Kaye, O Steihl, PJ Foster, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, S Fürthauer, "Measuring and modeling polymer gradients argues that spindle microtubules regulate their own nucleation", New J. Phys. 2018; 20; 055012; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aac2a5 (PDF)
6. DJ Sherman*, R Xie*, RJ Taylor*, AH George*, S Okuda*, PJ Foster*, DJ Needleman, D Kahne, "Lipopolysaccharide is transported to the cell surface by a membrane-to-membrane protein bridge", Science 2018; 359(6377); 798-801; doi:10.1126/science.aar1886 (PDF)
(* denotes co-first authors)
- Commentary by Katherine H. Wrighton in Nature Reviews Microbiology, "Bacterial physiology: Bridging the gap for lipopolysaccharides"
5. R Tan, PJ Foster, DJ Needleman, RJ McKenney, "Cooperative Accumulation of Dynein-Dynactin at Microtubule Minus-Ends Drives Microtubule Network Reorganization", Dev. Cell 2018; 44(2); 233-247; doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.023 (PDF)
4. PJ Foster*, W Yan*, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, "Connecting macroscopic dynamics with microscopic properties in active microtubule network contraction", New J. Phys. 2017; 19; 125011; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa9320 (PDF) (* denotes co-first authors)
3. B Kaye, TY Yoo, PJ Foster, CH Yu, DJ Needleman, "Bridging length scales to measure polymer assembly", Mol. Biol. Cell 2017; 28(10); 1379-1388; doi:10.1091/mbc.E16-05-0344 (PDF)
2. B Kaye*, PJ Foster*, TY Yoo*, DJ Needleman, "Developing and Testing a Bayesian Analysis of Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements", PLoS ONE 2017;12(1);e0169337; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169337 (PDF) (* denotes co-first authors)
1. PJ Foster, S Fürthauer, MJ Shelley, DJ Needleman, “Active contraction of microtubule networks”, eLife 2015; 4:e10837; doi:10.7554/eLife.10837 (PDF)
- Commentary by Julio Belmonte and François Nédélec in eLife, "Cytoskeleton: Large-scale microtubule networks contract quite well"
