"PilT and PilU are homohexameric ATPases that coordinate to retract type IVa pili" Chlebek J.L., Hughes H.Q., Ratkiewicz A.S., Rayyan R., Wang J., Herrin B.E., Dalia T.N., Biais N.& Dali, A.B. PLoS Genetics. 15(10):e1008448 (2019) [html]

"Global biochemical and structural analysis of the type IV pilus from the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis" epth biochemical and structural analysis of a Gram-positive type IV pilus. Berry J.L., Gurung I., Anonsen J.H., Spielman I., Harper E., Hall A.M.J., Goosens V.J., Raynaud C., Biais N., Matthews S.J., and V. Pelicic. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294: 6796-6808 (2019) [html] 

"Pili mediated intercellular forces shape heterogeneous bacterial microcolonies prior to multicellular differentiation" Ponisch, W., Eckenrode K.B., Alzurqa, K., Nasrollahi, H., Weber, C., Zaburdaev, V. & Biais, N. Scientific Reports 8:16567 (2018) [html]

"Retraction of DNA-bound type IV competence pili initiates DNA uptake during natural transformation in Vibrio cholerae" Ellison, C.K., Dalia, T.N., Vidal Ceballos, A., Wang, J.C., Biais, N., Brun, Y.V. & Dalia, A.B. Nature Microbiology 3:773-780 (2018) [html]

"Obstruction of pilus retraction stimulates bacterial surface sensing" Ellison, C.K., Kan, J., Dillard, R.S., Kysela, D.T., Ducret, A., Berne, C., Hampton, C.M., Ke, Z., Wright, E.R., Biais, N., Dalia, A.B. & Brun, Y.V. Science 358:535-538 (2017) [html] [pdf] [press]

"Multiscale modeling of bacteria colonies: how pili mediate the dynamics of single cells and cellular aggregates" Ponisch, W., Weber, C.A., Juckeland, G., Biais, N. & Zaburdaev, V. New Journal of Physics 19:015003 (2017) [html] [pdf]

"The Vibrio cholerae Minor Pilin TcpB Initiates Assembly and Retraction of Toxin-Coregulated Pilus" Ng, D., Harn, T., Altindal, s., Marles, J.M., Lala, R., Spielman, I., Gao, Y., Hauke, C.A., Kovacikova, G., Verjee, Z., Taylor, R.K., Biais, N. & Craig, L. PLoS Pathogens 12(12):e1006109 (2016) [html] [pdf]

"Isolation and characterization of a new species of Neisseria, Neisseria musculi, from the wild house mouse" Weyand, N.J., Ma, M., Phifer-Rixey, M. Taku, N.A., Rendon, M.A., Hockenberry, A.M., Kim, W.J., Agellon, A.B., Biais,N., Suzuki, T.A., Sait, L.G., Harrison, O.B., Bratcher, H.B., Nachman, M.W., Maiden, M.C. & So M. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001237 (2016) [html]

"Cytotoxic T cells use mechanical forces to potentiate target cell killing" Basu, R., Whitlock, B.M., Husson, J., Le Floc'h, A., Jin, W., Oler-Yaniv, A., Dotiwala, F., Giannone, G., Hivroz, C., Biais, N., Lieberman, J., Kam, L.C. & Huse, M. Cell 165(2):100-110 (2016) [html]

"Activation of band 3 mediates group A streptococcus streptolysin S-based beta haemolysis" Higashi, D.L., Biais, N., Donahue, D.L., Mayfield, J.A., Tessier, C., Rodriguez, K., Ashfeld, B.L., Luchetti, J., Ploplis, V.A., Castellino, F.J. & Lee, S.W. Nature Microbiology 15004 (2016) [html]

"An in vitro Model system to test mechano-microbiological interactions between bacteria and host cells" Santos, L.C, Munteanu, E.L. & Biais, N. Methods in Molecular Biology 1365:195-212 (2016) [html]

"Functional analysis of an unusual type IV pilus in the Gram positive Streptococcus sanguinis" Gurung, I., Spielman, I., Davies, M.R., Lala, R., Gaustad, P., Biais, N. & Pelicic V. P Molecular Microbiology (2015) [html]

"Pili-Induced clustering of N. gonorrhoeae bacteria" Taktikos, J., Lin, Y.T., Stark, H., Biais, N. & Zaburdaev, V. PLoS One 10(9):e0137661  (2015) [html]

"Formation and Dissolution of Bacterial Colonies" Weber, C., Lin, Y., Biais, N. & Zaburdaev, V. Physical Review E 92:032704 (2015) [html]

"Common Cell Shape Evolution of Two Nasopharyngeal Pathogens" Veyrier, F., Biais, N., Morales, P., Belkacem, N., Guilhen, C., Ranjeva, S., Sismeiro, O., Pehau-Arnaudet, G., Rocha, E.P., Werts, C., Taha, M.K. & Boneca, I.G. PLoS Genetics 11(7):e1005338 (2015) [html]

"Mechanotransduction: use the force(s)" Paluch, E.K., Nelson, C.M., Biais, N., Fabry, N., Moeller, J., Pruitt, B.L., Wollnick, C., Kudryasheva, G., Rehfeldt, F. & Federle, W. BMC Biology 13:47 (2015) [html]

"Analyzing bacterial movements on surfaces" Munteanu, E.L., Spielman, I. & Biais, N. Biophysical Methods in Cell Biology 125;453-469 (2015) [html]

"Uncovering the mechanism of Trapping and Cell Orientation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae twitching motility." Zaburdaev, V., Biais, N., Schmiedeberg, M., Eriksson, J., Jonsson, A.-B., Sheetz, M.P. & Weitz, D.A. Biophysical Journal 107(7);1523-1531 (2014) [html]

"Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Type IV Pilus Probe Initial Stages of a Force-InducedConformational Transition."