Publications

For a complete list including publications including those prior to 2014 see Google Scholar.

Journal articles

Cell-envelope growth of Gram-negative bacteria proceeds independently of cell-wall synthesis.
Oldewurtel E., Y. Kitahara, B. Cordier, R. Wheeler, G. Özbaykal, E. Brambilla, I. Gomperts Boneca, L.D. Renner and S. van Teeffelen. EMBO J e112168 (2023).

ExTrack characterizes transition kinetics and diffusion in noisy single-particle tracks.
Simon, F., J.-Y. Tinevez, S. van Teeffelen. J Cell Biology 222 (5): e202208059 (2023).
ExTrack is available as a Python package or as a plugin to TrackMate. For documentation see our github wiki.

The role of cell-envelope synthesis for envelope growth and cytoplasmic density in Bacillus subtilis.
Kitahara Y., E.R. Oldewurtel, S. Wilson, Y. Sun, S. Altabe, D. de Mendoza, E.C. Garner, S. van Teeffelen. PNAS Nexus, pgac134 (2022).

Two different cell-cycle processes determine the timing of cell division in Escherichia coli.
Colin A., G. Micali, L. Faure, M. Cosentino Lagomarsino*, S. van Teeffelen* eLife 10:e67495 (2021)

Robust surface-to-mass coupling and turgor-dependent cell width determine bacterial dry-mass density. 
Oldewurtel, E.R., Y. Kitahara, and S. van Teeffelen PNAS 118(32) e2021416118 (2021).
[For additional experiments on the independence of surface-growth on cell-wall synthesis see BioRxiv]

The extracellular matrix protein TasA is a developmental cue that maintains a motile subpopulation within Bacillus subtilis biofilms. 
Steinberg N., A. Keren-Paz, Q. Hou, S. Doron, K. Yanuka-Golub, T. Olender, R. Hadar, G. Rosenberg, J. Rakeshkumar, J. Cámara-Almirón, D. Romero, S. van Teeffelen, I. Kolodkin-Gal Science Signaling 13(632):eaaw8905 (2020)

The transpeptidase PBP2 governs initial localization and activity of the major cell-wall synthesis machinery in E. coli. 
Özbaykal G., E. Wollrab, F. Simon, A. Vigouroux, B. Cordier, A. Aristov, T. Chaze, M. Matondo, and S. van Teeffelen. eLife 9:e50629 (2020)

Outer membrane lipoprotein NlpI scaffolds peptidoglycan hydrolases within multi‐enzyme complexes in Escherichia coli.
Banzhaf M., H.C.L. Yau, J. Verheul, A. Lodge, G. Kritikos, A. Mateus, B. Cordier, A.K. Hov, F. Stein, M. Wartel, M. Pazos, A.S. Solovyova, E. Breukink, S. van Teeffelen, M.M. Savitski, T. den Blaauwen, A. Typas, W. Vollmer. EMBO J 39:e102246 (2020).

Class-A penicillin binding proteins do not contribute to cell shape but repair cell-wall defects. 
Vigouroux A., B. Cordier, A. Aristov, L. Alvarez, G. Özbaykal, T. Chaze, E.R. Oldewurtel, M. Matondo, F. Cava, D. Bikard, S. van Teeffelen. eLife 9:e51998 (2020)

Bacillus subtilis cell diameter is determined by the opposing actions of two distinct cell wall synthetic systems. 
Dion M.F., M. Kapoor, Y. Sun, S. Wilson, J. Ryan, A. Vigouroux, S. van Teeffelen, R. Oldenbourg, E.C. Garner. Nat. Microbiology 4(8):1294-1305 (2019)

Tuning dCas9’s ability to block transcription enables robust, noiseless knockdown of bacterial genes.
Vigouroux A., E. Oldewurtel, C. Lun, D. Bikard*, S. van Teeffelen* Molecular Systems Biology 14 (3), e7899 (2018)

Mechanical strain-sensing implicated in cell shape recovery in Escherichia coli.
Wong F., L.D. Renner, G. Özbaykal, J. Paulose, D.B. Weibel, S. van Teeffelen, A. Amir Nat. Microbiology 2: 17115 (2017)

Architectural transitions in Vibrio cholerae biofilms at single-cell resolution.
Drescher, K., J. Dunkel, C.D. Nadell, S. van Teeffelen, I. Grnja, N.S. Wingreen, H.A. Stone, B.L. Bassler PNAS 113(114):E2–6-E2072 (2016)