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Book

    R.G. Endres, Physical principles in sensing and signaling, Oxford University Press, January 2013

    ISBNs: 9780199600632 (hardback) and 9780199600649 (paperback)

Preprints

R.G. Endres. Effective bacterial chemotaxis with inefficient information flow. Nat. Phys. (News & Views, under review)

A. Matas-Gil, R.G. Endres. From toggle to tuning: controlling Turing patterns in gene circuits. Cell. Rep. (under review)

R.G. Endres. The unreasonable likelihood of being: origin of life, terraforming, and AI. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18545

M. Oliver Huidobro, R.G. Endres. Effects of multistability, absorbing boundaries and growth on Turing pattern formation, under review. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.09.611947v1

Journal publications

J. Simmchen, D. Gordon, J. MacKenzie, I. Pagonabarraga, C.C. Roggatz, R.G. Endres, Z. Xiao, B.M. Friedrich, T. Qiu, K.J. Painter, R. Golestanian, C. Contini, M.C. Ucar, G. Yossifon, J.U. Sommer, W.J. Rappel, K.Y. Wan, J. Armitage, R. Insall. Perspective on interdisciplinary approaches on chemotaxis. Angew Chem (Int Ed Engl) 28: e202504790 (2025).

A. Alonso, J.B. Kirkegaard, R.G. Endres. Persistent pseudopod splitting is an effective chemotaxis strategy in shallow gradients, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 122: e2502368122 (2025).

A. Alonso, R.G. Endres, J.B. Kirkegaard. Local clustering and global spreading of receptors for optimal gradient sensing, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134: 158401 (2025).

H. S. Ahmad Shaberi, A. Kappassov, A. Matas-Gil, R.G. Endres. Optimal network sizes for most robust Turing patterns. Sci. Rep. 15: 2948 (2025).

J. Tica, M. Oliver Huidobro, T. Zhu, G.K.A.Wachter, R.H. Pazuki, D.G. Bazzoli, N.S. Scholes, E. Tonello, H. Siebert, M.P.H. Stumpf, R.G. Endres, M. Isalan. A three-node Turing gene circuit forms periodic spatial patterns in bacteria. Cell Syst. 15: 1123.e3 (2024).

R.H. Pazuki, R.G. Endres. Robustness of Turing models and gene regulatory networks with a sweet spot. Phys. Rev. E 109: 064305 (2024). 

A. Matas-Gil, R.G. Endres. Unraveling biochemical spatial patterns: machine learning approaches to the inverse problem of stationary Turing patterns. iScience 27: 109822 (2024).

M. Rudzite, S. Subramoni, R.G. Endres, A. Filloux. Effectiveness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type VI secretion system relies on toxin  

   potency and type IV pili-dependent interaction. PLoS Pathog 19: e1011428 (2023).

R. Illukkumbura, N. Hirani, J. Borrego-Pinto, T. Bland, K. Ng, L. Hubatsch, J. McQuade, R.G. Endres, N. Goehring. Design principles for  

  selective polarization of PAR proteins by cortical flows accepted at Journal of Cell Biology. J Cell Biol 222: e202209111 (2023).

• H. Cavanagh, D. Kempe, JK Mazalo, M. Biro, R.G. Endres. T cell morphodynamics reveal periodic shape oscillations in three-dimensional    migration. J. R. Soc. Interface 19: 20220081 (2022).

• J. Cook, S. Pawar, R.G. Endres. Thermodynamic constraints on the diversity of microbial ecosystems. PLoS Comp. Biol. 17: e1009643 

  (2022).

• H. Cavanagh, A. Mosbach, G. Scalliet, R. Lind, R.G. Endres. Physics-informed deep learning characterizes morphodynamics of Asian

  Soybean Rust disease. Nature Comm. 12: 6424 (2021).

• D.L. Bodor, W. Pönisch, R.G. Endres, E.K. Paluch. Of cell shapes and motion: the physical basis of animal cell migration. Dev. Cell. 52:  

  550 (2020).

• L.S. Muhle, L.J. Schumacher, S.S. Ding, A.E.X. Brown, R.G. Endres. Benefits of collective feeding in patchy food environments tested  

  with C. elegans worms. Phil. Trans. B 375: 20190382 (2020).

• J.  Cook, R.G. Endres. Thermodynamics of switching in multistable non-equilibrium systems. J. Chem. Phys. 152: 054108 (2020).

• B. Ni, R. Colin, H. Link, R.G. Endres, V. Sourjik. Growth-rate dependent resource investment in bacterial motile behavior quantitatively

  follows potential benefit of chemotaxis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117: 595 (2020).
• G. Micali, R.G. Endres. Maximal information transmission is compatible with ultrasensitive biological pathways. Sci. Rep. 9: 16898 (2019).

• L. Yolland, M. Burki, S. Marcotti, A. Luchici, F. Kenny, J.R. Davis, E. Serna-Morales, J. Müller, M. Sixt, A. Davidson, W. Wood, L.

  Schumacher, R.G. Endres, M. Miodownik, B. Stramer. Persistent and polarized global actin flow is essential for directionality during cell

  migration. Nature Cell Biol 21: 1370 (2019).

• L. Tweedy, P. Witzel, D. Heinrich, R. H. Insall, R.G. Endres. Screening by changes in stereotypical behavior during cell motility. Sci. Rep.

  9: 8784 (2019).

• S.S. Ding, L.J. Schumacher, A.E. Javer, R.G. Endres, A.E.X. Brown. Shared behavioral mechanisms underlie C. elegans aggregation

   and swarming. eLife 8: e43318 (2019).

• J. Lopez-Garrido, N. Ojkic, K. Khanna, F.R. Wagner, E. Villa, R.G. Endres, K. Pogliano, Chromosome translocation inflates Bacillus   

   subtilis forespores and impacts cellular morphology. Cell 172: 758 (2018).

• L.W. Yap, R.G. Endres, Model of cell-wall dynamics during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Soft Matter 13: 8089 (2017).

• R.G. Endres, Entropy production selects nonequilibrium states in multistable systems. Sci. Rep. 7: 14437 (2017) [among Top 100 Scientific

   Reports Physics papers in 2017]

• G. Micali, R. Colin, V. Sourjik, R.G. Endres, Drift and behavior of E. coli cells, Biophys. J. (lett.) 113: 2321 (2017).

• D.M. Richards, R.G. Endres, How cells engulf: theoretical approaches to phagocytosis. Rep. Prog. Phys. 80: 126601 (2017).

• R. Rotrattanadumrong, R.G. Endres, Emergence of cooperativity in a model biofilm. J. Phys. D 50: 234006 (2017).

• G. De Palo, D. Yi, R.G. Endres, A critical-like collective state leads to long-range cell communication in Dictyostelium discoideum

    aggregation, PLoS Biol 15(4): e1002602 (2017).

• N. Ojkic, J. Lopez-Garrido, K. Pogliano, R.G. Endres, Cell wall remodeling drives engulfment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation,

    eLife  5: e18657 (2016).

• D.M. Richards, R.G. Endres, Target-shape dependence in a simple model of receptor-mediated endocytosis and phagocytosis,

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: 6113 (2016).

• G. Micali, R.G. Endres, Bacterial chemotaxis: information processing, thermodynamics, and behavior. Current Opin. Microbiol. 30: 8   

    (2016).

• G. Aquino, N.S. Wingreen, R.G. Endres, Know the single-receptor sensing limit? Think again. J. Stat. Phys. 162:1353 (2016).

• S. Eismann, R.G. Endres, Protein-connectivity in chemotaxis receptor complexes. PLoS Comp. Biol. 11: e1004650 (2015).

• G. Micali, G. Aquino, D. Richards, R.G. Endres, Accurate encoding and decoding by single cells: amplitude versus frequency modulation.

    PLoS Comp. Biol. 11: e1004222 (2015).

 • R.G. Endres, Bistability: requirements on cell-volume, protein diffusion, and thermodynamics. PLoS ONE 10: e0121681 (2015).

  • N. Ojkic, J. Lopez-Garrido, K. Pogliano, R.G. Endres. Bistable forespore engulfment in Bacillus subtilis by a zipper mechanism in absence

     of the cell wall. PLoS Comp. Biol, 10: e1003912 (2014).

  • D. Clausznitzer, G. Micali, S. Neumann, V. Sourjik, R.G. Endres. Predicting chemical environments of bacteria from receptor signaling.

     PLoS Comp. Biol. 10: e1003870 (2014).

  • S. Fan, R.G. Endres. Minimal model for metabolism-dependent chemotaxis in R. sphaeroides. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 4: 20140002 (2014).

  • D. Richards, R.G. Endres. The mechanism of phagocytosis: two stages of engulfment. Biophys. J. 107: 1542 (2014).

  • G. Aquino, L. Tweedy, D. Heinrich, R.G. Endres. Memory improves precision of cell sensing in fluctuating environments. Sci. Rep. 4: 

     5688 (2014).

  • S.V. Pageon, G. Aquino, K. Lagrue, K. Köhler, R.G. Endres, D.M. Davis. Dynamics of Natural Killer cell receptor revealed by quantitative

      analysis of photoswitchable protein. Biophys. J. 105: 1987 (2013)

  • G. De Palo, R.G. Endres, Unraveling eukaryotic adaptation pathways: lessons from protocells. PLoS Comp. Biol. 9: e1003300 (2013).

  • L. Tweedy, B. Meier, J. Stephan, D. Heinrich, R.G. Endres. Distinct cell shapes determine accurate chemotaxis. Sci. Rep. 3: 2606 (2013).

  • B. Raymond, J. Young, M. Pallett, R.G. Endres, A. Clements, G. Frankel. Subversion of trafficking, apoptosis and innate immunity by

     type III secretion system effectors. Trends Microbiol 21: 430-41 (2013).

  • R.G. Endres. Signaling cross-talk: new insights require new vocabulary. Biophys. J. 103: 2241 (2012) [invited commentary].

  • A. Dart, S. Tollis, M. D. Bright, G. Frankel, R.G. Endres. The motor protein Myosin 1G functions in Fcg-mediated phagocytosis, J. Cell

     Sci. 125: 6020 (2012).

  • R.G. Endres. Intracellular chemical gradients: morphing principle in bacteria. BMC Biophys.  5: 18 (2012). [invited commentary]

  • R. Kalaji, A.P. Wheeler, J.C. Erasmus, S.Y. Lee, R.G. Endres, L. Cramer, V. M.M. Braga. ROCK1 and ROCK2 regulate epithelial

     polarization and geometric cell shape. Biol. Cell. 104: 435 (2012).

  • D. Clausznitzer, R.G. Endres. Noise characteristics of the Escherichia coli rotary motor. BMC Systems Biology 5: 151 (2011).

  • G. Aquino, D. Clausznitzer, S. Tollis, R.G. Endres. Optimal receptor-cluster size determined by intrinsic and extrinsic noise. Phys. Rev. E

    83: 021914 (2011).

  • R.G. Endres. Making an impact in biology, Phys. World 23, 16 (2010). [invited opinion piece]

  • S. Tollis, A. Dart, G. Tzircotis, R.G. Endres. The zipper mechanism in phagocytosis: energetic requirements and variability in phagocytic

     cup shape, BMC Syst. Biol. 4:149 (2010).

  • G. Aquino, R.G. Endres. Increased accuracy of ligand sensing by receptor diffusion on cell surface, Phys. Rev. E 82, 041902 (2010).

  • D. Clausznitzer, O. Oleksiuk, L. Løvdok, V. Sourjik, R.G. Endres. Chemotactic response and adaptation dynamics in Escherichia coli,

     PLoS Comp. Biol. 6: e1000784 (2010).

  • G. Aquino, R.G. Endres. Increased accuracy of ligand sensing by receptor internalization, Phys. Rev. E 81: 021909 (2010).

  • T. Gurry, O. Kahramanogullari, R.G. Endres. Assembly and signaling of Ras nanoclusters in plasma membrane. PLoS One 4: e6148

      (2009).

  • R.G. Endres. Polar chemoreceptor clustering by coupled trimers of dimers, Biophys. J. 96, 453 (2009).

   • R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen. Maximum likelihood and the single receptor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 158101 (2009).

   • R.G. Endres, N.S Wingreen, Accuracy of direct gradient sensing by cell-surface receptors. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 100, 33 (2009).

  • R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen. Accuracy of direct gradient sensing by single cells, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 15749 (2008).

  • R.G. Endres, O. Oleksiuk, C.H. Hansen, Y. Meir, V. Sourjik, N.S. Wingreen. Variable sizes of E. coli chemoreceptor signaling teams, Mol. Sys. Biol. 4, 211 (2008).

  • C. H. Hansen, R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen, PLoS Comput. Biol. 4, e1 (2008).

  • R.G. Endres, J. Falke, N.S. Wingreen. Chemotaxis receptor complexes: from signaling to assembly, PLoS Comput. Biol. 3, e150 (2007).

  • M.S. Xu, R.G. Endres, Y. Arakawa. , Small , 1539 (2007).

  • A.R. Ureta, R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen, T.J. Silhavy, J. Bacteriol. , 446(2007).

  • R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen. Precise adaptation in bacterial chemotaxis through assistance neighborhoods, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 13040 (2006).

  • R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen. Weight matrices for protein-DNA binding sites from a single co-crystal structure, Phys. Rev. E 73, 061921 (2006).

  • M. Skoge, R.G. Endres, N.S. Wingreen. Biophys. J. , 4317 (2006).

  • J.E. Keymer*, R.G. Endres*, M. Skoge, Y. Meir, N.S. Wingreen. , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 1786 (2006). (* both contributed equally)

  • M.S. Xu, R.G. Endres, S. Tsukamoto, M. Kitamura, S. Ishida, Y. Arakawa, Small , 1168 (2005).

  • M.S. Xu, S. Tsukamoto, S. Ishida, M. Kitamura, Y. Arakawa, R.G. Endres, M. Shimoda, Appl. Phys. Lett. , 083902 (2005).

  • R.G. Endres. Accelerating all-atom protein folding simulations through reduced dihedral barriers, Mol. Sim. 31, 773 (2005).

  • A. Hübsch, R.G. Endres, D.L. Cox, R.R.P. Singh. , Phys. Rev. Lett. , 178102 (2005).

  • M.X. LaBute, R.G. Endres, D.L. Cox. , J. Chem. Phys. , 8221 (2004).

  • R.G. Endres, T.C. Schulthess, N.S. Wingreen. Toward an atomistic model for predicting transcription-factor binding sites, Proteins 57, 262 (2004).

  • R.G. Endres, D.L. Cox, R.R.P. Singh. Colloquium: the quest for high-conductance DNA, Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 195 (2004).

  • R.G. Endres, C.Y. Fong, L.H. Yang, G. Witte, Ch. Wöll. Structural and electronic properties of pentacene molecule and molecular pentacene solid, Comp. Mat. Sci. 29, 362 (2004). (cited 57 times)

  • R.G. Endres, M.X. LaBute, D.L. Cox. Theory of adiabatic hexaamminecobalt self-exchange, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 8706 (2003).

  • R.G. Endres, D.L. Cox, R.R.P. Singh, S.K. Pati. Mediation of long range charge transfer by magnetic bound states, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 166601 (2002).

  • M.X. LaBute, R.V. Kulkarni, R.G. Endres, D.L. Cox. , J. Chem. Phys. , 3681 (2002).

Book chapters

ʉۢ D. Clausznitzer, J. P. Armitage, R.G. Endres, Bacterial chemotaxis: rising complexity in Systems Biology

    of Microorganisms, Horizon Scientific Press, Eds.: Brian Robertson and Brendan Wren (2012).

 

  • S. Tollis, N. Gopaldass, T. Soldati, R.G. Endres, How one cell eats another: principles of phagocytosis,

    in Systems Biology of Microorganisms, Horizon Scientific Press, Eds.: Brian Robertson

    and Brendan Wren (2012).

 

  • M.S. Xu, R.G. Endres, Y. Arakawa, Transverse electronic signature of DNA for electronic

    sequencing, in Nano Science and Technology, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Ed.: K. von Klitzing

    (2007). ISSN 1434-4904.

 

  • R.G. Endres, A. Hübsch, D.L. Cox, R.R.P. Singh, Electronic properties of DNA: from elementary  

    Slater-Koster-Hückel theory of the Ï€-stack to ab initio calculations of the optical conductivity, in 

    Modern methods for theoretical physical chemistry of biopolymers, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Eds.:

    E.B. Starikov, S. Tanaka, J.P. Lewis (2006). ISBN: 0-444-52220-4.


  • R.G. Endres, Inner-sphere reorganization energies of outer-sphere self-exchange reactions    

    utilizing density functional theory, in Trends in chemical physics research, Nova Science 

    Publishers, New York, Ed.: A.N. Linke (2005). ISBN: 1-59454-483-2.


  • R.G. Endres, T.C. Schulthess, N.S. Wingreen, Preferred binding sites of gene-regulatory proteins  

    based on the deterministic dead-end elimination algorithm in Computer Simulation Studies in  

    Condensed-Matter Physics XVII, Springer Proceedings in Physics, Eds.: D.P.Landau, S.P.Lewis,

    H.-B.Schuttler (2005). ISBN: 3-540-26564-3.

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