Publications
Poul Martin Bendix — Publication list with DOI links
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen · ORCID 0000-0001-8838-8887
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2026
Geiger, B.J., Hamel Ascanio, L.E., Drakouli, E., Ruhoff, V.T., Klasner, N., Farhangi Barooji, Y., Moreno-Pescador, G., Schjoldager, K.T., Joshi, H.J., Narimatsu, Y., Mathiasen, S., Nylandsted, J., Bendix, P.M., Pezeshkian, W. Insights into Spontaneous Curvature in Complex Membranes from Dual-Tether Pulling Experiments. bioRxiv (2026). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.31.742037
Leng, X., Zarantonello, A., Gadi, S.A., Kakulidis, E., Fey, P., Ingham, A., Hendriks, I.A., Minocha, S., Colding-Christensen, C., Kristensen, S., Willaume, S., Palkova, N., Gaubitz, C., Garcia Lopez, A., Bendix, P.M., Sorensen, C.S., Lund Nielsen, M., Davey, N.E., Mailand, N., Miller, T., Duxin, J.P. ZATT/ZNF451 promotes release of stalled TOP2 cleavage complexes. bioRxiv (2026). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.14.738426
Delaitre, C., Dias, A., Brinkenfeldt, N., Pons, E., Mungra, M., von Scheel von Rosing, G., Hallberg, J., Dupuis, F., Lecat, S., Bendix, P.M., Meldal, M.M., Rosenkilde, M.M., Mathiasen, S., Martinez, K.L. A quantitative imaging framework reveals density-dependent GPCR oligomerization and organization in living cells. bioRxiv (2026). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.19.726161
Thiagarajan, R., Farhangi Barooji, Y., Bendix, P.M., Inamdar, M.M., Sedzinski, J. Actin cross-linking organizes basal body patterning through anomalous diffusion transitions. bioRxiv (2026). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.14.725088
Holmkvist, J.F.L., Hamel, L., Barooji, Y.F., Chung, Y.K., Regmi, R., Vejre, P.C., Rosell-Teixidó, J., Martinez, K.L., Rosenkilde, M.M., Bendix, P.M., Javitch, J.A., Mathiasen, S. Direct tensile force activates Adgrl3 in a tethered agonist-dependent manner. bioRxiv (2026). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.27.706744
Ebrahimi, S., Tian, Y., Blennow, A., Guo, K., Chen, S., Jauffred, L., Bendix, P.M., Kirkensgaard, J.J.K., Persson, S., Zhong, Y. Investigating the crystalline structure and structural heterogeneity of starch granules using polarization-based quantitative phase microscopy. Food Chemistry, 148970 (2026).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.148970
2025
Ruhoff, V.T., Leijnse, N., Doostmohammadi, A., Bendix, P.M. Filopodia: integrating cellular functions with theoretical models. Trends in Cell Biology 35, 129–140 (2025). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2024.05.005
2024
Ruhoff, V.T., Arastoo, M.R., Moreno-Pescador, G., Bendix, P.M. Biological applications of thermoplasmonics. Nano Letters 24, 777–789 (2024). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03548
Danielsen, H.M.D., Arastoo, M.R., Moreno-Pescador, G., Bendix, P.M. A thermoplasmonic approach for investigating plasma membrane repair in living cells and model membranes. Journal of Visualized Experiments 203, e65776 (2024).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3791/65776
2023
Ruhoff, V.T., Bendix, P.M., Pezeshkian, W. Close, but not too close: a mesoscopic description of (a)symmetry and membrane shaping mechanisms. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 7, 81–93 (2023). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/etls20220078
Moreno-Pescador, G., Arastoo, M.R., Ruhoff, V.T., Chiantia, S., Daniels, R., Bendix, P.M. Thermoplasmonic vesicle fusion reveals membrane phase segregation of influenza spike proteins. Nano Letters 23, 3377–3384 (2023).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00371
Ebrahimi, S., Moreno-Pescador, G., Persson, S., Jauffred, L., Bendix, P.M. Label-free optical interferometric microscopy to characterize morphodynamics in living plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1156478 (2023).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1156478
Brinkenfeldt, N.K., Dias, A., Moreno-Pescador, G., Bendix, P.M., Martinez, K.L. Quantitative Determination of Protein Concentrations in Living Cells. bioRxiv (2023). [preprint]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.31.542874
2022
Ruhoff, V.T., Moreno-Pescador, G., Pezeshkian, W., Bendix, P.M. Strength in numbers: effect of protein crowding on the shape of cell membranes. Biochemical Society Transactions 50, 1257–1267 (2022). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20210883
Moreno-Pescador, G.S., Aswad, D.S., Florentsen, C.D., Bahadori, A., Arastoo, M.R., Danielsen, H.M.D., Heitmann, A.S.B., Boye, T.L., Nylandsted, J., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Thermoplasmonic nano-rupture of cells reveals annexin V function in plasma membrane repair. Nanoscale 14, 7778–7787 (2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr08274d
Leijnse, N., Barooji, Y.F., Verhagen, B., Wullkopf, L., Erler, J.T., Semsey, S., Nylandsted, J., Doostmohammadi, A., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Filopodia rotate and coil by actively generating twist in their actin shaft. Nature Communications 13, 1636 (2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28961-x
Heltberg, M., von Borries, M., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B., Jensen, M.H. Temperature Controls Onset and Period of NF-κB Oscillations and can Lead to Chaotic Dynamics. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 10, 910738 (2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.910738
2021
Heitmann, A.S.B., Hakami Zanjani, A.A., Klenow, M.B., Mularski, A., Sønder, S.L., Lund, F.W., Boye, T.L., Dias, C., Bendix, P.M., Simonsen, A.C., Khandelia, H., Nylandsted, J. Phenothiazines alter plasma membrane properties and sensitize cancer cells to injury by inhibiting annexin-mediated repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry 297, 101012 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101012
Florentsen, C.D., Kamp-Sonne, A., Moreno-Pescador, G., Pezeshkian, W., Hakami Zanjani, A.A., Khandelia, H., Nylandsted, J., Bendix, P.M. Annexin A4 trimers are recruited by high membrane curvatures in Giant Plasma Membrane Vesicles. Soft Matter 17, 308–318 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm00241k
Barooji, Y.F., Hvid, K.G., Isturiz Petitjean, I., Brickman, J.M., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Changes in cell morphology and actin organization in embryonic stem cells cultured under different conditions. Cells 10, 2859 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10112859
2020
Purohit, P., Samadi, A., Bendix, P.M., Laserna, J.J., Oddershede, L.B. Optical trapping reveals differences in dielectric and optical properties of copper nanoparticles compared to their oxides and ferrites. Scientific Reports 10, 1198 (2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57650-2
Larsen, J.B., Rosholm, K.R., Kennard, C., Pedersen, S.L., Munch, H.K., Tkach, V., Sakon, J.J., Bjørnholm, T., Weninger, K.R., Bendix, P.M., Jensen, K.J., Hatzakis, N.S., Uline, M.J., Stamou, D. How membrane geometry regulates protein sorting independently of mean curvature. ACS Central Science 6, 1159–1168 (2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c00419
Florentsen, C.D., Moreno-Pescador, G.S., Kjær, A., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Plasmonic material engineering for targeted therapeutics. Advanced Optical Materials 8, 2000616 (2020).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202000616
Bendix, P.M., Simonsen, A.C., Florentsen, C.D., Häger, S.C., Mularski, A., Hakami Zanjani, A.A., Moreno-Pescador, G., Klenow, M.B., Sønder, S.L., Danielsen, H.M., Arastoo, M.R., Heitmann, A.S., Pandey, M.P., Lund, F.W., Dias, C., Khandelia, H., Nylandsted, J. Interdisciplinary synergy to reveal mechanisms of annexin-mediated plasma membrane shaping and repair. Cells 9, 1029 (2020). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9041029
2019
Moreno-Pescador, G., Florentsen, C.D., Østbye, H., Sønder, S.L., Boye, T.L., Veje, E.L., Sonne, A.K., Semsey, S., Nylandsted, J., Daniels, R., Bendix, P.M. Curvature- and phase-induced protein sorting quantified in transfected cell-derived giant vesicles. ACS Nano 13, 6689–6701 (2019).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01052
Jauffred, L., Samadi, A., Klingberg, H., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Plasmonic heating of nanostructures. Chemical Reviews 119, 8087–8130 (2019). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00738
2018
Samadi, A., Klingberg, H., Jauffred, L., Kjær, A., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Platinum nanoparticles: a non-toxic, effective and thermally stable alternative plasmonic material for cancer therapy and bioengineering. Nanoscale 10, 9097–9107 (2018).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr02275e
Florentsen, C.D., West, A.-K.V., Danielsen, H.M.D., Semsey, S., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Quantification of loading and laser-assisted release of RNA from single gold nanoparticles. Langmuir 34, 14891–14898 (2018).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01831
Bahadori, A., Moreno-Pescador, G., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Remotely controlled fusion of selected vesicles and living cells: a key issue review. Reports on Progress in Physics 81, 032602 (2018). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/aa9966
2017
Samadi, A., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Optical manipulation of individual strongly absorbing platinum nanoparticles. Nanoscale 9, 18449–18455 (2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr07374g
Rosholm, K.R., Leijnse, N., Mantsiou, A., Tkach, V., Pedersen, S.L., Wirth, V.F., Oddershede, L.B., Jensen, K.J., Martinez, K.L., Hatzakis, N.S., Bendix, P.M., Callan-Jones, A., Stamou, D. Membrane curvature regulates ligand-specific membrane sorting of GPCRs in living cells. Nature Chemical Biology 13, 724–729 (2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2372
Norregaard, K., Jørgensen, J.T., Simón, M., Melander, F., Kristensen, L.K., Bendix, P.M., Andresen, T.L., Oddershede, L.B., Kjær, A. 18F-FDG PET/CT-based early treatment response evaluation of nanoparticle-assisted photothermal cancer therapy. PLOS ONE 12, e0177997 (2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177997
Bahadori, A., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Hot-nanoparticle-mediated fusion of selected cells. Nano Research (2017).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1392-3
Bahadori, A., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Optically controlled fusion of selected cells and vesicles using plasmonic nanoheaters. in Light Robotics: Structure-Mediated Nanobiophotonics (Elsevier, 2017). [book chapter]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7020-7096-9.00011-2
2016
Jørgensen, J.T., Norregaard, K., Tian, P., Bendix, P.M., Kjaer, A., Oddershede, L.B. Single particle and PET-based platform for identifying optimal plasmonic nano-heaters for photothermal cancer therapy. Scientific Reports 6, 30076 (2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30076
Barooji, Y.F., Rørvig-Lund, A., Semsey, S., Reihani, S.N.S., Bendix, P.M. Dynamics of membrane nanotubes coated with I-BAR. Scientific Reports 6, 30054 (2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30054
2015
Zhang, L., Christensen, S.M., Bendix, P.M., Bhatia, V.K., Loft, S., Stamou, D. Interferometric detection of single gold nanoparticles calibrated against TEM size distributions. Small 11, 3550–3555 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201403498
Rørvig-Lund, A., Bahadori, A., Semsey, S., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Vesicle fusion triggered by optically heated gold nanoparticles. Nano Letters 15, 4183–4188 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01366
Leijnse, N., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Helical buckling of actin inside filopodia generates traction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 136–141 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1411761112
Leijnse, N., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. Dynamic buckling of actin within filopodia. Communicative & Integrative Biology 8, e1022010 (2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2015.1022010
Leijnse, N., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. An updated look at actin dynamics in filopodia. Cytoskeleton 72, 71–79 (2015). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21216
2014
Ma, H., Tian, P., Pello, J., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Heat generation by irradiated complex composite nanostructures. Nano Letters 14, 612–619 (2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl403798j
Baroji, Y.F., Oddershede, L.B., Seyed Reihani, S.N., Bendix, P.M. Fluorescent quantification of size and lamellarity of membrane nanotubes. European Biophysics Journal 43, 595–602 (2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-014-0989-2
Andersen, T., Kyrsting, A., Bendix, P.M. Local and transient permeation events are associated with local melting of giant liposomes. Soft Matter 10, 4268–4274 (2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm00410h
Andersen, T., Bahadori, A., Ott, D., Kyrsting, A., Reihani, S.N.S., Bendix, P.M. Nanoscale phase behavior on flat and curved membranes. Nanotechnology 25, 505101 (2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/50/505101
2013
van Lengerich, B., Rawle, R.J., Bendix, P.M., Boxer, S.G. Individual vesicle fusion events mediated by lipid-anchored DNA. Biophysical Journal 105, 409–419 (2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.05.056
Ramesh, P., Baroji, Y.F., Reihani, S.N.S., Stamou, D., Oddershede, L.B., Bendix, P.M. FBAR syndapin 1 recognizes and stabilizes highly curved tubular membranes in a concentration dependent manner. Scientific Reports 3, 1565 (2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01565
Ott, D., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Revealing hidden dynamics within living soft matter. ACS Nano 7, 8333–8339 (2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nn4051002
Kyrsting, A., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Mapping 3D focal intensity exposes the stable trapping positions of single nanoparticles. Nano Letters 13, 31–35 (2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl3032263
Bendix, P.M., Jauffred, L., Norregaard, K., Oddershede, L.B. Optical trapping of nanoparticles and quantum dots. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 20, 15–26 (2013). [review]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2013.2287094
2012
Ma, H., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Large-scale orientation dependent heating from a single irradiated gold nanorod. Nano Letters 12, 3954–3960 (2012).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl3010918
2011
Rawle, R.J., van Lengerich, B., Chung, M., Bendix, P.M., Boxer, S.G. Vesicle fusion observed by content transfer across a tethered lipid bilayer. Biophysical Journal 101, L37–L39 (2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.023
Kyrsting, A., Bendix, P.M., Stamou, D.G., Oddershede, L.B. Heat profiling of three-dimensionally optically trapped gold nanoparticles using vesicle cargo release. Nano Letters 11, 888–892 (2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl104280c
Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Expanding the optical trapping range of lipid vesicles to the nanoscale. Nano Letters 11, 5431–5437 (2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203200g
2010
Bendix, P.M., Reihani, S.N.S., Oddershede, L.B. Direct measurements of heating by electromagnetically trapped gold nanoparticles on supported lipid bilayers. ACS Nano 4, 2256–2262 (2010).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nn901751w
2009
Koenderink, G.H., Dogic, Z., Nakamura, F., Bendix, P.M., MacKintosh, F.C., Hartwig, J.H., Stossel, T.P., Weitz, D.A. An active biopolymer network controlled by molecular motors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 15192–15197 (2009).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903974106
Bendix, P.M., Pedersen, M.S., Stamou, D. Quantification of nano-scale intermembrane contact areas by using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 12341–12346 (2009).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903052106
2008
Bosanac, L., Aabo, T., Bendix, P.M., Oddershede, L.B. Efficient optical trapping and visualization of silver nanoparticles. Nano Letters 8, 1486–1491 (2008).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl080490+
Bendix, P.M., Koenderink, G.H., Cuvelier, D., Dogic, Z., Koeleman, B.N., Brieher, W.M., Field, C.M., Mahadevan, L., Weitz, D.A. A quantitative analysis of contractility in active cytoskeletal protein networks. Biophysical Journal 94, 3126–3136 (2008).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.107.117960
2006
Hansen, P.M., Tolić-Nørrelykke, I.M., Flyvbjerg, H., Berg-Sørensen, K. tweezercalib 2.1: Faster version of MatLab package for precise calibration of optical tweezers. Computer Physics Communications (2006).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2006.07.009
Hansen, P.M., Tolić-Nørrelykke, I.M., Flyvbjerg, H., Berg-Sørensen, K. tweezercalib 2.0: Faster version of MatLab package for precise calibration of optical tweezers. Computer Physics Communications 174, 518–520 (2006).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2005.11.007
2005
Hansen, P.M., Dreyer, J.K., Ferkinghoff-Borg, J., Oddershede, L. Novel optical and statistical methods reveal colloid–wall interactions inconsistent with DLVO and Lifshitz theories. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 287, 561–571 (2005).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2005.01.098
Hansen, P.M., Bhatia, V.K., Harrit, N., Oddershede, L. Expanding the optical trapping range of gold nanoparticles. Nano Letters 5, 1937–1942 (2005).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl051289r
Non-peer reviewed:
- Approximately 25 conference abstracts from Biophysical Society Annual Meetings, EBSA Congresses, etc. (pages ending in a letter, e.g. “504a,” or numbered “Sxxx”)
- 12 SPIE and Optica Publishing Group conference proceedings.
- Hansen, P.M. Cellular mechanics studied by novel nano-tools and reconstituted model system. PhD thesis, Niels Bohr Institute (2006) — a thesis, not an article.