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George Oster

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Lab Homepage: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~goster/home.html

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Research Interests

My research involves construction and testing of theoretical models of molecular, cellular and developmental processes.

Current Projects

Current Projects include investigations into the basic physics and chemistry of protein motors, eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell motility, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, and membrane geometry and protein organization. 

Selected Publications

Sliusarenko, O., D. Zusman, G. Oster. Aggregation during fruiting body formation  in Myxococcus xanthus is driven by reducing cell movement (2007). J. Bacteriology 189(2):611-619.

Adelman, J., Y-J. Jeong, J-C. Liao, G. Patel, D-E. Kim, G. Oster, S. Patel. The mechanochemistry of transcription termination factor Rho (2006). Molec. Cell 22(5):611-621.

Liu, J., M. Kaksonen, D. Drubin, G. Oster. Endocytic vesicle scission by lipid phase boundary forces (2006). PNAS 103(27):10277–10282.

Sliusarenko, O., D. Zusman, G. Oster. Accordion waves in myxobacteria (2006). PNAS 103(5):1534-1539.

Xing, J., F. Bai, R. Berry, G. Oster. The torque-speed relationship of the bacterial flagellar motor (2006). PNAS. 103(5):1260-1265.

Xing, J., H. Wang, G. Oster. From continuum Fokker-Planck models to discrete kinetic models (2005). Biophys. J. 104:055178.

Liao, J-C., Jeong, Y-J, D-E. Kim, S. Patel, G. Oster. Sequential nucleotide hydrolysis by the ring-shaped T7 helicase (2005). J. Molec. Biol. 350:452–475.

Wolgemuth, C., G. Oster. The role of MSP dynamics in nematode sperm locomotion (2004). Biophys. J. 88: 2462-2471.

Igoshin, O., A. Goldbeter, D. Kaiser, G. Oster. A biochemical oscillator explains developmental changes in reversal frequencies of Myxobacteria (2004). PNAS 101(44):15760–15765.

Igoshin, O., J. Neu, G. Oster. Developmental waves in Myxobacteria—a novel pattern formation mechanism (2004). Phys. Rev. E 7(041911):1-11.

Xing, J., H. Wang, P. Dimroth, C. von Balmoos, G. Oster. Torque generation by the sodium Fo-ATPase (2004). Biophys. J. 87:2148-2163.

Igoshin, O., D. Kaiser, G. Oster. Breaking symmetry in myxobacteria (2004). Curr. Biol. 14(12):R459-R462.

Igoshin, O., R. Welch, D. Kaiser, G. Oster. Waves and aggregation patterns in myxobacteria (2004). PNAS 101(12):4256-4261.

Wolgemuth, C., A. Mogilner, G. Oster. The hydration dynamics of polyelectrolyte gels with applications to cell motility and drug delivery (2003). Eur. Biophys. J. 33:146-158.

Mogilner, A., G. Oster. Shrinking gels pull cells (2003). Science. 302:1340-1341.

Igoshin, O., G. Oster. Rippling of Myxobacteria (2003). Math. Biosci. 188:221-233.

Mogilner, A., G. Oster. Polymer motors: Pushing out the front and pulling out the back (2003). Curr. Biol. 13(18):R721-R733.

Sun, S., H. Wang, G. Oster. Asymmetry in the F1-ATPase and its Implications for the Rotational Cycle (2003). Biophys. J. 83:1373-1384.

Liao, J., S. Sun, D. Chandler, G. Oster. The conformational states of MgATP in water (2003). Eur. Biophys. J. 33: 29–37.

Wolgemuth, C., I. Igoshin, G. Oster. The motility of mollicutes (2003). Biophys. J. 85(2):828–842.

Sun, S., A. Dinner, D. Chandler, G. Oster. Elastic energy storage in β-sheets with application to F1 ATPase (2003). Eur. Biophys. J. 32:676-683.

Antes, I., D. Chandler, H. Wang, G. Oster. The unbinding of ATP from F1 ATPase (2003). Biophys. J. 85(2):695–706.

Oster, G., H. Wang. Rotary protein motors (2003). Trends in Cell Biology 13(3):114-121.

Mogilner, A., G. Oster. Force generation by actin polymerization II: The elastic ratchet and tethered filaments (2003). Biophys. J. 84(3):1591–1605.

Grabe, M., J. Neu, P. Nollert, G. Oster. Protein interactions and membrane geometry (2003). Biophys. J. 84(2):854-888.

Oster, G., H. Wang. How protein motors convert chemical energy into mechanical work (2002). In Molecular Motors, M. Schliwa, ed. pp. 207-228. ISBN 3-527-30594-7. Wiley-VCH.

Mogilner, A., H. Wang, T. Elston, G. Oster . Molecular Motors: Theory & Experiment. In: Computational Cell Biology. (eds. C. Fall, E. Marland, J. Wagner, J. Tyson). New York: Springer-Verlag (2002).

Oster, G. Darwin's Motors (2002). Nature 417:25 (2 May).

Last Updated 2007-07-30