Louis Bunel

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein interacts with viral RNA and ERGIC lipids to drive viral core assembly through lipid clustering and RNP stabilization.

The paper demonstrates that synthetic cells with minimal metabolism can undergo Darwinian evolution by filtering functional genotypes and mapping mutations in a key enzyme.

The paper proposes a mechanical/entropic ratchet model explaining how procollagen is exported from the ER via TANGO1-dependent tunnels using molecular gradients of pH and HSP47.