Journal articles

2002-2021

• Diffusivity estimation for activator–inhibitor models: Theory and application to intracellular dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton

  G. Pasemann, S. Flemming, S. Alonso, C. Beta, and W. Stannat, Journal of Nonlinear Science volume 31, Article number: 59 (2021).

• Analysis of protrusion dynamics in amoeboid cell motility by means of regularized contour flows

  D. Schindler, T. Moldenhawer, M. Stange, V. Lepro, C. Beta, M. Holschneider, and W. Huisinga, PLoS computational biology 17 (8), e1009268, (2021).

• A particle-field approach bridges phase separation and collective motion in active matter

  R. Großmann, I. S. Aranson, and F. Peruani, Nature Communications, 11, 5365 (2020) .

• A novel approach to chemotaxis: Active particles guided by internal clocks

  L. Gómez Nava, R. Großmann, M. Hintsche, C. Beta, and F. Peruani, EPL (Europhysics Letters), Volume 130, Number 6, (2020).

• Why a Large-Scale Mode can be essential for Understanding Intracellular Actin Waves

  C. Beta , N. S. Gov and A. Yochelis, Cells 2020, 9(6), 1533, (2020). We acknowledge the support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Open Access Publishing Fund of University of Potsdam.

• Self-Propelled Rods: Insightsand Perspectives for ActiveMatter

  M. Bär, R. Großmann, S. Heidenreich, and F. Peruani, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 2020, 11, 441-466, (2020).

• Chemotaxis strategies of bacteria with multiple run modes

  Z. Alirezaeizanjani, R. Großmann, V. Pfeifer, M. Hintsche, and C. Beta, Sci. Adv., 6 (22), eaaz6153, (2020).

• Receptor-induced transient responses in cells with oscillatory actin dynamics

  J. Negrete, Jr. ,  A. Pumir, C. Westendorf, M. Tarantola, E. Bodenschatz, and C. Beta, Phys. Rev. R. 2, 013239, (2020).

• How cortical waves drive fission of motile cells

  S. Flemming , F. Font, S. Alonso, and C. Beta, PNAS, 6337, Vol 117, No. 12 (2020).

• Excitable solitons: Annihilation, crossover, and nucleation of pulses in mass-conserving activator-inhibitor media

  A. Yochelis, C. Beta and N. S. Gov, Phys. Rev. E 101, 022213, (2020).  

• Rectification of Bacterial Diffusion in Microfluidic Labyrinths

  A. Weber, M. Bahrs, Z. Alirezaeizanjani, X. Zhang, C. Beta and V. Zaburdaev, frontiers in Physics, (2019).

• Interplay between myosin II and actin dynamics in chemotactic amoeba

  H. F. Hsu, A. Krekhov, M. Tarantola, C. Beta and E. Bodenschatz, New Journal of Physics 21, 113055, (2019).

• Harnessing Motile Amoeboid Cells as Trucks for Microtransport and Assembly

  O. Nagel, M. Frey, M. Gerhardt and C. Beta, Advanced Science 6 (3), 1801242, (2019).  

• Statistical parameter inference of bacterial swimming strategies

  M. Seyrich,  Z. Alirezaeizanjani, C. Beta, H. Stark, New J. Phys. 20, 103033 (2018).

• Non-Gaussianity, population heterogeneity, and transient superdiffusion in the spreading dynamics of amoeboid cells

  A. G. Cherstvy, O. Nagel, C. Beta, R. Metzler, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 23034-23054 (2018).

• Modeling random crawling, membrane deformation and intracellular polarity of motile amoeboid cells

  S. Alonso, M. Stange, C. Beta, PLoS ONE 13(8), e0201977 (2018).  

• A polar bundle of flagella can drive bacterial swimming by pushing, pulling, or coiling around the cell body

  M. Hintsche, V. Waljor, R. Großmann, M. J. Kühn, K. M. Thormann, F. Peruani, and C. Beta, Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 16771 (2017)

• Analyzing the spatial positioning of nuclei in polynuclear giant cells

  M. Stange, M. Hintsche, K. Sachse, M. Gerhardt, A. Valleriani, and C. Beta, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 464001 (8pp) (2017)

• Variability and Order in Cytoskeletal Dynamics of Motile Amoeboid Cells

  H.-F. Hsu, E. Bodenschatz, C.Westendorf, A. Gholami, A. Pumir, M. Tarantola, and C. Beta, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 148101 (2017)

• Adaptive microfluidic gradient generator for quantitative chemotaxis experiments

  A. Anielski, E.K.B. Pfannes, and C. Beta, Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 034301 (2017).

• Inferring the chemotactic strategy of P. putida and E. coli using modified Kramers-Moyal coefficients

  O. Pohl, M. Hintsche, Z. Alirezaeizanjani, M. Seyrich, C. Beta, and H. Stark, PLOS Comput Biol 13(1): e1005329 (2017).

• Intracellular Oscillations and Waves

  C. Beta, K. Kruse, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics Vol. 8, 239-264 (2017).  

• Comment on “Flow-induced arrest of spatiotemporal chaos and transition to a stationary pattern in the Gray-Scott model”

  I. Berenstein, C. Beta, and Y. De Decker, Phys. Rev. E 94, 046201 (2016).

• Noisy oscillations in the actin cytoskeleton of chemotactic amoeba

  J. Negrete Jr., A. Pumir, H.-F. Hsu, C. Westendorf, M. Tarantola, C. Beta, and E. Bodenschatz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 148102 (2016).

• To turn or not to turn?

  C. Beta, New J. Phys. 18 051003 (2016).

• How imperfect mixing and differential diffusion accelerate the rate of nonlinear reactions in microfluidic channels

  R. Niedl, I. Berenstein, and C. Beta, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 6451 - 6457 (2016).

• Cell-substrate impedance fluctuations of single amoeboid cells encode cell-shape and adhesion dynamics

  H. Leonhardt, M. Gerhardt, N. Höppner, K. Krüger, M. Tarantola, and C. Beta, Phys. Rev. E 93, 012414 (2016).

• Swimming patterns of a polarly flagellated bacterium in environments of increasing complexity

  M. Raatz, M. Hintsche, M. Bahrs, M. Theves, and C. Beta, Eur. Phys. J. ST 224, 1185-1198 (2015).

• Hydrogel-driven paper-based microfluidics

  R. Niedl and C. Beta, Lab on a Chip 15, 2452 - 2459 (2015).

• Random walk patterns of a soil bacterium in open and confined environments

  M. Theves, J. Taktikos, V. Zaburdaev, H. Stark, and C. Beta, EPL 109, 28007 (2015).

• Geometry-driven polarity in motile amoeboid cells

  O. Nagel, C. Guven, M. Theves, M. Driscoll, W. Losert and C. Beta, PLoS ONE 9 (12), e113382 (2014).

• Signaling in chemotactic amoebae remains spatially confined to stimulated membrane regions

  M. Gerhardt, M. Walz, and C. Beta, J. Cell Sci. 127, 5115-5125 (2014).

• Quantifying the degree of persistence in random amoeboid motion based on the Hurst exponent of fractional Brownian motion

  N. Makarava, S. Menz, M. Theves, W. Huisinga, C. Beta, and M. Holschneider, Phys. Rev. E 90, 042703 (2014).

• Actin and PIP3 waves in giant cells reveal the inherent length scale of an excited state

  M. Gerhardt, M. Ecke, M. Walz, A. Stengl, C. Beta, and G. Gerisch, J. Cell Sci. 127, 4507-4517 (2014).

• Stabilization of standing waves through time-delay feedback

  M. Stich, A. Casal, and C. Beta. Phys. Rev. E 88, 042910 (2013).

• Intracellular photoactivation of caged-cGMP induces myosin II and actin responses in motile cells

  E. K. B. Pfannes, A. Anielski, M. Gerhardt, and C. Beta, Integr. Biol. 5 (12), 1456-1463 (2013).

• A bacterial swimmer with two alternating speeds of propagation

  M. Theves, J. Taktikos, V. Zaburdaev, H. Stark, and C. Beta, Biophys. J. 105 (8), 1915-1924 (2013).

• Cross-diffusion in the two-variable Oregonator model

  I. Berenstein and C. Beta. Chaos 23, 033119 (2013).

• Actin cytoskeleton of chemotactic amoebae operates close to the onset of oscillations

  C. Westendorf, J. Negrete Jr., A.J. Bae, R. Sandmann, E. Bodenschatz, and C. Beta, PNAS 110, 3853-3858 (2013). 

• Distinguishing similar patterns with different underlying instabilities: Effect of advection on systems with Hopf, Turing-Hopf, and wave instabilities

  I. Berenstein, Chaos 22, 043109 (2012). 

• Flow-induced transitions in bistable systems

  I. Berenstein and C. Beta, Phys. Rev. E 86, 056205 (2012).

• Cell shape recognition and segmentation in fluorescence microscopy images

  A. Anielski, E.K.B. Pfannes, and C. Beta J. Comput. Interdisc. Sci. 3, 99-106 (2012).

• Control parameter description of eukaryotic chemotaxis

  G. Amselem, M. Theves, A. Bae, C. Beta, and E. Bodenschatz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 108103 (2012).

• Pattern formation in a reaction-diffusion-advection system with wave instability

  I. Berenstein, Chaos 22, 023112 (2012). 

• A stochastic description of Dictyostelium chemotaxis

  G. Amselem, M. Theves, A. Bae, E. Bodenschatz, and C. Beta, PLoS ONE 7(5), e37213 (2012).

• Impact of the carbazole derivative wiskostatin on mechanical stability and dynamics of motile cells

  E.K.B. Pfannes, M. Theves, C. Wegner, and C. Beta, J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 33, 95-106 (2012).

• Spatiotemporal chaos arising from standing waves in a reaction-diffusion system with cross-diffusion

  I. Berenstein and C. Beta, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 034903 (2012).

• Flow-induced control of chemical turbulence

  I. Berenstein and C. Beta, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 164901 (2011).

• Microfluidic tools for quantitative studies of eukaryotic chemotaxis

  C. Beta and E. Bodenschatz, Eur. J. Cell Biol. 90, 811-816 (2011).

• Shape Oscillations of Dictyostelium discoideum Cells on Ultramicroelectrodes Monitored by Impedance Analysis

  E. Schäfer, C. Westendorf, E. Bodenschatz, C. Beta, B. Geil and A. Janshoff, Small 7, 723-726 (2011).

• X-ray propagation microscopy of biological cells using waveguides as a quasipoint source

  K. Giewekemeyer S. P. Krüger, S. Kalbfleisch, M. Bartels, C. Beta and T. Salditt, Phys. Rev. A 83, 023804 (2011).

• Bistability in the actin cortex

  C. Beta. PMC Biophysics 3, 12 (2010).

• Control of pattern formation by time-delay feedback with global and local contributions

  M. Stich and C. Beta, Physica D 239, 1681-1691 (2010).

• Live cell flattening - traditional and novel approaches

  C. Westendorf, A.J. Bae, C. Erlenkamper, E. Galland, C. Franck, E. Bodenschatz, and C. Beta, PMC Biophysics, 3, 9 (2010).

• Quantitative analysis of random ameboid motion

  H.U. Bödeker, C. Beta, T.D. Frank, and E. Bodenschatz, EPL 90, 28005 (2010).

• Theoretical analysis of defect-mediated turbulence in a catalytic surface reaction

  D. Krefting and C. Beta, Phys. Rev. E 81, 036209 (2010).

• Rapid switching of chemical signals in microfluidic device

  A. Bae, C. Beta, and E. Bodenschatz, Lab on a Chip 9, 3059-3065 (2009).

• A bistable mechanism for directional sensing

  C. Beta, G. Amselem, and E. Bodenschatz, New J. Phys. 10, 083015 (2008).

• Chemotaxis in microfluidic devices – a study of flow effects

  C. Beta, T. Fröhlich, H. Bödeker, and E. Bodenschatz, Lab on a Chip 8, 1087-1096 (2008).

• Suppression of spatiotemporal chaos in the oscillatory CO oxidation on Pt(110) by focused laser light

  C. Punckt, M. Stich, C. Beta, and H.H. Rotermund, Phys. Rev. E 77, 046222 (2008).

• Control of spatiotemporal chaos in catalytic CO oxidation by laser-induced pacemakers

  M. Stich, C. Punckt, C. Beta, and H.H. Rotermund, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 366, 419-426 (2008).

• Flow photolysis for spatiotemporal stimulation of single cells

  C. Beta, D. Wyatt, W.-J. Rappel, and E. Bodenschatz Anal. Chem. 79, 3940-3944 (2007).

• High frequency periodic forcing of the oscillatory catalytic CO oxidation on Pt(110)

  P.S. Bodega, P. Kaira, C. Beta, D. Krefting, D. Bauer, B. Mirwald-Schulz, C. Punckt, and H.H. Rotermund, New J. Phys. 9, 61 (2007).

• Defect-mediated turbulence in a catalytic surface reaction

  C. Beta, A.S. Mikhailov, H.H. Rotermund, and G. Ertl, Europhys. Lett. 75, 868-874 (2006).

• Dictyostelium discoideum chemotaxis: threshold for directed motion

  L. Song, S.M. Nadkarni, H.U. Bödeker, C. Beta, A. Bae, C. Franck, W.-J. Rappel, W.F. Loomis, and E. Bodenschatz, Eur. J. Cell Biol. 85, 981-989 (2006).

• A hierarchy of global coupling induced cluster patterns during the oscillatory H2-electrooxidation reaction on a Pt ring-electrode

  H. Varela, C. Beta, A. Bonnefont, and K. Krischer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7, 2429-2439 (2005).

• Transitions to electrochemical turbulence

  H. Varela, C. Beta, A. Bonnefont, and K. Krischer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 174104 (2005).

• Controlling spatiotemporal chaos in oscillatory reaction-diffusion systems by time-delay autosynchronization

  C. Beta and A.S. Mikhailov, Physica D 199, 173-184 (2004).

• Excitable CO oxidation on Pt(110) under nonuniform coupling

  C. Beta, M.G. Moula, A.S. Mikhailov, H.H. Rotermund, and G. Ertl, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 188302 (2004).

• Laser-induced target patterns in the oscillatory CO oxidation on Pt(110)

  J. Wolff, M. Stich, C. Beta, and H.H. Rotermund, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 14282-14291 (2004).

• Complex Patterns in a Periodically Forced Surface Reaction

  M. Bertram, C. Beta, H.H. Rotermund, and G. Ertl, J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 9610-9615 (2003).

• Wavelet filtering to study mixing in 2D isotropic turbulence

  C. Beta, K. Schneider, and M. Farge, Commun. Nonlin. Sci. Num. Sim. 8, 537-545 (2003).

• Controlling turbulence in a surface chemical reaction by time-delay autosychronization

  C. Beta, M. Bertram, A.S. Mikhailov, H.H. Rotermund, and G. Ertl, Phys. Rev. E, 67, 046224 (2003).

• Numerical study of mixing of passive and reactive scalars in two-dimensional turbulent flows using orthogonal wavelet filtering

  C. Beta, K. Schneider, M. Farge, and H. Bockhorn, Chem. Engin. Sci. 58, 1463-1477 (2003).

• Pattern formation on the edge of chaos: experiments with CO oxidation on a Pt(110) surface under global delayed feedback

  M. Bertram, C. Beta, M. Pollmann, A.S. Mikhailov, H.H. Rotermund, and G. Ertl, Phys. Rev. E, 67, 036208 (2003).

• Numerische Simulation von Mischung und chemischer Reaktion mit Spektralverfahren unter Verwendung von Waveletfiltern

  C. Beta, K. Schneider, M. Farge, and H. Bockhorn, Chem. Ing. Tech., 74, 1441-1444 (2002).