Synthetic photobiology for light controllable active matter

Project Information

SYGMA

Grant agreement ID: 834615

DOI

10.3030/834615

Project closed

EC signature date 10 September 2019

Start date 1 November 2019

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 397 500,00

EU contribution

€ 2 397 500,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Thermodynamic Limits of Sperm Swimming Precision

Author(s): C Maggi, F Saglimbeni, V Carmona Sosa, R Di Leonardo, B Nath, A Puglisi
Published in: PRX LIFE, 2023, ISSN 2835-8279
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/prxlife.1.013003

Flagellar elasticity and the multiple swimming modes of interfacial bacteria

Author(s): S. Bianchi, F. Saglimbeni, G. Frangipane, R. Di Leonardo
Published in: Physical Review Research, 2022, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: Physical Review Research
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.l022044

Light-Driven Flagella Elucidate the Role of Hook and Cell Body Kinematics in Bundle Formation

Author(s): S. Bianchi, F. Saglimbeni, G. Frangipane, M. C. Cannarsa, R. Di Leonardo
Published in: PRX life, 2023, ISSN 2835-8279
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/prxlife.1.013016

Multiple temperatures and melting of a colloidal active crystal

Author(s): Helena Massana-Cid, Claudio Maggi, Nicoletta Gnan, Giacomo Frangipane, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50937-2

Rectification and confinement of photokinetic bacteria in an optical feedback loop

Author(s): Helena Massana-Cid, Claudio Maggi, Giacomo Frangipane, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30201-1

Light-driven synchronization of optogenetic clocks

Author(s): MC Cannarsa, F Liguori, N Pellicciotta, G Frangipane, R Di Leonardo
Published in: eLife, 2023, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.97754.1

Roadmap for animate matter

Author(s): Giorgio Volpe, Nuno A M Araújo, Maria Guix, Mark Miodownik, Nicolas Martin, Laura Alvarez, Juliane Simmchen, Roberto Di Leonardo, Nicola Pellicciotta, Quentin Martinet, Jérémie Palacci, Wai Kit Ng, Dhruv Saxena, Riccardo Sapienza, Sara Nadine, João F Mano, Reza Mahdavi, Caroline Beck Adiels, Joe Forth, Christian Santangelo, Stefano Palagi, Ji Min Seok, Victoria A Webster-Wood, Shuhong Wang, Li
Published in: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Issue 37, 2025, Page(s) 333501, ISSN 0953-8984
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/adebd3

Light Controlled Biohybrid Microbots

Author(s): N. Pellicciotta, O. S. Bagal, V. Carmona Sosa, G. Frangipane, G. Vizsnyiczai, R. Di Leonardo
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202214801

Dynamic Gene Expression Mitigates Mutational Escape in Lysis-Driven Bacteria Cancer Therapy

Author(s): Filippo Liguori, Nicola Pellicciotta, Edoardo Milanetti, Sophia Xi Windemuth, Giancarlo Ruocco, Roberto Di Leonardo, Tal Danino
Published in: BioDesign Research, Issue 6, 2025, Page(s) 0049, ISSN 2693-1257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.34133/bdr.0049

Optical diffraction tomography of 3D microstructures using partially coherentlight

Author(s): S. Bianchi, F. Brasili, F. Saglimbeni, B. Cortese, R. Di Leonardo
Published in: Optic Express, 2022, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.454910

Colloidal transport by light induced gradients of active pressure

Author(s): N Pellicciotta, M Paoluzzi, D Buonomo, G Frangipane, L Angelani, R Di Leonardo
Published in: Nature Communications, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39974-5

Dynamic velocity response of E. coli powered by proteorhodopsin

Author(s): Silvio Bianchi, Giacomo Donini, Maria Cristina Cannarsa, Giacomo Frangipane, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Biophysical Reports, Issue 6, 2026, Page(s) 100254, ISSN 2667-0747
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpr.2026.100254

A microfluidic method for passive trapping of sperms in microstructures

Author(s): B. Nath, L. Caprini, C. Maggi, A. Zizzari, V. Arima, I. Viola, R. Di Leonardo, A. Puglisi
Published in: Lab on a Chip, 2023, ISSN 1473-0197
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2lc00997h

Wall Torque Controls Propulsion of Curved Microstructures in Bacterial Baths

Author(s): Nicola Pellicciotta, Ojus Satish Bagal, Maria Cristina Cannarsa, Silvio Bianchi, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 135, 2025, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/pnjv-6n5r

Thermal fluctuations for a three-beads swimmer

Author(s): R. Ferretta, R. Di Leonardo, A. Puglisi
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.033117

A transition to stable one-dimensional swimming enhances E. coli motility through narrow channels

Author(s): Gaszton Vizsnyiczai, Giacomo Frangipane, Silvio Bianchi, Filippo Saglimbeni, Dario Dell’Arciprete, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15711-0

Brownian fluctuations and hydrodynamics of a microhelix near a solid wall

Author(s): Silvio Bianchi, Viridiana Carmona Sosa, Gaszton Vizsnyiczai, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61451-y

Active billiards: Engineering boundaries for the spatial control of confined active particles

Author(s): Roberto Di Leonardo, András Búzás, Lóránd Kelemen, Dávid Tóth, Szilvia Z. Tóth, Pál Ormos, Gaszton Vizsnyiczai
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122, 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2426715122

An optically driven microstructure for torque measurement in rotary molecular motors

Author(s): Giacomo Donini, Silvio Bianchi, Nicola Pellicciotta, Giacomo Frangipane, Maria Cristina Cannarsa, Ojus Satish Bagal, Roberto Di Leonardo
Published in: Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Issue 12, 2026, ISSN 2055-7434
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41378-026-01185-5