Phase Separation in Biological Processes

Presentations

• Protein phase separation and emergent material properties

  Invited

  March 8, 2019, 11:15 AM – March 8, 2019, 11:51 AM

  Presenters

  • Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle

    • Advanced Science Research Center at GC/CUNY

  Authors

  • Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle

    • Advanced Science Research Center at GC/CUNY

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• Controlling biological droplets with chemical reactions

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 11:51 AM – March 8, 2019, 12:03 PM

  Presenters

  • David Zwicker

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  Authors

  • David Zwicker

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

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• Stiffness gradients control phase separation in gels and cells

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 12:03 PM – March 8, 2019, 12:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Kathryn Rosowski

    • ETH Zurich

  Authors

  • Kathryn Rosowski

    • ETH Zurich

  • Robert Style

    • ETH Zurich

  • Tianqi Sai

    • ETH Zurich

  • Thomas Böddeker

    • ETH Zurich

  • Eric Dufresne

    • ETH Zurich
    • Materials, ETH Zurich

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• How yeast harness 2D liquid-liquid phase separation to organize proteins and lipids in vacuole membranes

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 12:15 PM – March 8, 2019, 12:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Sarah Keller

    • University of Washington

  Authors

  • Sarah Keller

    • University of Washington

  • Scott P Rayermann

    • University of Washington

  • Glennis E Rayermann

    • University of Washington

  • Alex J Merz

    • University of Washington

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• Physics of non-equilibrium phase separation: Implications for stress granule formation in the cell cytoplasm

  Invited

  March 8, 2019, 12:27 PM – March 8, 2019, 1:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Chiu Fan Lee

    • Imperial College London
    • Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
    • Bioengineering, Imperial College London

  Authors

  • Chiu Fan Lee

    • Imperial College London
    • Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
    • Bioengineering, Imperial College London

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• DNA Local Flexibility Dependent Formation of Liquid-like Droplets

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 1:03 PM – March 8, 2019, 1:15 PM

  Presenters

  • Anisha Shakya

    • Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science

  Authors

  • Anisha Shakya

    • Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science

  • John King

    • Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science

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• Azobenzene-doped, lipid-bilayer vesicles with light-responsive permeability: measuring mechanical response to photochemical excitation by micropipette aspiration

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 1:15 PM – March 8, 2019, 1:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Arash Manafirad

    • Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Arash Manafirad

    • Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Lucas Antony

    • Chemical Eng., University of Chicago

  • Juan De Pablo

    • University of Chicago
    • Chemical Eng., University of Chicago
    • The Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
    • Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
    • Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
    • Institute for Molecular Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory

  • Sankaran Thayumanavan

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Anthony Dinsmore

    • Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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• Microfluidic Fabrication of Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 1:27 PM – March 8, 2019, 1:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Yuting Huang

    • Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Yuting Huang

    • Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard University

  • Laura Arriaga

    • Complutense University of Madrid

  • David A Weitz

    • Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University
    • Harvard University
    • School of engineering and applied science, Harvard University
    • Department of Physics & SEAS, Harvard University

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• Molecular dynamics of hydrophobic transport using monolayer-protected nanoparticles

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 1:39 PM – March 8, 2019, 1:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  Authors

  • Mukarram Tahir

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Multivalent gene regulatory elements localize condensation of transcription machinery

  ORAL

  March 8, 2019, 1:51 PM – March 8, 2019, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Krishna Shrinivas

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Krishna Shrinivas

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Benjamin Sabari

    • Whitehead Institute

  • Phillip Sharp

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Richard Young

    • Whitehead Institute

  • Arup K Chakraborty

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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