Prof. Eric R. Dufresne's lab at Cornell University
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
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Our second Cornell-era preprint is also out!
Kaarthik's paper discusses the gap between cellular and in vitro condensates. In cells, condensates are low-contrast (small partition coefficients), enabling a wide range of responses.
Congrats, Kaarthik and the team!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy to share our first preprints from work originating at Cornell!
Takumi's paper describes how small molecules shift phase equilibria of condensates by focusing on the dilute-phase response. It shows how metabolites may tune stability and material properties.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Alexandre’s manuscript, “Polymerization from Lipid Membranes,” is now published in Biomacromolecules!
Congratulations to Alexandre and the team!
The paper describes how to grow polymer brushes directly from one side of lipid bilayers by incorporating an ATRP initiator
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
We examine various material properties of condensates and show they can be interpreted using critical phenomena theory, specifically the water–vapor transition. This universality enables predictions of condensate material properties and new experimental approaches for assessing cellular physiology.
New preprint! 🧪
What happens when phase separation couples to a nematic transition? 🫧
By combining experiment and theory 🔬, we find some pretty wild ternary phase diagrams! 🌈
Congrats on this milestone, Sully!
Check it out here. arxiv.org/abs/2605.26338
Apply here:
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(Some student out there is about to get an incredible mentor.)
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Happy to announce that Dr. Nan Xue, our lab alumnus, has just launched a new lab at NTU, Singapore!
Congrats on this new chapter of your career, Nan!
His lab will explore the exciting intersection of soft matter and living systems, and is actively recruiting two PhD students!
xlift.org/openings/
Interested in research on soft and biological materials in Germany?
Our lab alumnus Lotta is starting her own group at RWTH Aachen 🎉Huge congrats, Lotta!
Her lab will focus on soft and biological materials towards biomedical and sustainable applications, and she’s looking for motivated PhD students!
Don't forget to check out his lab website!😎
xlift.org
Lab News: "Softliv Alum(!) Nan Launches the LIFT Lab at NTU"
sites.coecis.cornell.edu/softliv/news...
The manuscript discusses that the dilute-phase response contains rich information about what holds condensates together, and how to use it to modulate their phase behavior. We also provide the theory regarding this response, with details in the SI.
Great work, @takumimatz.bsky.social!
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
