Here’s another condensate paper from the lab. We revisit biomolecular condensation—phase separation in protein suspensions—through the lens of critical phenomena. Kaarthik did excellent work characterizing mechanical properties and comparing their scaling behavior to the 3D Ising universality class.
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...
Takumi Matsuzawa
Laboratory of Soft and Living Materials @SoftLiv_Cornell
