Pam van Touw, a Master student from TU Delft, joined our group as an intern for the next months. She decided to do the best of the current pandemic situations and took on a remote internship with us. Pam will simulate coarsening behaviors and generally make our group more diverse. Welcome aboard!
In contrast to most man-made machines, biological organisms are typically build from soft and often fluid-like material. How can such liquid matter be precisely controlled in space and time? To uncover the physical principles for such organization, we analyze theoretical models of biological processes using tools from statistical physics, dynamical system theory, fluid dynamics, and information theory. In particular, we study how phase separation is used to organize the liquid interior of cells and how the fluid dynamics of inhalation affects the transport of airborne odorants and the sense of smell.
