Multiple new publications
/The group has been exceptionally productive in the last months, so that we can hardly keep up with writing up everything. Certainly, this news post is long overdue. Here is a brief list of recent manuscripts:
We wrote a detailed theory work on the “Coarsening model of chromosomal crossover placement”, which explains how the positions of genetic information exchange are determined during meiosis.
We showed that “Chemically Active Liquid Bridges Generate Repulsive Forces”, which is opposite to what one would expect from a passive liquid bridge. Chemically active droplets never cease to surprise us!
For instance, we also showed that “Advection selects pattern in multi-stable emulsions of active droplets”, which will allow us to study hydrodynamic effects in more detail in the future.
We also showed that “Exchange controls coarsening of surface condensates”, which is particularly relevant for condensates embedded in membranes.
On the more theoretical side, we investigated “Phase separation with non-local interactions”, which unifies many projects we have done in the past.
Our “Size control guidelines for chemically active droplets” finally allow us to understand basic mechanisms of chemically active droplets better.
Beside these central papers from our group, we were involved in a few collaborative endeavors:
"3D multi-omic mapping of whole nondiseased human fallopian tubes at cellular resolution reveals a large incidence of ovarian cancer precursors" uses advanced imaging and analysis to unveil the 3D structure of human fallopian tubes.
"Molecular simulations of phase separation in elastic polymer networks" uses MD simulations to the interplay of elasticity and phase separation with microscopic details.