What kind of liquid crystal does actomyosin make? Gardel and de Pablo labs give us some cool answers w cool movies. Congrats Nitin Kumar!! @UChiResearch @UChicagoIME
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#singlemolecule experiment and theory by Grishchuk et al. @PennMuscle showing large stalk has little infuence on kinesin motility @BiophysJ
"Probing Mitotic CENP-E Kinesin with the Tethered Cargo Motion Assay and Laser Tweezers" cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S…
Introduction to Microfluidics Technology course offered June 25-29. It's developed for scientists & engineers interested in using microfluidic technology in the physical & life sciences. Application deadline is March 31.
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New paper out in @Dev_Cell, "Cooperative Accumulation of Dynein-Dynactin at Microtubule Minus-Ends Drives Microtubule Network Reorganization" cell.com/developmental-cell/…
Rosbash: "to move the country forward and maintain American preeminence in scientific research - including a substantial numbers of Nobel laureates in 2037 - our country needs an increasingly educated, engaged, and supportive public and Congress." bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018…
Our latest publication in @PhysRevE "Insensitivity of active nematic liquid crystal dynamics to topological constraints" was selected by the editor and featured on the front page of journals.aps.org/pre