Next seminar : Physcis-Biology interface seminar : Guillaume Sarfati
Friday, June 02 2023 at 11:00:00
Spatial self-organization and motility in cytoskeletal active matter
Guillaume Sarfati (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Sorbonne University, Paris)
Active matter, as an assembly of individual components able to move, is an interesting material to observe emergence of collective properties. Here, we study spatial self-organizations of cytoskeletal active matter made of microtubule filaments and kinesin molecular motors. In particular, we explain how two key parameters, concentrations of ATP and depleting agent, allow to generate different organizations : in-plane and out-of-plane bending, local and global contractions. We also confined this active matter into water in oil droplets : a microtubule nematic forms at the oil/water interface, offering motility to squeezed droplets.
Last Highlight : The Journal of Physics A 2022 awards
The Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical announced its 2022 awards.
The Early Career Researcher Best Paper Prize is awarded to Valentina Ros.
More details: https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1751-8121/page/Best%20Paper%20Prize
