Soft Matter and Biophysics research community
Postdoc on modelling complex colloidal mixtures for use in bionic muscle engineering (Paris-Saclay, France)
We have an open PDRA position (fully funded, four years) on biocompatible stimuli-responsive polymer/colloid mixtures at the Laboratoire de Physique des Sol...
Phd research project: A radical approach to Alzheimer’s Disease via next-generation computational and experimental methods
The proposed PhD project takes on a radical new path towards the study of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which will open novel avenues for the development of breakth...
Postdoc: Theoretical modeling of nanoparticles interacting with cells
OBJECTIVES The project is based on a recent publications showing the importance of membrane tension for interaction of nanoparticles with cells1–3. Deformation ...
General topic postdoc positions at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has been awarded a Marie Curie Cofund program, called [email protected], that will allow 15 young and talented post-docs to work wi...
Post-doc position: Biophysical properties of chromatin
The project Mutations in chromatin regulators can lead to multiple pathological conditions which are commonly referred as chromatinopathies (CPs). The project –...
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Microplastics destabilize lipid membranes by mechanical stretching
PNAS 118 (31), e2104610118 (2021) Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Vladimir A. Baulin Estimated millions of tons of plastic are dumped annually into oceans. Plastic has ...
Antibacterial Action of Nanoparticles by Lethal Stretching of Bacterial Cell Membranes
Adv. Mat. 32 (52), 2005679 (2020) Denver P. Linklater, Vladimir A. Baulin, Xavier Le Guével, Jean‐Baptiste Fleury, Eric Hanssen, The Hong Phong Nguyen, Saulius ...
Unexpected Cholesterol-Induced Destabilization of Lipid Membranes near Transmembrane Carbon Nanotubes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124(3), 038001 (2020) Yachong Guo, Marco Werner, Jean Baptiste Fleury and Vladimir A. Baulin Cholesterol is a crucial component of mammalian c...
Simulations of Protein Adsorption on Nanostructured Surfaces
Scientific Reports, 9, 4694 (2019) Berardo M. Manzi, Marco Werner, Elena P. Ivanova, Russell J. Crawford and Vladimir A. Baulin Recent technological advances ha...
The Interaction of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) with the Surface Nanostructures on Dragonfly Wings
Langmuir, January (2019) S. Cheeseman, Vi Khanh Truong, V. Walter, F. Thalmann, C. M. Marques, Eric Hanssen, J. Vongsvivut, M. Tobin, V. A. Baulin, S. Juodkazis...
Soft matter news
- UK's research evaluation system pushes academics to churn out lower-quality research, new study shows
- Packing and emergence of the ordering of rods in a spherical monolayer
- Directly visualizing the cooperative adsorption of a string-like molecule onto a solid with double-stranded DNA
- Particles from everyday wall paints can harm living organisms, but a novel membrane shows high filtering effects
- Researchers boost sensitivity and speed of Raman microscopy technique
- Stretched skin cells divide without DNA replication
- Simulations on how a virus packages its genetic material could help design nanocontainers used in drug delivery
- New 3D atomistic imagery of SARS-CoV-2 shows how virus uses spike protein to fuse with and infect human cells
- Double locked: Polymer hydrogels secure confidential information
- Pioneering simulations focus on HIV-1 virus
- Researchers use magnetic systems to artificially reproduce the learning and forgetting functions of the brain
- Using chiral gold nanoparticles to enhance immune response
- Multivalued Inverse Design: Multiple Surface Geometries from One Flat Sheet
- Scientists explore the creation of artificial organelles
- Novel imaging method reveals a surprising arrangement of DNA in the cell's nucleus
- Nano 'camera' made using molecular glue allows real-time monitoring of chemical reactions