Soft Matter and Biophysics research community
Master/PhD Position: Principles of Biofilm Architecture
We are hiring! You are a Master student? Attracted by interdisciplinary research? Fascinated by biological materials? Join us to study how bacteria design and b...
Postdoctoral position in Biological Physics
The BioModeling, BioInformatics & BioProcesses lab of the Free University of Brussels (ULB) invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in the...
Postdoc position: simulation and modelling of shear-thickening suspensions in Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
We have an opening for a 18-month postdoctoral researcher, starting from February 2019, to work on the simulation and modelling of shear-thickening suspensions ...
Postdoc position: uncovering mathematical descriptions for use in the Japanese art of paper cutting at Aarhus Denmark
Applications are invited for a 2 year (1+1) postdoctoral position with a background in theoretical and computational mechanics, soft condensed matter physics, o...
Post-doc position in Fluid flows shaping morphology
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization at Göttingen, Germany, is an international research institute. It performs both experimental and the...
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Pheochromocytoma (PC12) Cell Response on Mechanobactericidal Titanium Surfaces
Materials 2018, 11(4), 605 (2018); https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040605 Jason V. Wandiyanto, Denver Linklater, Pallale G. Tharushi Perera, Anna Orlowska, Vi Khanh...
Nanomaterial interactions with biomembranes: Bridging the gap between soft matter models and biological context
Biointerphases 13, 028501 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5022145 M. Werner, T. Auth, P. A. Beales, J. B. Fleury, F. Höök, H. Kress, R. C. Van Lehn, M. Müller...
Formation and Stabilization of Pores in Bilayer Membranes by Peptide-like Amphiphilic Polymers
Soft matter, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02404E, Ankush Checkervarty, Marco Werner, and Jens Uwe Sommer We study pore formation in models of lipid-bilayer membranes ...
Formation and Stabilization of Pores in Bilayer Membranes by Peptide-like Amphiphilic Polymers
Soft matter, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02404E, Ankush Checkervarty, Marco Werner, and Jens Uwe Sommer. We study pore formation in models of lipid-bilayer membranes...
Subtle Variations in Surface Properties of Black Silicon Surfaces Influence the Degree of Bactericidal Efficiency
Nano-Micro Lett., 10, 36 (2018) Chris M. Bhadra, Marco Werner, Vladimir A. Baulin, Vi Khanh Truong, Mohammad Al Kobaisi, Song Ha Nguyen, Armandas Balcytis, Saul...
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