Recent work has found that microtubule rotational diffusion about minus-end attachment points contributes to kinetochore capture in fission yeast, but the relative contributions of dynamic instability and rotational diffusion are not well understood.
Our paper "Contributions of microtubule dynamic instability and rotational diffusion to kinetochore capture" was posted on the arXiv preprint server today.
Robert Blackwell's paper "Microscopic origins of anisotropic active stress in motor-driven nematic liquid crystals" was published in the latest issue of Soft Matter , and was selected for an inside cover image .
Hui-Shun Kuan's paper "Hysteresis, reentrance, and glassy dynamics in systems of self-propelled rods" was published in the latest issue of Physical Review E .
Today Robert Blackwell successfully defended his PhD thesis in Physics. His dissertation title is "Modeling cytoskeletal active matter systems." Congratulations Dr. Blackwell!
Robert Blackwell's paper (with Tony Gao) "Multiscale modeling and simulation of microtubule/motor protein assemblies" was published in Physical Review E .
Hui-Shun Kuan's paper "Hysteresis, reentrance, and glassy dynamics in systems of self-propelled rods" was accepted for publication in Physical Review E .
We study a physical model of filaments, crosslinking motors, and static crosslinkers to dissect the microscopic mechanisms of active stress generation in a two-dimensional system of orientationally aligned rods.
Robert Blackwell's paper "Microscopic origins of anisotropic active stress in motor-driven nematic liquid crystals" was published online in Soft Matter.
