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Hui-Shun Kuan's paper published in Physical Review E

Dec. 31, 2015

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 .

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Robert Blackwell defended PhD thesis

Dec. 15, 2015

Today Robert Blackwell successfully defended his PhD thesis in Physics. His dissertation title is "Modeling cytoskeletal active matter systems." Congratulations Dr. Blackwell!

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Robert Blackwell's paper published in Physical Review E

Dec. 10, 2015

Robert Blackwell's paper (with Tony Gao) "Multiscale modeling and simulation of microtubule/motor protein assemblies" was published in Physical Review E .

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Garrek Stemo received UROP award and joined the group

Dec. 9, 2015

Garrek Stemo received a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) award and joined the group. His project title is “Generation of active stresses in microtubule-motor mixtures”.

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Hui-Shun Kuan's paper accepted by Physical Review E

Nov. 24, 2015

Hui-Shun Kuan's paper "Hysteresis, reentrance, and glassy dynamics in systems of self-propelled rods" was accepted for publication in Physical Review E .

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Robert Blackwell's paper published online in Soft Matter

Nov. 23, 2015

Robert Blackwell's paper "Microscopic origins of anisotropic active stress in motor-driven nematic liquid crystals" was published online in Soft Matter.

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Meredith Betterton awarded NSF EAGER grant

Sept. 1, 2015

Meredith Betterton was awarded a National Science Foundation grant DMR 1551095, "EAGER: Biophysical theory of mitotic spindle length instability and self assembly."

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Adam Lamson awarded Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

June 17, 2015

Adam Lamson received an NIH/CU Molecular Biophysics Training Scholarship for 2015-16 through the Molecular Biophysics program .

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Robert Blackwell's paper published in Physical Review Letters

Jan. 27, 2015

Robert Blackwell's paper (with Tony Gao) "Multiscale polar theory of microtubule and motor-protein assemblies" was published in Physical Review Letters .

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