Matthew Glaser's Publications

Microtubules and motor proteins can form new “bioactive” liquid-crystalline fluids that are intrinsically out of equilibrium and which display complex flows and defect dynamics.

Chen, D. , Heberling, M. , Nakata, M. , Hough, L. E., Maclennan, J. E., Glaser, M. A., Korblova, E. , Walba, D. M., Watanabe, J. and Clark, N. A. (2012). ChemPhysChem, 13: 155-159. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201100589 The B4 liquid crystal phase of bent‐core molecules, a smectic phase of helical nanofilaments,...

Many soft-matter and biophysical systems are composed of monomers that reversibly assemble into rod-like aggregates that can then order into liquid-crystal phases.

L. E. Hough, H. T. Jung, D. Krüerke, M. S. Heberling, M. Nakata, C. D. Jones, D. Chen, D. R. Link, J. Zasadzinski, G. Heppke, J. P. Rabe, W. Stocker, E. Körblova, D. M. Walba, M. A. Glaser, N. A. Clark. Science 24 Jul 2009: Vol. 325, Issue 5939, pp...

L. E. Hough, M. Spannuth, M. Nakata, D. A. Coleman, C. D. Jones, G. Dantlgraber, C. Tschierske, J. Watanabe, E. Körblova, D. M. Walba, J. E. Maclennan, M. A. Glaser , N. A. Clark. Science 24 Jul 2009: Vol. 325, Issue 5939, pp. 452-456 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1170028 A variety of simple...

Proteins from the kinesin-8 family promote microtubule depolymerization, a process thought to be important for the control of microtubule length in living cells.