Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Biomolecular Condensates I

Presentations

• Understanding the Effect of Stereochemistry on Peptide-based Polyelectrolyte Complexation

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Kaleb Chan

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Kaleb Chan

    • University of Virginia

  • Phillip Taylor

    • University of Virginia

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• Charge Stabilization and Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Phase Separation

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • J. Pedro de Souza

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • J. Pedro de Souza

    • Princeton University

  • Andrew Vodinh-Ho

  • Howard Stone

    • Princeton University

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• Design Principles for Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles: Insights from Thermodynamics and Structure

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Vishnu Dharmaraj

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Vishnu Dharmaraj

    • University of Chicago

  • Yun Fang

  • Matthew Tirrell

    • University of Chicago

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• Models for Correlation-Based Attractions in Particle-Polymer Coacervation

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Sirikarn Phuangthong

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Yun-Ju Chen

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Sing

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Molecular Drivers of Oligonucleotide Polyelectrolyte Complex Assembly, Stability, and Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Aasim Hussain

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Aasim Hussain

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Emily Kim

  • John Sansalone

  • Amrita Arora

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Joshua Scheel

  • Khaled AboulFotouh

  • Edward Zhuang

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Ysabel Palacios

  • Narayana Aluru

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Alexander Marras

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Nano-coacervates from in-situ Polymerization of Dipolar-driven Mesomorphic State surviving in harsh environments

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Di Jia

    • Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Authors

  • Di Jia

    • Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Ming Lun Li

  • Yiming Yang

  • Yusen Jie

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• Eletrical modulation of glass transtion in polyelectrolyte complexes

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • HyeongJun Kim

    • Sogang University

  Authors

  • HyeongJun Kim

    • Sogang University

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• Swelling equilibria, dynamics, and rheology of charged coacervate gels

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Cheng-Han Li

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Cheng-Han Li

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Kuo Chen

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Interpretable prediction of multicomponent IDR phase separation with quantitative accuracy

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Zhuang Liu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Zhuang Liu

    • Princeton University

  • Beijia Yuan

    • Princeton University

  • William Jacobs

    • Princeton University

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• Unconventional Structure-Dynamics Coupling in Polyzwitterion- Polyelectrolyte Aqueous Mixtures

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Siao-Fong Li

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Siao-Fong Li

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Panagiotis Christakopoulos

  • Jan-Michael Carrillo

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Piotr Zolnierczuk

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Rajeev Kumar

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Sticky Interactions Govern Sequence-Dependent Dynamics in Biomolecular Condensates

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: Muthukumar, Keerthivasan, Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, Young C. Kim, and Jeetain Mittal. "Sticky Interactions Govern Sequence-Dependent Dynamics in Biomolecular Condensates." bioRxiv (2025): 2025-07.

  Presenters

  • Keerthivasan Muthukumar

    • Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Keerthivasan Muthukumar

    • Texas A&M University

  • Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan

  • Youngchan Kim

  • Jeetain Mittal

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• Hierarchical Dynamics of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Biomolecular Condensates

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Murugappan Muthukumar

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Impact of Charge Placement on Polymer Blend Compatibilization

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Jerrick Edmund

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Jerrick Edmund

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Haley Beech

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Christopher Balzer

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Dan Sun

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • KeRay Chen

  • Glenn Fredrickson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Craig Hawker

  • Rachel Segalman

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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