Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Biomolecular Condensates II

Presentations

• Investigating Phase Boundaries of Crowded Polyelectrolyte Complex CoacervatesSystems

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Arthur Odenheimer

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Arthur Odenheimer

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Atanu Baksi

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Vihar Trada

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Justin Caram

    • UCLA

  • Jonathan K. Whitmer

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Samanvaya Srivastava

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Biomolecules for non-biological things: Peptide ‘Bundlemer’ design for model polyelectrolyte nanoparticle creation and hierarchical solution assembly

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Darrin J Pochan

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Darrin J Pochan

    • University of Delaware

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• Biophysics of Disordered Protein/RNA Condensates

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Ashok Deniz

    • Scripps Research

  Authors

  • Ashok Deniz

    • Scripps Research

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• Coacervate-based bioreactors for enzyme cascades

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Aoon Rizvi

    • University of California Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Aoon Rizvi

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Varun Maheshwari

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Vihar Trada

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Samanvaya Srivastava

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Ion Selective Membrane Enabled by Specific Ion Interactions in Cationic Polyelectrolyte Coacervates

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: [1] Aubrecht, F. J.; Orme, K.; Saul, A.; Cai, H.; Ranathunge, T. A.; Silberstein, M. N.; McDonald, B. R. Ion-Specific Interactions Engender Dynamic and Tailorable Properties in Biomimetic Cationic Polyelectrolytes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63 (41), e202408673. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202408673.

  Presenters

  • Jowon Shin

    • Sogang University

  Authors

  • Jowon Shin

    • Sogang University

  • Hyeong Jun Kim

    • Sogang University

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• Correlating Mobile Ion Radius with Ion Transport Activation Energy in Single-Ion Conducting Polymers

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: Singh, H.; Popov, I.; Lehmann, M. L.; Rahman, M. A.; Schweizer, K. S.; Kumar, R.; Saito, T.; Sokolov, A. P.; Gainaru, C. P. Revisiting the Role of Mobile Ion Size for the Activation Barrier of Charge Transport in Single Ion Conducting Polymers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2025, 7 (15), 9661-9668.

  Presenters

  • Harmandeep Singh

    • University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Harmandeep Singh

    • University of Tennessee

  • Catalin P Gainaru

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Ivan Popov

    • University of Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Michelle L Lehmann

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Anisur Rahman

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Kenneth Steven Schweizer

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Rajeev Kumar

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Tomonori Saito

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Alexei P Sokolov

    • University of Tennessee
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Quantitative Analysis of Enzyme Partitioning and Interfacial Stabilization in Polyelectrolyte Coacervates

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Vihar Trada

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Vihar Trada

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Caitlyn Fick

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Varun Maheshwari

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Aoon Rizvi

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Samanvaya Srivastava

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Enzymatic Degradation of Precipitates and the Processing of Coacervate Droplets of Cellulose-Derived Materials to Study Phase Transitions

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Whitney C Blocher McTigue

    • Lehigh University

  Authors

  • Whitney C Blocher McTigue

    • Lehigh University

  • Chaeyoung Lim

    • Lehigh University

  • Ana L Stopanovski Becker

    • Lehigh University

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• Complex Formation of Biopolymers through Electrochemical Process

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: -

  Presenters

  • Santanu Kundu

    • Mississippi State University

  Authors

  • Somanath Pallapolu

    • Mississippi State University

  • Mohammad Moinul Hossain

    • Mississippi State University

  • Logan T. Kearney

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Amit K Naskar

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Santanu Kundu

    • Mississippi State University

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• Starch Granules as Programmable Nucleation Sites for DNA Nanostar Self-Assembly

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Ian M Lillie

    • University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Ian M Lillie

    • University of San Diego

  • Ashlee D McGovern

    • University of San Diego

  • Peter M Iovine

    • University of San Diego

  • Rae M Robertson-Anderson

    • University of San Diego
    • university of San Diego

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• Identifying liquid-liquid phase boundaries in multicomponent mixtures forming coacervates

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Lynn M Walker

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Lynn M Walker

    • University of Minnesota

  • Olivia Haider

    • University of Minnesota

  • Jamie Schuberth

    • University of Minnesota

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

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• RNA-Polycation complex: too strong a binding

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Aman Agrawal

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Aman Agrawal

    • University of Chicago

  • Matthew V Tirrell

    • University of Chicago
    • The University of Chicago

  • Jack W Szostak

    • University of Chicago
    • University Of Chicago

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