Biomolecular Condensates III: Beyond Phase Separation: Thermodynamic Phase Transitions that Structure the Cellular Environment

Presentations

• Lipids Facilitate Protein Assembly at Membranes through Prewetting

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: Bagheri, Rouches, Machta, and Veatch, "The membrane transition strongly enhances biopolymer condensation through prewetting" Nat. Chem. Biol (2025) in press.

  Presenters

  • Sarah Veatch

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Sarah Veatch

    • University of Michigan

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• Percolating Network of Polymer Condensates Driven by Active Particles

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Ligesh Theeyancheri

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Ligesh Theeyancheri

    • Syracuse University

  • Kevin Ching

    • Syracuse University

  • Jennifer L Ross

    • Syracuse University

  • Jennifer M Schwarz

    • Syracuse University
    • syracuse university

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• Physical Mechanisms of Vacuole Formation in Liquid Condensates

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Pranay Jaiswal

    • University of Augsburg

  Authors

  • Pranay Jaiswal

    • University of Augsburg

  • Ivar S Haugerud

    • University of Augsburg

  • Christoph A Weber

    • University of Augsburg
    • Insitute of Physics, University of Augsburg
    • Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg

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• Diffusive and enzymatic modulation of the dynamic size distribution of DNA droplets

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Michio Tateno

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Michio Tateno

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Omar A. Saleh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Modeling Dps-DNA condensate formation in starved E. coli

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Soumik Mitra

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Soumik Mitra

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Alberto Alonso

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Luke Studt

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Elio A Abbondanzieri

    • University of Rochester

  • Anne S Meyer

    • University of Rochester

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Theoretical study of liquid–liquid phase separation in elastic and inelastic networks

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • JI QI

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • JI QI

    • Princeton University

  • Mikko P Haataja

    • Princeton University

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• Signal transduction through nonequilibrium nucleation of prewet surface condensates

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Yu Fu

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Yu Fu

    • Yale University

  • Mason N Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  • Ben Machta

    • Yale University

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• DNA Supercoiling Facilitates Co-Condensation with Proteins

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sihan Liu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Sihan Liu

    • Princeton University

  • Hongbo Zhao

    • University of California San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Andrej Kosmrlj

    • Princeton University

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• Processing multimodal information with structure via prewetting phase transitions

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Mason N Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Mason N Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  • Isabella R Graf

    • EMBL

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• Interfacial Effects Determine Nonequilibrium Phase Behaviors in Chemically Driven Fluids

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 18, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Y. Cho, W.M. Jacobs, Interfacial Effects Determine Nonequilibrium Phase Behaviors in Chemically Driven Fluids, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122, e2501145122

  Presenters

  • Yongick Cho

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • Yongick Cho

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • William M Jacobs

    • Princeton University

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• Unjamming of Multiphase DNA Liquids in 2D

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 18, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sam Wilken

    • Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

  Authors

  • Sam Wilken

    • Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

  • Aria Chaderjian

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Omar A. Saleh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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