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

Presentations

• Lipids Facilitate Protein Assembly at Membranes through Prewetting

  Invited-In-person · 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-In-person

  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 Ross

    • Syracuse University

  • J. M. Schwarz

    • Syracuse University

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• Physical Mechanisms of Vacuole Formation in Liquid Condensates

  Oral-In-person

  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 Haugerud

  • Christoph Weber

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

  Oral-In-person

  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 Saleh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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

  Oral-In-person

  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

  • Elio Abbondanzieri

  • Anne Meyer

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • JI QI

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • JI QI

    • Princeton University

  • Mikko Haataja

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• Signal transduction through nonequilibrium nucleation of prewet surface condensates

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Yu Fu

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Yu Fu

    • Yale University

  • Mason Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  • Ben Machta

    • Yale University

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• DNA Supercoiling Facilitates Co-Condensation with Proteins

  Oral-In-person

  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

  • Andrej Kosmrlj

    • Princeton University

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• Processing multimodal information with structure via prewetting phase transitions

  Invited-In-person · Invited

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

  Presenters

  • Mason Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Mason Rouches

    • University of Chicago

  • Isabella Graf

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• Interfacial Effects Determine Nonequilibrium Phase Behaviors in Chemically Driven Fluids

  Oral-In-person

  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 Jacobs

    • Princeton University

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• Unjamming of Multiphase DNA Liquids in 2D

  Oral-In-person

  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 Saleh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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