Poster Session II: Biological Physics (12:00PM-3:00PM MT)

Presentations

• Role of Intrinsically Disordered Regions in Transcription Factor Binding Specificity

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Alexander Turek

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Alexander Turek

    • Brandeis University

  • Jane Kondev

    • Brandeis Univ

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• Enhanced sampling of protein conformational changes via true reaction coordinates from energy relaxation

  POSTER

  Publication: H. Li, A. Ma, Enhanced sampling of protein conformational changes via true reaction coordinates from energy relaxation. Nature Communications 16 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Huiyu Li

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  Authors

  • Huiyu Li

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Ao Ma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Illinois Chicago

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• af2rave protocol generates reaction coordinates transferable across select kinases

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Vanessa Judith Meraz

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Vanessa Judith Meraz

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Da Teng

    • University of Maryland

  • Akashnathan Aranganathan

    • University of Maryland

  • Pratyush Tiwary

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Molecular crowding effects on the internal dynamics of proteins

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Laura-Roxana Stingaciu

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Laura-Roxana Stingaciu

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Colloidal stabilization of proteins via weak adsorption of amino acids onto surface patches

  POSTER

  Publication: T. Mao et al. Stabilizing effect of amino acids on protein and colloidal dispersions. Nature 645, 915–921 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09506-w

  Presenters

  • Karim Al Zahabi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Karim Al Zahabi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alfredo Alexander-Katz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Computational Investigation Reveals the Autoinhibitory Mechanism of the SERCA2b C-Terminal Extension

  POSTER

  Publication: Ma, Rulong and Briggs, James M., The Autoinhibition Mechanism of the C-Terminal Extension of Human Serca2b. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4871206 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4871206

  Presenters

  • Rulong Ma

    • Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204.

  Authors

  • Rulong Ma

    • Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204.

  • James M Briggs

    • Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204.

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• From Alanine Dipeptide to Glycerol-3-phosphate transpor: Invariant PMFs and Rates

  POSTER

  Publication: A. Fakharzadeh, C. Goolsby, E. Tajkhorshid, and M. Moradi, "Thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of protein conformational dynamics within a Riemannian diffusion formalism." (Under review at J. Phys. Chem. A).
  A. Fakharzadeh, J. Losey, C. Goolsby, E. Tajkhorshid, and M. Moradi, "Along-the-path Markov
  models for state transition in membrane transporters." (Ready for submission).

  Presenters

  • Ashkan Fakharzadeh

    • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA - CHAMPAIGN

  Authors

  • Ashkan Fakharzadeh

    • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA - CHAMPAIGN

  • Emad Tajkhorshid

    • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA - CHAMPAIGN

  • Mahmoud Moradi

    • University of Arkansas

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• Spontaneous insertion of Aβ42 dimers but not monomers into a cholesterol-rich lipid bilayer

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Rachit Pandey

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Rachit Pandey

    • Drexel University

  • Brian Andrews

    • Drexel University

  • Brigita Urbanc

    • Drexel University

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• Label-free Microscope for Pancreatic Cancer Detection

  POSTER

  Publication: Microscopic nucleic acid-to-protein ratio: A label-free approach for
  pancreatic cancer detection

  Presenters

  • Emmanuel C Ogberefor

    • University of Denver

  Authors

  • Emmanuel C Ogberefor

    • University of Denver

  • Sky Gao

    • University of Denver

  • Keerthi Jangili

    • North Dakota Sate University

  • Alfred Akinlalu

    • University Of Denver
    • University of Denver

  • Tommy Gao

    • University of Denver

  • Kalpana Devaraj

    • University Of Colorado School of Medicine

  • Dali Sun

    • University of Denver

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• A Mechano-chemical Model for γTuRC-mediated Microtubule Nucleation

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Kenneth K Tsui

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  Authors

  • Kenneth K Tsui

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Ao Ma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Illinois Chicago

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• Non-equilibrium tubulin conformational transitions drive microtubule dynamic instability

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ao Ma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Illinois Chicago

  Authors

  • Ao Ma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Illinois Chicago

  • Shannon Stewman

    • University of Illinois Chicago

  • Kenneth K Tsui

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

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• Effects of Macromolecular Crowding on Gelsolin-Mediated Actin Filament Mechanics and Severing Activities

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Taylor Douglas

    • University of Central Florida

  Authors

  • Taylor Douglas

    • University of Central Florida

  • Sydney A Paulin

    • University of Central Florida

  • Ephraim T Weiss

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Giosue A Pagan

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Ellen Hyeran Kang

    • University of Central Florida

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• Characterization of the Mechanism Behind Microtubule Dynamic Instability Using Artifiical Intelligence

  POSTER

  Publication: Usage of Artificial Neural Networks to Probe the Mechanism of Dynamic Instability (planned)

  Presenters

  • Alexander W Simmons

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Alexander W Simmons

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Walter J Scheirer

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Holly V Goodson

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Microplastics as Moving Bugs within Model Cell Tissues

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Xinyu Luo

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Sun-Min Yu

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Xinyu Luo

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Steve Granick

    • Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of massachusetts, Amherst

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• Probing the Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Membrane Fusion and Endocytosis

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • COLLIN CAMPBELL

    • University of Denver

  Authors

  • COLLIN CAMPBELL

    • University of Denver

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• Evaluating the Dynamics and Interplay of Active and Passive Intercellular Transport

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Madeleine M Pham

    • Scripps College

  Authors

  • Madeleine M Pham

    • Scripps College

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• Induced Order and Reciprocal Disorder in DPPC/DOPC Asymmetric Membranes.

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Keheliya Kudahewa

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University

  Authors

  • Keheliya Kudahewa

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University

  • Juyang Huang

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tx

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• A phase diagram for active phase separation on lipid membranes

  POSTER

  Publication: Manuscript in preparation

  Presenters

  • Damiano Andreghetti

    • Polytechnic University of Turin

  Authors

  • Damiano Andreghetti

    • Polytechnic University of Turin

  • Alfredo Braunstein

    • Polytechnic University of Turin

  • Luca Dall'Asta

    • Polytechnic University of Turin

  • Andrea Gamba

    • Polytechnic University of Turin

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• Gravitationally induced oscillations of active droplets

  POSTER

  Publication: Reference for experimental part : Sastre, J., Thatte, A., Bergmann, A.M. et al. Size control and oscillations of active droplets in synthetic cells. Nat Commun 16, 2003 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57240-8
  
  Planned paper "Gravitattionally induced oscillations of active droplets"

  Presenters

  • Advait A Thatte

    • Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg

  Authors

  • Advait A Thatte

    • Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg

  • Judit Sastre

    • Technical University of Munich

  • Job Boekhoven

    • Technical University of Munich

  • Christoph A Weber

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

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• Tracking Fast Oligomerization Kinetics in Poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) Mediated Condensates Using Low-Volume, Multi-Angle DLS

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ginger Geng

    • Swabian Instruments

  Authors

  • Ginger Geng

    • Swabian Instruments

  • Meenakshi Pillai

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Mohit Agarwal

    • Swabian Instruments

  • Anthony K Leung

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Mireia Perera-González

    • Swabian Instruments USA
    • Swabian Instruments

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• Predicting the Interfacial Energy and Morphology of DNA Condensates

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Sihan Liu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Sihan Liu

    • Princeton University

  • Andrej Kosmrlj

    • Princeton University

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• Harnessing a vast natural dataset to comprehensively characterize biological protein condensation

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Colm V Murphy

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Colm V Murphy

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Sebastian D Velez

    • Dept. of Chem & Biochem, Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX 78666

  • Karen A Lewis

    • Dept. of Chem & Biochem, Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX 78666

  • Dominique A Ramirez

    • BioFrontiers Institute, Univ of CO Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80303

  • Steve T Whitten

    • Dept. of Chem & Biochem, Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX 78666;

  • Loren E Hough

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Vanessa Hernandez

    • Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX 78666

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• A Model for de-novo Epigenetic Knock-Outs and the Histone Code

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Soren Christopher Kyhl

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Soren Christopher Kyhl

    • University of Chicago

  • Juan de Pablo

    • New York University
    • NYU

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• Impact of Polar Bear Hair Microstructure and Young’s Modulus on Thermal Properties: A Luminescence Investigation

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Debendra Timsina

    • Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis

  Authors

  • Debendra Timsina

    • Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis

  • Stephen W Allison

    • Emerging Measurements
    • Emerging Measurements, Collierville, TN, 38017

  • Emily E Puckett

    • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis

  • Firouzeh Sabri

    • Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis

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• Role of the mechanical microenvironment in modulating transcriptional bursting dynamics

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Mikayla Greiner

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Mikayla Greiner

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Vishavdeep Vashisht

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Diana A Stavreva

    • National Institutes of Health

  • Gordon L Hager

    • National Institutes of Health

  • Arpita Upadhyaya

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Biophysics of Drug–DNA Interactions: Single-Molecule AFM, Modeling, and Machine Learning

  POSTER

  Publication: Lu, P. , Meyer, A.C., Karbach, M., & Muller, G. "Environmental effects on the elastic response of molecular chains to tension and torque: Softening, intercalation, hysteresis, irreversibility." (Forthcoming, 2025)
  Meyer, A.C., Karbach, M., Lu, P., & Muller, G. "Mechanical response to tension and torque of molecular chains from statistically interacting particles associated with extension, contraction, twist, and supercoiling." Phys. Rev. E, 105, 064502 (2022).

  Presenters

  • Ping Lu

    • Campbellsville University

  Authors

  • Ping Lu

    • Campbellsville University

  • Gerhard Muller

    • University of Rhode Island

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• Biolocial Systems are AI Antithesis.

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Margaret I Pullen

    • Evergreen Applied Research

  Authors

  • Margaret I Pullen

    • Evergreen Applied Research

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• Nonequilibrium Remodeling of Collagen IV Networks in Silico

  POSTER

  Publication: "Nonequilibrium Remodeling of Collagen IV Networks in Silico" Billie Meadowcroft, Valerio Sorichetti, Eryk Ratajczyk, Fernanda Pérez-Verdugo, Nargess Khalilgharibi, Yanlan Mao, Ivan Palaia and Anđela Šarić PRX Life 3, 033019 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1103/gdd5-rnh7

  Presenters

  • Billie Meadowcroft

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Billie Meadowcroft

    • University of Chicago

  • Andela Saric

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Ivan Palaia

    • Kings College London

  • Valerio Sorichetti

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • Fernanda Pérez-Verdugo

    • Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

  • Yanlan Mao

    • University College London

  • Eryk Ratajczyk

    • Oxford University

  • Nargess Khalilgharibi

    • University College London

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• Mechanics and polarization of large syncytial cells across length scales

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Mason Miguel

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Mason Miguel

    • Brandeis University

  • Caroline S Martin

    • Brandeis University

  • Hannah G Yevick

    • Brandeis University

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• Efficient co-programming of intercellular mechanics and signaling for complex developmental patterns

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Guoye Guan

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  Authors

  • Guoye Guan

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • Qianli Zhang

    • Peking University

  • Xiangyu Kuang

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Lei Zhang

    • Peking University

  • Chao Tang

    • Peking University

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• Blood thinners: antithrombin-independent effects of low-molecular-weight heparin on fibrin fiber mechanics

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Zachary C Carlson

    • University of Richmond

  Authors

  • Zachary C Carlson

    • University of Richmond

  • Christine Helms

    • University of Richmond

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• Intracellular Crowding Alters Cell Mechanics and Dynamics during Aging

  POSTER

  Publication: Submitted to PNAS. "Aging Changes Cell Mechanics and Dynamics with a Backbone of Cytoplasmic Crowding"

  Presenters

  • Lani Lee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Lani Lee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yuechuan Lin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Krishna Penumatsa

    • Tufts Medical Center

  • Peter So

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ming Guo

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Learning Biological Patterns with Differentiable Reaction-Diffusion Systems

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Harry Kroft

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Harry Kroft

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Fatih Dinc

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Boris I Shraiman

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• A tension-based morphogenesis model of retinal fovea development

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Hart A Hancock

    • University of Northern Colorado

  Authors

  • Hart A Hancock

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Indigo S Peppard

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Tyler A Engstrom

    • University of Northern Colorado

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• Packing of Cells in a Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacterium.

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Feriel Zekri

    • Clark University

  Authors

  • Feriel Zekri

    • Clark University

  • Alexander P Petroff

    • Clark University

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• Replicating foveal pit formation and evolution in a synthetic eye

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ryan Otten-Reimer

    • University of Northern Colorado

  Authors

  • Ryan Otten-Reimer

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Andrea James

    • University of Northern Colorado

  • Tyler A Engstrom

    • University of Northern Colorado

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• Wormlet Spreading Dynamics: Probing the Viscoelastic Fluid-like Behavior of Entangled Active Worm Droplets

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Paulami Sarkar

    • Georgia Institute Of Technology

  Authors

  • Paulami Sarkar

    • Georgia Institute Of Technology

  • Tom Marzin

    • Cornell University
    • Princeton University

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• The Microbial Cocktail Party: Collective Communication of Spirostomum in Turbulent Noise

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Kevin S Ly

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Kevin S Ly

    • Stanford University

  • Ray Chang

    • Stanford University

  • Manu Prakash

    • Stanford University

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• Harnessing the collective motion of the Nematode, T. aceti to generate on demand rotational fluid flows

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ashley Lynn Robinson

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Ashley Lynn Robinson

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Anton Peshkov

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Collective states of the nematode Turbatrix Aceti inside Viscous Fluids

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Chris Nguyen

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Chris Nguyen

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Cyanobacteria gliding in three dimensions

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Isabelle Eisenmann

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Isabelle Eisenmann

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Elias Sijl

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Yuri Sinzato

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

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• Probing Pathogenic Biofilm Mechanics under Host-Like Conditions

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Kiera J Croland

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Kiera J Croland

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Life on a Surface: Spatial Structure in Microbial Communities

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Rachel Porter

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Rachel Porter

    • Stanford University

  • Kerwyn C Huang

    • Stanford University

  • Mengren Wu

    • Stanford University

  • Sindy K Tang

    • Stanford University

  • Annatoma Arif

    • Stanford University

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• Predictability of Evolution in Fluctuating Environments Despite History-Dependent Fitness Effects

  POSTER

  Publication: Shaili Mathur, Clare Abreu, Jonas Cremer, Dmitri Petrov "Predictability of Evolution in Fluctuating Environments Despite History-Dependent Fitness Effects" (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Shaili Mathur

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Shaili Mathur

    • Stanford University

  • Clare I Abreu

    • Stanford University

  • Jonas Cremer

    • Stanford University

  • Dmitri A Petrov

    • Stanford University

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• Slow spatial migration can help eradicate cooperative antimicrobial resistance in time-varying environments

  POSTER

  Publication: L. Hernández-Navarro, K. Distefano, U. C. Täuber, and M. Mobilia. Slow spatial migration can help eradicate cooperative antimicrobial resistance in time-varying environments, Dec. 2024. arXiv:2501.01939 [q-bio].

  Presenters

  • Kenneth Distefano

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Lluís Hernández-Navarro

    • University of Leeds

  • Kenneth Distefano

    • Virginia Tech

  • Uwe Claus Tauber

    • Virginia Tech

  • Mauro Mobilia

    • Univ of Leeds

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• Stability Transition and Community Structure Shift of Microbial Communities under Antibiotic Stress

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Hanyi Li

    • Tsinghua University

  Authors

  • Hanyi Li

    • Tsinghua University

  • Jiliang Hu

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • William Lopes

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jeffrey Chen Gore

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Emergent ecological regimes from competition between tumor and anti-tumor teams

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Vaibhav Anand

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Vaibhav Anand

    • Northeastern University

  • Herbert Levine

    • Northeastern University
    • Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Northeastern University

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• Emergent Dynamics of Active Collective Swaying Synchronization

  POSTER

  Publication: planning paper

  Presenters

  • Sunny Kumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta (formerly)
    • Georgia Institute of Technology (formerly)

  Authors

  • Sunny Kumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta (formerly)
    • Georgia Institute of Technology (formerly)

  • Ousmane Kodio

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Efficient coding of future position in a brain area important for navigation

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ruixin Qian

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Ruixin Qian

    • University of Chicago

  • Stephanie E Palmer

    • University of Chicago

  • Kyle Bojanek

    • University of Chicago

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• Applying Quantum Mechanics to the Cognitive Functions of the Human Brain

  POSTER

  Publication: Applying Quantum Mechanics to the Cognitive Functions of the Human Brain (Planned Paper)

  Presenters

  • Dominic A Lane

    • Saint Joseph's

  Authors

  • Dominic A Lane

    • Saint Joseph's

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• Robotic Mudskipper for Assessing Efficiency of Hopping on Water

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Maya Angia

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Maya Angia

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ian Bergerson

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Daehyun Choi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• The Physics of Plant Predation: Unfolding the Mechanics behind Drosera capensis Leaf Movement

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Seda Peacher

    • Bryn Mawr College

  Authors

  • Seda Peacher

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Nina Martinez-Diers

    • UCLA

  • Annick C van Blerkom

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Rachel Friedman

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Asja Radja

    • Bryn Mawr College

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• Quantifying Prey-Induced Motion in Drosera capensis

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Annick C van Blerkom

    • Bryn Mawr College

  Authors

  • Annick C van Blerkom

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Seda Peacher

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Rachel Friedman

    • Bryn Mawr College

  • Asja Radja

    • Bryn Mawr College

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• Influence of Substrate Stiffness on Growth, Morphology, and Mechanical Behavior of Penicillium rubens

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Richa S Thakur

    • University of California Merced

  Authors

  • Richa S Thakur

    • University of California Merced

  • Arvind Gopinath

    • University of California, Merced

  • Clarissa J Nobile

    • University of California Merced ( School of Natural sciences)
    • University of California, Merced

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• AI-Driven Virtual Teaching Assistant (ViTA) to Advance Interdisciplinary Graduate Training in Medical Biophysics

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Ramakrishna Podila

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • Ramakrishna Podila

    • Clemson University

  • Laura Finzi

    • Emory University

  • Emil G Alexov

    • Clemson University

  • Danielle Herro

    • Clemson University

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• Modeling the dynamics of multipartite viruses

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Hana M Dobrovolny

    • Texas Christian University

  Authors

  • Hana M Dobrovolny

    • Texas Christian University

  • Maanya Polavarapu

    • Texas Christian University

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• Conformational landscape of the HBV capsid CAM binding site revealed by all-atom MD simulations and unsupervised learning

  POSTER

  Publication: Mechanistic insights into CAM-induced disruption of HBV capsids revealed by all-atom MD simulations
  Carolina Pérez-Segura, Boon Chong Goh, Jodi A. Hadden-Perilla
  bioRxiv 2025.09.24.678444; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.24.678444

  Presenters

  • Carolina Perez Segura

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Carolina Perez Segura

    • University of Delaware

  • Jodi A Hadden-Perilla

    • University of Delaware

  • Boon Chong Goh

    • Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre

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• A Unified Scientific Framework, Beyond Topology: Viscoelectric, Plastic, Active and Self-Propelled Geometric Unification

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Madison J Newell

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

  Authors

  • Madison J Newell

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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• Studying the Effects of Noise in Spatial Cell Population Dynamics

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Madhav Nair

    • Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Madhav Nair

    • Texas A&M University

  • Paras Jain

    • Indian Institute of Science

  • Mohit Kumar Jolly

    • Indian Institute of Science
    • Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

  • Jason T George

    • Texas A&M University
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University

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• Information processing of motile bacteria

  POSTER

  Presenters

  • Yipeng Xu

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  Authors

  • Yipeng Xu

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• Spontaneous Hair Bundle Oscillations in the Bullfrog Amphibian Papilla

  POSTER

  Publication: Vaido D, Toderi MA, Bozovic D. On spontaneous oscillations of hair bundles in the amphibian papilla. Hear Res. 2025 May;460:109238. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2025.109238. Epub 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40120192.

  Presenters

  • Dzmitry Vaido

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Dzmitry Vaido

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Martín A Toderi

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Dolores Bozovic

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Investigating conditions of perfect adaptation in equilibrium signaling networks

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  • Lucy Sullivan

    • Yale University

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  • Lucy Sullivan

    • Yale University

  • Purushottam D Dixit

    • Yale University

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• Automated Drug Design Pipeline Integrating Deep Learning-Based Docking and Molecular Dynamics

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  • Tony E Astuhuaman Davila

    • Missouri State University

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  • Tony E Astuhuaman Davila

    • Missouri State University

  • Ridwan Sakidja

    • Missouri State University

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• Seeing the Flow: Analyzing Coral–Flow Interactions Through Particle Image Velocimetry

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  • Catherine Kirk

    • Society of Physics Students (SPS)

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  • Catherine Kirk

    • Society of Physics Students (SPS)

  • Asja Radja

    • Bryn Mawr College

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• Motion of Magnetotactic Bacteria through a Three-Dimensional Pore Space

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  Publication: https://elifesciences.org/articles/104797. The poster will be presenting a continuation of our research that builds off the findings in this paper.

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  • Vladislav Kelin

    • Clark University

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  • Vladislav Kelin

    • Clark University

  • Julia Hernandez

    • Clark University

  • Alexander P Petroff

    • Clark University

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• Study of detailed balance in an active matter system through Multicellular magnetotactic bacteria

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  • Nina Radchenko-Hannafin

    • Clark University

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  • Nina Radchenko-Hannafin

    • Clark University

  • Alexander P Petroff

    • Clark University

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• Representational Drift from Local Synaptic Learning in Recurrent Circuits

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  • Qiwei Yu

    • Princeton University

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  • Qiwei Yu

    • Princeton University

  • David Hathcock

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Yuhai Tu

    • Flatiron Institute

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• A unified model of cortico-hippocampal interactions through neural field theory

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  • Richa Phogat

    • The University of Newcastle

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  • Richa Phogat

    • The University of Newcastle

  • Anna Behler

    • The University of Newcastle
    • The University Of Newcastle, Australia

  • Saurabh Sonkusare

    • The University of Newcastle
    • The University Of Newcastle, Australia

  • James C Pang

    • Monash University, Australia

  • Nikitas Koussis

    • The University of Newcastle, Australia
    • The University Of Newcastle, Australia

  • James A Roberts

    • QIMR Berghofer
    • QIMR Berghofer, Australia

  • Jordan DeKraker

    • McGill University, Canada

  • James M Shine

    • The University of Sydney, Australia

  • Alex Fornito

    • Monash University, Australia

  • Peter Alexander Robinson

    • University of Sydney

  • Michael Breakspear

    • The University of Newcastle, Australia
    • The University of Newcastle

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• Place Cells as Position Embeddings of Multi-Step Random Walk Transition Kernels — Euclideanized and Sparsified Cognitive Maps for Path Planning

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  Publication: Zhao M., Xu D., Kong D., Zhang W.-H., Wu Y. (2025). Place Cells as Position Embeddings of Multi-Step Random Walk Transition Kernels — Euclideanized and Sparsified Cognitive Maps for Path Planning. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025). Pre-print available at arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14806

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  • Deqian Kong

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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  • Deqian Kong

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Minglu Zhao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Development of an Aptamer Design Method Using Quantum Annealing

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  • Katsunori Horii

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

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  • Katsunori Horii

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Seijiro Muramoto

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Hirotaka Yagi

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Katsuyuki Koike

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Yukitoshi Katayama

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Yuna Imaizumi

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Takashi Takagi

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Yuya Ishibashi

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Eri Hamada

    • NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

  • Katsuaki Tomoyori

    • Defense Innovation Science & Technology Institute

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• Coupled Transcriptional and Translational Bursting Shapes Gene Expression Noise

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  Publication: Mahim, Anandmohan Ghosh and Ajeet K. Sharma Physics Review E (in press, 2025)

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  • Ajeet Kumar Sharma

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu

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  • Ajeet Kumar Sharma

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu

  • Mahima .

    • Indian Institute of Technology Jammu

  • Anandamohan Ghosh

    • IISER Kolkata

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• The Physics of Nanocell Drug Kinetics in Combined Glioblastoma Therapy 

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  • Ahmet Asim Önce

    • Galatasaray High School

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  • Ahmet Asim Önce

    • Galatasaray High School

  • Alp M Mutlu

    • TEVITOL

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• How Can Cell Clusters Migrate in One Direction While Mechanical Forces on the Cell Membrane Are Balanced?

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  Publication: Sato K (2023), A cell membrane model that reproduces cortical flow-driven cell migration and collective movement. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 11: 1126819.

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  • Katsuhiko Sato

    • University of Toyama

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  • Katsuhiko Sato

    • University of Toyama

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• Label-Free DNA Secondary Structure Analysis using an Innovative Elliptical Dichroism Spectrometer

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  • Tommy Gao

    • University of Denver

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  • Tommy Gao

    • University of Denver

  • Dali Sun

    • University of Denver

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• Modeling collective cell motion in spatio-temporally varying electric fields

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  • Valerie A Hanes

    • Whitworth University

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  • Valerie A Hanes

    • Whitworth University

  • John M Larkin

    • Whitworth University

  • Jonathan E Dawson

    • Whitworth University

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• Regulation of flagellar motor mechanosensitivity by stator pool size

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  Publication: Planned Papers: Brennen M. Wise and Navish Wadhwa, Regulation of flagellar motor mechanosensitivity by stator pool size, (2025)

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  • Brennen M Wise

    • Arizona State University

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  • Brennen M Wise

    • Arizona State University

  • Navish Wadhwa

    • Arizona State University

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• Labyrinthula - An underwater microbial railway network

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  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.01.646626 (Accepted to Journal of The Royal Society Interface)
  
  Paper planned Early 2026

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  • Joseph M Knight

    • University of Edinburgh

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  • Joseph M Knight

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Decay in transcriptional information flow is a hallmark of cellular aging

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  Publication: We are planning to submit a paper on this work

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  • Brooke Emison

    • Yale University

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  • Brooke Emison

    • Yale University

  • Christopher W Lynn

    • Yale University

  • Fabrisia Ambrosio

    • Harvard University

  • Andrew Mugler

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Purushottam D Dixit

    • Yale University

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