We model biological machinery in healthy and diseased states using approaches from soft matter physics and statistical mechanics, often driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Our current interests include cell reshaping and cutting by active filaments, protein assembly under chemical and mechanical gradients, and pathological amyloid aggregation. We closely collaborate with experimental colleagues on a range of systems, from living cells to synthetic settings. We are situated at IST Austria, close to Vienna, and are also affiliated with University College London.
- 01/24 Andela shared the Soft matter Lectureship.
- 11/23 We enjoyed science & planning our future research on a group retreat in the Alps.
- 06/23 Maitane joined us for her postdoc and Juraj & Mau joined us as PhD students!
- 06/22 Felix, Adam, Valerio joined us for their postdocs!
- 02/22 Anne’s paper on collagen assembly won the Biophysical Journal paper of the year award !
- 01/22 Lena & Anne’s work on the ESCRT-III-driven cell division, in collab with the Baum lab, is out in PNAS.
- 01/22 We have moved from UCL to IST Austria in Jan 2022.
NEW: 2 Postdoc positions
By Anđela / April 8, 2024
Positions are available from June 2024.
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Andela selected as EMBO Young Investigator 2020
By Anđela / January 12, 2021
Thirty newly selected Young Investigators.
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Group punting down the river Cam
By Anđela / July 17, 2019
We punted, we picnicked, we (accidentally) swam...
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