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.
- 06/22 Andela’s been awarded the 2022 P. G. De Geness Award at the X. meeting “From Solid State to BioPhysics” .
- 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.
- 11/21 We are moving from UCL to IST Austria in Jan 2022.
- 09/21 Alex’s & Ivan’s work on durotaxis of passive nanoparticles is out in ACS Nano.
- 12/20 Johannes’s paper on amyloid nucleation on fluid membranes is out in PNAS.
- 12/20 Andela joins the EMBO Young Investigators Programme.
- 11/20 We artificially evolved membrane-reshaping structures, now out in Phys Rev Lett.
- 11/20 How collagen got its stripes? Anne’s paper is on the cover of Biophys J.
- 09/20 Our collaboration with the Roux lab on ESCRT-driven membrane reshaping is out in Cell.
- 08/20 We developed a minimal model for archaeal cell division, with the Baum lab in Science.
FILLED! 2 Postdoc positions in theoretical / computational biological and soft matter physics, Šarić lab, IST Austria, Vienna
By Anđela / September 29, 2021
Positions are available from January 2022.
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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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Alex’s paper is out in Physical Review Letters.
By Anđela / February 3, 2020
Dispersing under pressure: clustering of membrane channels can control cell volume.
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New publication in BMC Biology for Šarić and Baum Labs
By Anđela / December 11, 2019
Changes in ESCRT-III filament geometry drive membrane remodelling and fission in silico
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FILLED! 2 Fully-funded PhD studentships
By Anđela / August 29, 2019
Two PhD studentships available on two projects! Starting in 2020!
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FILLED! 2 Postdoc positions
By Anđela / August 29, 2019
Two postdoctoral positions (up to three years each) available in Šarić Lab after October 1st 2019.
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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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