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Statistical mechanics of a single active slider on a fluctuating interface
Francesco Cagnetta, Martin R. Evans, Davide Marenduzzo
We study the statistical mechanics of a single active slider on a fluctuating interface, by means of numerical simulations and theoretical arguments. The slider, which moves by def…
Synergy of Topoisomerase and Structural-Maintenance-of-Chromosomes Proteins Creates a Universal Pathway to Simplify Genome Topology
Enzo Orlandini, Davide Marenduzzo, Davide Michieletto
Topological entanglements severely interfere with important biological processes. For this reason, genomes must be kept unknotted and unlinked during most of a cell cycle. Type II…
Rheology and microrheology of deformable droplet suspensions
M. Foglino, A. N. Morozov, D. Marenduzzo
Dense suspensions of soft colloidal particles display a broad range of physical and rheological properties which are still far from being fully understood. To elucidate the role of…
Magnetic Polymer Models for Epigenomic Organisation and Phase Separation
Davide Coli, Davide Michieletto, Davide Marenduzzo +1
The genetic instructions stored in the genome require an additional layer of information to robustly determine cell fate. This additional regulation is provided by the interplay be…
Mixtures of blue phase liquid crystal with simple liquids: elastic emulsions and cubic fluid cylinders
J. S. Lintuvuori, K. Stratford, M. E. Cates +1
We investigate numerically the behaviour of a phase-separating mixture of a blue phase I liquid crystal with an isotropic fluid. The resulting morphology is primarily controlled by…
Dry active turbulence in microtubule-motor mixtures
Ivan Maryshev, Andrew B. Goryachev, Davide Marenduzzo +1
We study the dynamics and phase behaviour of a dry suspension of microtubules and molecular motors. We obtain a set of continuum equations by rigorously coarse graining a microscop…
Lamellar ordering, droplet formation and phase inversion in exotic active emulsions
Francesco Bonelli, Livio Nicola Carenza, Giuseppe Gonnella +3
We study numerically the behaviour of a mixture of a passive isotropic fluid and an active polar gel, in the presence of a surfactant favouring emulsification. Focussing on paramet…
Physical Principles of Retroviral Integration in the Human Genome
Davide Michieletto, Marina Lusic, Davide Marenduzzo +1
Certain retroviruses, including HIV, insert their DNA in a non-random fraction of the host genome via poorly understood selection mechanisms. Here, we develop a biophysical model f…