3 papers
physics.bio-ph2025
Motorized Chromosome Models of Mitosis
Zhiyu Cao, Chaoqun Du, Zhonghuai Hou +1
During mitosis, near-spherical chromosomes reconfigure into rod-like structures to ensure their accurate segregation to daughter cells. We explore here, the interplay between the n…
cond-mat.soft2022
Dynamic and Thermodynamic Origins of Motility-Induced Phase Separation
Jie Su, Zhiyu Cao, Jin Wang +2
Active matter systems are inherently out of equilibrium and break the detailed balance (DB) at the microscopic scale, exhibiting vital collective phenomena such as motility-induced…
physics.chem-ph2020
Design principles for biochemical oscillations with limited energy resources
Zhiyu Cao, Huijun Jiang, Zhonghuai Hou
As biochemical systems may frequently suffer from limited energy resources so that internal molecular fluctuation has to be utilized to induce random rhythm, it is still a great th…