Prof. Michael Murrell's group (lead author Zachary Gao Sun, graduate student in physics) in collaboration with Prof. Garegin Papoian's group from the University of Maryland at College Park has found ...

The cellular actomyosin cytoskeleton is widely regarded as an archetypal example of an active matter system. However, the extent to which the wide range of observed cellular motility behaviors arise ...

We study how living matter emerges from collections of molecules to control physiology of cells and tissues. We apply this understanding to design and build new types of active and adaptive soft ...