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zwickergroup.bsky.social
Theoretical biophysics group at MPI-DS, Göttingen. We study the spatiotemporal organization of soft matter in cells, tissues, and synthetic systems; see www.zwickergroup.org
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"We often fail, which is why it's so important to keep going" - The essence of scientific research got me on the cover of GEO.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

We published a one-page article in Nat. Chem. Eng. on phase separation in multicomponent mixtures: rdcu.be/ea4Ts The article exposes our latest results, which indicate such mixtures are generically multistable and imply that states with various different droplets (or none at all) are all stable.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

We released the first version of our Python package `py-pde` five years ago. We heavily use this package to investigate partial differential equations numerically. The documentation at py-pde.readthedocs.io shows how to use the package, e.g., to solve the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation:

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

We wrote a review on the "Physics of droplet regulation in biological cells": arxiv.org/abs/2501.13639 Beside the basic #physics of phase separation, we discuss three aspects that separate cellular from traditional droplets:

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

"Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works" Exciting times ahead! www.scientificamerican.com/article/myst...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

We just updated our preprint on size-control of condensates by electrostatic effects: arxiv.org/abs/2409.15599 This joint work with the group of @jerelleaj.bsky.social shows that electrostatic effects matter, even when one would naively expect that screening by salt is strong.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Please share! There are two postdoc opportunities at the Molecular and Statistical Biophysics group at SISSA. Join us in beautiful Trieste! More information at msb.sissa.it/join-us/

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

1/6 🧪 Preprint-Alert! We looked at how molecules move across phase boundaries, e.g., in liquid droplets, taking into account that chemical potentials inside and outside the boundary can be different! This unites recent work with stuff from the 60s and has cool consequences 👇 shorturl.at/j0U6i

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Saw this story at a conference - it’s a very neat idea!

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Our institute was founded exactly a 100 years ago! 🎉🎊 A big thanks to Prandtl :)

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Happy to see the community grow on this platform! Let’s build a place where we can discuss science constructively. Our group wants to understand how soft matter is organized in space and time - particularly in biology! We create theoretical models to identify key processes and inspire experiments.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment