Fully Funded PhD Position in Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall aim of this PhD project is to identify and develop governing principles of wetting and interfacial forces of biomolecular condensates in biological cells, which we broadly term as intracellular capillarity. Key questions to be addressed in the project can include: 1) how can we infer material properties of biomolecular condensates, such as surface tension, viscosity, and elasticity, inside the cells? 2) what are the roles of confinement and substrate deformation in the formation and growth of biomolecular condensates? 3) what biological functions are played by capillary forces in cellular organisation and how can we engineer them?
