BIO-inspired Squishy Physics and Optical Trapping

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Welcome to the Robertson-Anderson Lab!

Our lab seeks to elucidate the microscale mechanics and macromolecular dynamics in bio-inspired soft and active matter systems and biopolymer networks. We engineer and use novel optical tweezers microrheology and fluorescence microscopy techniques to probe these systems across broad spatiotemporal scales and from steady-state to far from equilibrium. Inspired by the complexity of biological cells and fluids, we also design entangled, crowded, heterogeneous, topologically-distinct, and non-equilibrium biopolymer composites to address critical questions in soft matter, active matter and polymer physics. Current research interests are described here.

Recent News

Juexin Marfai Named Finalist for APS Le Roy Apker Award

Philip Neill Commits to the Biophysics Ph.D. Program at UC San Diego

Robertson-Anderson gave an invited talk at the Topological Soft Matter Workshop in Edinburgh

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Recent Publications

Kinesin and myosin motors compete to drive rich multiphase dynamics in programmable cytoskeletal composites

Cooperative Rheological State-Switching of Enzymatically-Driven Composites of Circular DNA And Dextran

Interplay of self-organization of microtubule asters and crosslinking protein condensates

Motor antagonism dictates emergent dynamics in active double networks tuned by crosslinkers

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Contact Us

Dr. Rae Robertson-Anderson

Physics and Biophysics Department

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA 92110

Office: SCST 279

Lab: SCST 289 Phone: 619-260-8867 Email: randerson@sandiego.edu

Funding

BIO-inspired Squishy Physics and Optical Trapping

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