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

Students Present Research and Win Awards at the American Physical Society March Meeting

Robertson-Anderson is named a 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Robertson-Anderson receives the 2023 APS Faculty Prize for Research at an Undergraduate Institution

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Recent Publications

Kinesin and Myosin Motors Compete to Drive Rich Multi-Phase Dynamics in Programmable Cytoskeletal Composites

Timed material self-assembly controlled by circadian clock proteins

Motor-driven advection competes with crowding to drive spatiotemporally heterogeneous transport in cytoskeleton composites

Nonlinear Microscale Mechanics of Actin Networks Governed by Coupling of Filament Crosslinking and Stabilization

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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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