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Starch granules are instructive scaffolds for synergistic reinforcement and dissipation in hydrogel composites
Shirlaine Juliano, Jasmine Samaniego, Ian M. Lillie, Geraldine Ramirez, Peter M. Iovine, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aef4627
A fundamental challenge in soft material design is the competition between rigidity and dynamicity, as stiffening mechanisms typically suppress energy dissipation. Here, we demonstrate that starch granules serve as instructive scaffolds that overcome this constraint, enabling the synergistic amplification of both elastic reinforcement and dynamic dissipation in hydrogels.
Nanoscale Interfacial Organization Governs Maturation and Collapse in Passive Versus Active Condensates
Lilian Zeinalvand, Dipankar Barpuzary, Tae Hyun Ueon, Walter B. Lai, Yuanming Song, Zhaoxu Li, Rakia Dhaoui, Nehal S. Idris, Karthik Reddy Peddireddy, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Douglas J. Tobias, Zhibin Guan, Jason R. Green, Joseph P. Patterson. JACS doi:10.1021/jacs.6c00997 (2026).
BARCODE: high throughput screening and analysis of soft active materials
Qiaopeng Chen, Aditya Sriram, Ayan Das, Katarina Matic, Maya Hendija, Keegan Tonry, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, Ryan J. McGorty, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson & Megan T. Valentine. Nature Communications (2025)
Incorporation of Collagen into Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Burkholderia pseudomallei Biofilms Modifies Their Viscoelasticity and Resistance against Phagocytosis
Xuening Zhou, Ashlee D. McGovern, Marilyn J. Wells, Deepesh B. Verma, Hailey Currie, Afsana Mimi Raka, Jiachun Shen, Katherine A. Brown, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Vernita D. Gordon. Langmuir (2025)
Biosynthetic Polyelectrolyte Composites Exhibit Tunable Scale-Dependent Mechanics Governed by Entanglements
Farshad Safi Samghabadi, Ashlee D. McGovern, Peter Edimeh, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Jacinta C. Conrad, ACS Macro Letters (2025)
Rigidity Governs Entrainment of Bacteria Cells in Biopolymer Scaffolds
Katarina Matic, Nimisha Krishnan, Moumita Das, Michael J. Rust, Megan T. Valentine, Jennifer L. Ross, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. ACS Biomaterials (2025)
Local viscoelasticity of denaturing spider silk dope is governed by dynamic hierarchical intermolecular interactions
Karthik R Peddireddy, Hannah R Johnson, Gregory P Holland, Rae M Robertson-Anderson. Acta Biomaterialia (2025)
Ring polymer physics and rheology: Challenges and opportunities
Charles M. Schroeder, Ralf Everaers, Kurt Kremer, Margarita Kruteva, Christos N. Likos, Gregory B. McKenna, Thomas O’Connor, J. Ravi Prakash, Dieter Richter, Rae Robertson-Anderson, Michael Rubinstein, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Dimitris Vlassopoulos. Journal of Rheology (2025)
Competing Crosstalk between Cytoskeletal Filaments Dictates Structure and Superdiffusivity of Microtubules in Live Cells
Renita Saldanha, Yiling Lan, Heidi Hehnly, Ryan J. McGorty, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, and Alison Patteson. PRX Life (2025)
Hacktive matter: data-driven discovery through hackathon-based cross-disciplinary coding
Megan T. Valentine, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Soft Matter (2025)
Active and passive crosslinking of cytoskeleton scaffolds tune the effects of cell inclusions on composite structure
Katarina Matic, Nimisha Krishnan, Eric Frank, Michael Arellano, Aditya Sriram, Moumita Das, Megan T. Valentine, Michael J. Rust, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Jennifer L. Ross. Soft Matter (2025)
Kinesin-Driven De-Mixing of Cytoskeleton Composites Drives Emergent Mechanical Properties
Janet Sheung, Christopher Gunter, Katarina Matic, Mehrzad Sasanpour, Jennifer L. Ross, Parag Katira, Megan T. Valentine, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2025)
DNA Transport is Topologically Sculpted by Active Microtubule Dynamics
Dylan P. McCuskey, Raisa E. Achiriloaie, Claire Benjamin, Jemma Kushen, Isaac Blacklow, Omar Mnfy, Jennifer L. Ross, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, and Janet Y. Sheung. PRX Life (2025)
Phage probes couple to DNA relaxation dynamics to reveal universal behavior across scales and regimes
Farshad Safi Samghabadi, Juexin Marfai, Camyla Cueva, Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari, Philip Neill, Maede Chabi, Rae Marie Robertson-Anderson, and Jacinta C. Conrad. Soft Matter (2025).
Programming scheduled self-assembly of circadian materials
Gregor Leech, Lauren Melcher, Michelle Chiu, Maya Nugent, Shirlaine Juliano, Lily Burton, Janet Kang, Soo Ji Kim, Sourav Roy, Leila Farhadi, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, Michael J. Rust, and Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. Nature Communications (2025)
Scale-dependent interactions enable emergent microrheological stress response in actin-vimentin composites
J Pinchiaroli, R Saldanha, A Patteson, RM Robertson-Anderson, BJ Gurmessa. Soft Matter (2024)
Topological DNA blends exhibit resonant deformation fields and strain propagation dynamics tuned by steric constraints
Karthik R. Peddireddy, Ryan McGorty, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. Acta Biomaterials (2024)
Mapping deformation dynamics to composition of topologically-active DNA blends
Karthik R. Peddireddy, Ryan McGorty, and Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. Small (2024)
Protocol for analyzing DNA dynamics in the presence of crowders and confined within cell-sized droplets
Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari, Ryan McGorty, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson. STAR Protocols (2024)
