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Aarts lab

@AartsLabOx

Research group led by Dirk Aarts at the University of Oxford. We are interested in theoretical and experimental soft matter and biological research

 University of Oxford
colloid.chem.ox.ac.uk
Joined April 2012
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Clare Rees-Zimmerman, Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, who received a prize for her oral presentation at the European Colloids Conference in Bristol! 👏 Read more 👉 chch.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-rees-z… #MuChChLove
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It’s not too late to submit an abstract for ECCo 2025 - the deadline is now extended to the 6th of May. Join us in Aston!
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A great opportunity for early career colloid researchers!
Early Career Colloid Network (@ECColloid) profile pictureEarly Career Colloid Network@ECColloid14 Mar 2024
The early career colloid meeting 2024 will be held at UCL on the 20th-21st of June. Abstract submission and registration are now open! Further information can be found here: eccolloid.co.uk/ecco-2024/
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Prof. Dirk Aarts @AartsLabOx from @UniofOxford starting the 2nd day of the @LIIWMSP – at León, Guanajuato
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Proud to be involved in this. We showed (very) weak binding of multivalent cations to IDR -ve charges provides exquisite sensitivity of condensate properties to mM fluctuations in [cation]. Crucially, [Ca2+] stabilised condensates comprising -vely charged proteins
Nott Lab (@nott_lab) profile pictureNott Lab@nott_lab20 Nov 2023
Well done Michael and team! Ion binding with charge inversion combined with screening modulates DEAD box helicase phase transitions: Cell Reports cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
Ion binding with charge inversion combined with screening modulates DEAD box helicase phase...

Ion binding with charge inversion combined with screening modulates DEAD box helicase phase...

Analyzing a family of model biomolecular condensates derived from Ddx4 and Ddx3 proteins over a range of solution conditions, Crabtree et al. show how a balance of repulsive and attractive electros...

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What's so special about amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC)? Read about it in our @NatureChemistry paper - a collaboration with @OxColloidGroup & the Goodwin group here at @OxfordChemistry, + US colleagues. Thank you @thomascnicholas & all involved 🎉 nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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🧪Congratulations to @ClareRZ on winning the 2023 Katharine Burr Blodgett Award, for her outstanding PhD thesis on the microscale motion of particles dispersed in fluid chem.ox.ac.uk/article/phd-th…

PhD thesis prize for Oxford research fellow

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Shine a light on bacteria control! Very happy that I could contribute to this study in my PhD @MRCDTP_IBR. Great thread by @Munelectro on controlling membrane potential with light and the photo-switcher Ziapin2. Read the article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #Science #Bioelectricity
Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential

Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential

Here, a membrane-targeted azobenzene is employed to modulate optically the membrane potential of bacteria in a spatiotemporal precise manner. Non-genetic optostimulation, which relies on the cross...

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Munehiro Asally 浅利 宗弘 (@Munelectro) profile pictureMunehiro Asally 浅利 宗弘@Munelectro30 Jan 2023
Illuminating bacterial mysteries with light!❗️💡 Our new study reveals the power of photo-switch to induce hyperpolarization in B. subtilis, making bacteria responsive to light stimulation🔮🧪 (1/7) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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New Research: The dynamics of single-to-multi layer transition in bacterial swarms frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #SoftMatter
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Iago Grobas@i_Grobas6 Sep 2022
I couldn't have left @Munelectro's group without contributing to the topic of bioelectricity. Very exciting indeed and I hope to keep working on it in the future. For now, check this preprint on modulating bacteria membrane potential with light!
Munehiro Asally 浅利 宗弘 (@Munelectro) profile pictureMunehiro Asally 浅利 宗弘@Munelectro6 Sep 2022
Excited to share this preprint! We modulated B subtilis membrane potential⚡️using photoswitch🔛 and light💡. Great interdisciplinary collaboration by Tailise, Gaia and the team! @g_paterno @i_Grobas #bioelectricity #photonics #bacteria doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.05.5…
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Iago Grobas@i_Grobas7 Jul 2022
I am part of the DRA committee this year. I am looking for reviewers (must have a PhD) to evaluate the applicants (each review should take ~30 min). If anyone is interested in participating as a reviewer please comment on this or message me. Applicants are in the biophysics field
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I will be giving a talk! come to enjoy a weekend of science @UniofOxford
SRUK/CERU (@ComunidadCeru) profile pictureSRUK/CERU@ComunidadCeru19 May 2022
Excited for the upcoming #SRUK2022 Symposium? Tickets for both SRUK/CERU members and general public are now open! 💡Get your tickets here: ow.ly/qWOh50IY3qS 💡Submit your abstract: ow.ly/pnzM50IY3qR Want more details? ⬇️⬇️

SRUK 2022: The Joy of Discovery

IX edition of the International Symposium of Spanish Researchers in the UK (SRUK/CERU) where we will be exploring: “The Joy of Discovery“

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Check out my latest article 'Putting the Squeeze on Phase Separation' written with my new team at @ETH_Materials!🤩🤩 #SoftAndLivingMaterialsGroup @JACS_Au pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Putting the Squeeze on Phase Separation

Putting the Squeeze on Phase Separation

Abstract. Phase separation is a ubiquitous process and finds applications in a variety of biological, organic, and inorganic systems. Nature has evolved th

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New #openaccess article, Stabilisation of hollow colloidal TiO2 particles by partial coating with evenly distributed lobes led by Bo Peng & Roel Dullens @OxColloidGroup, ow.ly/dMm350DEy0l
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Hot of the press: How to make Rough Colloidal Rods and Rough Bananas published Langmuir! 🍌🍌🥖🥖🔬🔬pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Synthesis of Rough Colloidal SU‑8 Rods and Bananas via Nanoprecipitation

Synthesis of Rough Colloidal SU‑8 Rods and Bananas via Nanoprecipitation

Abstract. Surface roughness plays an important role in determining the mechanical properties, wettability, and self-assembly in colloidal systems. In this

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Find my latest work at @OxColloidGroup on the confinement of smectic phases published in @NatureComms. A step forward to understand and direct structure formation in dispersions of elongated colloidal particles. @DiStrucITN @MSCActions nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Particle-resolved topological defects of smectic colloidal liquid crystals in extreme confinement

Nature Communications - Colloidal rod-like mesogens make the study of liquid crystal structures available to simple optical microscopy. Wittmann et al. study topological defects in smectic phases...

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Just created a website to share some of the fascinating images and visuals I've produced during my PhD!🔬🤩🎨 Check it out here: carlacolloids.wordpress.com/
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Going bananas!🍌
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Looking forward to talk about 'colloidal bananas' in the UK Colloids 2020 Virtual Symposium! 🍌 Many thanks to the organisers @ColloidsGroup!!
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Here is my #RSCPoster on colloidal liquid crystals: We take a closer look at the matter that forms LCDs (liquid crystal displays)! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #Colloids #LiquidCrystals #ConfocalMicroscopy #OxfordChem #RSCPhys #RSCMat #RSCNano #RSCEng
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