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January 30, 2026

Our latest preprint on effect of metabolites on biomolecular condensation, led by Takumi Matsuzawa PhD (postdoc), is now available on bioRxiv! Cells compartmentalize...

January 5, 2026

Happy New Year from Softliv! We are delighted to announce that Nan is launching his own lab in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological...

November 3, 2025

Our postdoctoral researcher Dr Nan Xue presented his latest work at the Neurospora 2025 Conference through both a 3-minute talk and a poster titled “Macroscopic directional...

September 25, 2025

We are delighted to host Prof Wanliang Shan from Syracuse University during his sabbatical with us Prof Shan’s research bridges soft matter physics and bio-inspired designs,...

September 25, 2025

Meet a new member of the lab, Anika! She is a senior undergraduate in Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell For her senior thesis project, she will be studying the...

August 25, 2025

We have a new perspective article now on arXiv: arxivorg/abs/250723384 In this article, we explore the idea that biomolecular condensation—the formation of liquid-like...

August 25, 2025

Two weeks ago, Softliv members attended the 2025 Soft Condensed Matter Gordon Research Conference at Colby-Sawyer College It was a lively week filled with science, discussion, and...

June 13, 2025

Our latest preprint, "Thermodynamics of microphase separation in a swollen, strain-stiffening polymer network", led by Carla Fernández-Rico(a former postdoc) and Rob Style (ETH),...

June 13, 2025

Meet Katia—our new member in the lab! While this may be old news to some, Katia has been working in the lab since spring She is broadly interested in the physics of...

May 16, 2025

Blue and Harsha, master’s students in our lab, showcased their research at the 10th Annual MSE Distinguished Awards, capping a year of advancing exciting projects in our...

May 16, 2025

☀️ Summer is almost here, and our lab is buzzing with fresh energy ☀️ We’re thrilled to introduce our two stellar summer students in our lab! 🔬 Allison Dew...

April 11, 2025

As part of the Expanding Your Horizons initiative to spark scientific curiosity among 7th–10th grade students, the engaging workshop Color Me Curious: The...