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How Active Biopolymer Networks Shape the Cell Membrane
Experiments on active deformations of a cell membrane by an actin assembly may inspire new materials and approaches. Cécile Sykes from the Laboratoire de Physique de l‘Ecole Normale Supérieure reports on results raising... (Read more)
From Soft Active Systems to Synthetic Cells
Scientists from the ETH Zurich and Forschungszentrum Jülich highlight their recent collaborative study on a novel active system of self-propelled particles (SPPs) enclosed in a lipid vesicle, which exhibits dramatic shape changes resembling... (Read more)
UPCOMING EVENTS
2nd Edible Soft Matter conference
9th July 2022 - 13th July 2022European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS2022)
4th September 2022 - 9th September 202224th JCNS Laboratory Course Neutron Scattering
5th September 2022 - 16th September 2022International Soft Matter Conference 2022 (ISMC2022)
19th September 2022 - 23rd September 2022
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SoftComp Partners
All partners of SoftComp share a common goal: to obtain a detailed understanding of the physical mechanisms and properties of complex, multi-component soft matter composites in oder to to provide a fundamental basis for an intelligent engineering of materials and their processing. Currently, 39 groups from 35 institutions in 12 European countries build the consortium.
Methods & Instruments
The joint use of methods and instruments plays a major role in achieving integration between the SoftComp partners. Three research platforms assemble the different technical and scientific abilities present in the network: Synthesis, Experimental Techniques, and Theoretical and Numerical Methods.
