On June 10th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Tuomas Knowles from the Department of Physical Chemistry and Biophysics at the University of Cambridge, UK. This event marked the third IRTG talk organized by our PhD student community—and it was a full house! Tuomas, whose work is well known to many in our network, generously shared his expertise on “Protein phase transitions in health, disease, and new materials.”
Abstract
This talk describes our efforts to measure, quantify, understand and modulate at the molecular level the processes that govern protein phase separation and aggregation. We bring together theory, computation and experiments to discover the molecular mechanisms of aggregation and phase separation. I will discuss how controlling transitions between such phases can help us ameliorate biological malfunction when it occurs in disease, and well as develop new classes of functional materials.
On behalf of the IRTG, we’re truly grateful for the chance to engage and learn with Tuomas. We wish you continued success in all your future endeavors!