Artificial cells
We worked as part of a larger collaboration to build an artificial cell that mimics the behavior of a living cell. Our focus is on understanding and mimicking intracellular transport.
Publications
2019
Horowitz, V. R.; Chambers, Z. C.; Gozen, I.; Dimiduk, T. G.; Manoharan, V. N.
Active Colloidal Particles in Emulsion Droplets: A Model System for the Cytoplasm. The European Physical Journal Special Topics 2019, 227, 2413-2424.
Horowitz, V. R.; Chambers, Z. C.; Gozen, I.; Dimiduk, T. G.; Manoharan, V. N.
Active Colloidal Particles in Emulsion Droplets: A Model System for the Cytoplasm. The European Physical Journal Special Topics 2019, 227, 2413-2424.
2017
Zeravcic, Z.; Manoharan, V. N.; Brenner, M. P.
Colloquium: Toward Living Matter With Colloidal Particles. Reviews of Modern Physics 2017, 89 (3), 031001.
Zeravcic, Z.; Manoharan, V. N.; Brenner, M. P.
Colloquium: Toward Living Matter With Colloidal Particles. Reviews of Modern Physics 2017, 89 (3), 031001.
2013
Bala Subramaniam, A.; Guidotti, G.; Manoharan, V. N.; Stone, H. A.
Glycans Pattern the Phase Behaviour of Lipid Membranes. Nature Materials 2013, 12, 128-133.
Bala Subramaniam, A.; Guidotti, G.; Manoharan, V. N.; Stone, H. A.
Glycans Pattern the Phase Behaviour of Lipid Membranes. Nature Materials 2013, 12, 128-133.
Alumni
Zachary Chambers
zacharychambers01@college.harvard.eduFormer undergraduate researcher
Zach was an undergraduate researcher from Harvard College, where he concentrated in Physics. He worked on the fabrication and characterization of artificial cells.
R Feynman
Former research intern
R was a research intern working on artificial cells, and specifically exploring the influence of micromotors on the kinetics of biologically inspired reactions. They received their Bachelor's degree in physics from Bryn Mawr College in 2015.
İrep Gözen
irep@seas.harvard.eduFormer postdoctoral researcher
Irep Gözen was a postdoctoral researcher who studied artificial cells and active systems. She received her PhD in 2013 from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where she worked with surface-adhered vesicles to mimic cellular migration, in...
Viva R. Horowitz
viva@physics.harvard.eduFormer postdoctoral researcher
Viva was a postdoctoral fellow in Physics who worked on building dynamic artificial cells from the bottom up. Her work explored how to understand cellular processes, particularly intracellular transport, at a physical level by building simple, well...
Danai Montalvan
dmontalvan@seas.harvard.eduPostdoctoral Fellow
Danai was a postdoc working on synthesis and characterization of artificial cells.
