Posted on March 25, 2020
A new manuscript by Matheus Viana, from the Allen Institute is now out, titled "Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion Dynamics Generate Efficient, Robust, and Evenly Distributed Network Topologies in Budding Yeast Cells" and incorporating our calculations on the role of network structure in diffusive particle spreading in mitochondria.
Posted on March 24, 2020
Our new manuscript, titled "Hitching a Ride: Mechanics of Transport Initiation through Linker-Mediated Hitchhiking" is now out.
Posted on March 18, 2020
Our new manuscript, titled "Impact of global structure on diffusive exploration of organelle networks" is now out.
Posted on February 15, 2020
The 2020 Cottrell Scholars have been announced.
Posted on January 22, 2020
Our new manuscript, titled " Thermal fracture kinetics of heterogeneous semiflexible polymer" is now out.
Posted on August 1, 2019
This award will fund some of our work on the physical control of intracellular transport.
Posted on July 31, 2019
A new manuscript by Zhijie Chen in the Bustamante lab is now out, titled “High-resolution and high-accuracy topographic and transcriptional maps of the nucleosome barrier”, and incorporating our model of polymerase pausing during nucleosomal transcription
Posted on June 11, 2019
The 2019 Hellman fellows have been announced.
Posted on June 10, 2019
Congratulations to Alex on his graduation and best of luck in his new data science job.
Posted on June 10, 2019
Welcome to Katherine, who will be working on modeling diffusion limits on calcium secretion from the endoplasmic reticulum.
Posted on December 18, 2018
Our new manuscript, titled " Spatial control of neuronal metabolism through glucose-mediated mitochondrial transport regulation" is now out.
Posted on August 13, 2018
Congratulations to Saurabh on being selected for this award. The fellowship will enable him to pursue his work in collaboration with the Reck-Peterson group on modeling the transport of peroxisomes in fungal hyphae.
Posted on April 3, 2018
Our new manuscript, titled “Multimodal transport and dispersion of organelles in narrow tubular cells” is now out.
Posted on February 15, 2018
The 2018 Sloan fellows have been announced.
Posted on February 1, 2018
Welcome to the newest member of our group! Aidan will be exploring reaction kinetics inside complex organelle geometries.
Posted on January 20, 2018
Congratulations to Anamika on her Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholarship! The scholarship provides funding to pursue interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the Pekkurnaz lab, looking at the spatial organization of metabolism in neurons.