Cliff Brangwynne upends tradition to establish a new view of biology
Cliff Brangwynne upends tradition to establish a new view of biology Jerimiah Oetting, for the Office of the Dean for Research Jan. 25, 2021 9 a.m. Clifford Brangwynne, the June K. Wu ’92 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and inaugural director of the Princeton Bioengineering Initiative, sees similarities between living cells and salad dressing, in which oil and vinegar separate according to the laws of physics. The idea has caught on, and now many scientists are exploring how such physical processes can drive the formation of the cell’s structures and play ...
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