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Home » Speakers » Cliff Brangwynne

Cliff Brangwynne

Princeton University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
MacArthur Fellowship

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Dr. Cliff Brangwynne received his BS in Material Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard University.  As a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Brangwynne combined his interests in soft-matter physics and cell biology to investigate the behavior of sub-cellular organelles in C. elegans embryos.  This led to Brangwynne’s discovery that intracellular phase separation is an important mechanism underlying the self-assembly of biological materials.

Brangwynne is now an Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  His lab continues to investigate how the physical properties of intracellular materials influence their role in biological processes. Brangwynne was awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2012 and a MacArthur Fellowship in 2018 for his ground-breaking research.

Learn more about Brangwynne’s research here.

Talks with this Speaker

Liquid Phase Separation in Living Cells

Liquid-liquid phase separation drives the formation of membrane-less organelles such as P granules and the nucleolus. Brangwynne explains how this process works and its important role in normal cell function and disease. (Talk recorded in July 2018)

  • Part 1: Liquid Phase Separation in Living Cells
    Part 1: Liquid Phase Separation in Living Cells
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:46:05
  • Part 2: Multiphase Liquid Behavior of the Nucleus
    Part 2: Multiphase Liquid Behavior of the Nucleus
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:38:09
  • Part 3: Using Light to Study and Control Intracellular Phase Behavior
    Part 3: Using Light to Study and Control Intracellular Phase Behavior
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:34:40

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