Dynamics of Living Matter

Open Positions

Bachelor and Master thesis

Bachelor and Master theses available on the following subjects:

Effect of in-plane shear on pattern formation in amoeba colonies
Experimental investigation of heart muscle fibers self-organization
Shear-induced dynamics of confluent cells monolayers
Cilia driven flow of the Cerebrospinal fluid
Surface roughness impact on cells dynamics and interactions
Cell orientation under anisotropic confinement
Cell orientation under shear

Other ideas related to cell and colloid mechano-dynamics are welcome!

PhD and postdocs

I have an opening for a PhD position (3 years) on an experimental project in Soft Matter with a flexible starting date between October and December 2024.

Topic: Structure and Dynamics of magnetic ellipsoids monolayers under shear

Description: The project will study the structure and the dynamics of an out-of-equilibrium colloidal 2D crystal of ellipsoidal colloids. The aim is to study the effect of particle anisotropy on the crystal structure and melting. Melting will be induced through shear using an optical tweezers system that will be developed during the PhD project.

For info and application: write to stefano.villa@ds.mpg.de