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Dr. Zachary Sun

he/him
Physics (Murrell Lab)
Thesis Title: Mechanics and Energetics of Cytoskeletal Assembly

F-actin architecture governs self-organized criticality in the cytoskeleton

Zachary Gao Sun ‘25

he/him

Physics (Murrell Lab)

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Left: Zachary in the lab; Right: Fluorescence image of in vitro actin filaments

Publications:

Sun, Z.G. et al. (2025). Feedback between F-actin organization and active stress governs criticality and energy localization in the cell cytoskeleton.

Sun, Z. G., & Murrell, M. (2024). Cofilin-Mediated Filament Softening and Crosslinking Counterbalance to Enhance Actin Network Flexibility.

Sun et al. (2024) “Cofilin-mediated actin filament network flexibility facilitates 2D to 3D actomyosin shape”

Yousafzai, Amiri, Sun, Pahlavan, and Murrell (2024) “Confinement induces internal flows in adherent cell aggregates”

Muresan and Sun et al. (2022) “F-actin architecture determines constraints on myosin thick filament motion”

Chen, Sun, and Murrell (2022) “In Vitro Reconstitution of the Actin Cytoskeleton Inside Giant Unilamellar Vesicles”

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