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Simon Mochrie

Professor; Physics and Applied Physics
Research Interests: Quantitative microscopy and image analysis. Chromatin organization and dynamics. Nuclear envelope physics. Phase transitions of soft matter

Research Area(s)

Bioinformatics

Biological circuits

Computational biology

Imaging biological systems

Properties, structure, and composition of biological systems

Mochrie Lab

PEB Students

  • Dr. Mary Lou Bailey

    Applied Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Thesis title: “Single Particle Tracking Covariance Analysis with Applications to Studying Chromatin Dynamics”

  • Dr. Susan Pratt

    Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Thesis title: “Development and implementation of a reversibly-interacting TRAP-peptide pair as a live-cell imaging strategy”

  • Andy Rodriguez

    Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (Mochrie Lab)

  • Jenny Tian

    Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Research Interests: I am interested in the cell nucleus, in particular its size and shape control in response to environmental shocks.

  • Dr. Hao Yan

    Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Thesis title: “Positional fluctuations in synthetic and living polymer systems”

  • Dr. Tianyu Yuan

    Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Thesis Title: Spatial organization and dynamics of chromatin polymers in their native folding state

  • Dr. Yao Zhao

    Applied Physics (Mochrie Lab)
    Thesis Title: “Novel methods for optimizing light microscopy and live-cell image analysis”