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 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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