Phase Transitions in Polymeric and Protein Systems

International Focus Workshop
14 - 15 February 2019

An increasing number of organelles and biochemical
compartments in cells, which form by assembly
of proteins and RNA in condensed phases, have
been characterized in recent years. In the study of
such membraneless cell compartments, concepts
from polymer physics, soft matter physics and the
theory of liquid-liquid phase separation play a key
role. This meeting brings soft matter and polymer
researchers together with molecular and cell biologists
to discuss macromolecular phase separation
and the physical nature of protein condensates.

• Membraneless organelles and RNA-bodies
• Phase transition of macromolecules in complex/crowded solutions
• Active components and liquid-liquid phase separation
• Disordered proteins
• Non-equilibrium models of droplet-formation and segregation