NEWS
- In the Fight Against
Cancer, a Closer Look at Nuclear Blebbing.
Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Chloe Funkhouser, and Rastko Sknepnek,
together with Takeshi Shimi, Anne E. Goldman and Robert D. Goldman of
the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, developed a
mathematical model that sheds light on the defects observed in
misshapen cell nuclei by clarifying the
mechanisms that cause bulges known as blebs in
cells' nuclear membranes. The paper
describing the research, "Mechanical model of blebbing in nuclear lamin
meshworks," was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences.
Read more in the Northwestern University "News from McCormick"
press release.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on February 18, 2013
- New Journal Cover
Article published in ACS Macro
Letters.
The
article "Kinetic
Monte Carlo
Simulations of Flow-Assisted Polymerization"
by Prateek Jha,
Vladimir Kuzovkov, and Monica
Olvera
de la Cruz, is published in ACS
Macro Letters 1 (2012) 1393-1397.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on December 18, 2012
- New Geometries:
Researchers Create New Shapes of Artificial Microcompartments.
Monica
Olvera de la Cruz,
Michael Bedzyk, and Samuel Stupp, with team
members including lead co-authors Cheuk-Yui Leung, Liam C. Palmer, and
Bao Fu Qiao; Sumit Kewalramani, Rastko Sknepnek, Christina J. Newcomb,
and Megan A. Greenfield, all of Northwestern; and Graziano Vernizzi of
Siena College, developed a method to regulate the shape of crystalline
nano-containers by altering the acidity of their surroundings. The
findings could lead to designed microreactors that mimic the functions
of naturally occuring cell containers or deliver therapeutic materials
to cells at specific targeted locations. The paper
describing the research, “Molecular Crystallization
Controlled by pH Regulates Mesoscopic Membrane Morphology,”
was published in the journal ACS Nano.
Read more in the Northwestern University "News from McCormick"
press release.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on December 13, 2012
- Outside a Vacuum:
Model Predicts Movement of Charged Particles in Complex Media.
Vikram
Jadhao, Francisco Solis and Monica Olvera de la Cruz published a paper
describing a model that can predict the reactions of charged
particles in any media. Their computational discovery, which takes cues
from nature, could find applications in biology, medicine, and
synthetic materials research. The paper
describing the research, “Simulation of Charged Systems in
Heterogeneous Dielectric Media via a True Energy Functional,”
was published in the journal Physical Review
Letters.
Read more in the Northwestern University "News
from McCormick" press
release.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on November 27, 2012
- New Journal Cover
Article published in Soft Matter.
The
article "Shapes
of Pored Membranes" by
Zhenwei Yao, Rastko Sknepnek, Creighton Thomas and Monica
Olvera
de la Cruz, is published in Soft Matter 8 (2012) 11613-11619.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on November 7, 2012
- Dr. Charles Sing is
awarded the Inaugural International
Institute of Nanotechnology
Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Charles completed his PhD at the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering at MIT,
and will use the prestiguous IIN fellowship to pursue his interest in
designing polymer
systems with bio-inspired concepts in the group of Prof. Olvera de la
Cruz at Northwestern University.
Evanston,
IL |
Posted on September 12, 2012
- Ms. Ting Li has been named
a Ryan Fellow at Northwestern University.
Ting, advised by Prof. Olvera de la Cruz, is one of a very select group
of graduate students at Northwestern who have been offered this
prestigious award. The Ryan Fellowship, made possible by a generous
donation from Patrick
G. and Shirley W. Ryan, supports graduate students dedicated to the
exploration of fundamental nanoscale science and to advancing this
knowledge into practical applications of benefit to society.
Evanston,
IL |
Posted on July 17, 2012
- Dr. Chloe Funkhouser,
a postdoctoral fellow in the Olvera de la Cruz group, was awarded the
Poster Prize for "Most Novel Project" for her poster entitled "Modeling and Simulations
of the Nuclear Lamina: Nuclear Blebbing"at
the Gordon Research
Conference on
Intermediate Filaments.
The
12th biennial Gordon Conference on Intermediate
Filaments focused
on exciting topics of interest to cell biologists, researchers engaged
in biomedical research, physicists and engineers in this rapidly
growing field of research. Emphasis was placed on the structure and
function of the large number of proteins that polymerize into dynamic
cytoskeletal and nucleoskeletal networks.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on June 28, 2012
- Monica Olvera de la
Cruz elected
Member of the National
Academy of
Sciences.
The
National Academy of Sciences today announced the newly elected members
in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in
original research. Read more in the Northwestern University News Center press release.
Evanston,
IL | Posted on May 1, 2012
- Dr. Srikanth Patala wins
the 2011 James Clerk Maxwell Young Writers Prize.
The prize
is awarded annualy to a talented young writer by the editors of
Philosophical Magazine and
Philosophical Magazine Letters, in partnership with the James Clerk
Maxwell Foundation.
More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on February 1, 2012
- New Journal Cover article
published in Soft Matter.
"Buckling of multicomponent elastic shells with line tension", Soft
Matter (2012) 8,
636-644.
More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on February 1, 2012
- Monica
Olvera de la Cruz and William Kung on the
science of egg boiling
featured on WBEZ's"Eight Forty-Eight" to air on 4/21 More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on April 20, 2011
- "Classical
geometries unfurl from multicomponent shellswork" highlight by PNAS of
Monica Olvera de la Cruz's latest work More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on March 2, 2011
- Monica
Olvera de la Cruz receives career
recognition from the
government of Acapulco
Evanston, IL |
Posted on October 13, 2010
Prof. Monica Olvera
de la Cruz receives career recognition
from the government of Acapulco for her contributions to
mathematical physics. (pictured left: Ms. Jessica Garcia Rojas,
Head of Tourism Board)
- Collaborative
work of Samuel Stupp and Monica Olvera de la Cruz is featured in Nature
and C&EN More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on June 18, 2010
- Monica
Olvera de la Cruz Welcomes MRSEC-PREM Summer Research Students
More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on June 15, 2010
Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz welcomes MRSEC-PREM research
student Hector Barronescobar from the group of Prof. Miguel Jose
Yacaman.
- Monica
Olvera de la Cruz Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and
Sciences (AAAS) More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on April 21, 2010
(L-R) Dean Mangelsdorf, Profs. Mark Ratner, Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Chad Mirkin and Rick Van Duyne. Mirkin and VanDuyne elected National
Academy of Sciences Members and Olvera de la Cruz elected to American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Q
& A with Professor Monica Olvera de la Cruz More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on March 10, 2010
- Monica
Olvera da la Cruz Honored by Department of Defense, Named NSSEFF Fellow More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on February 10, 2010
- Monica
Olvera da la Cruz Named Lawyer Taylor Professor More....
Evanston, IL |
Posted on December 11, 2009
- Monica
Olvera de la Cruz and Graziano Vernizzi Receive 2007 Cozzarelli Prize
from PNAS More...
Dr. Grazinao Vernizzi and Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz.
- Nanoscopic
static electricity generates chiral
patterns More...
Chicago, IL | Posted
on February 3rd, 2009
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