SoftBio Colloids Lab

Soft BioColloids Lab @univbordeaux @CRPP_Bx
PI: @LauraAlvarez_F
Out-of-equilibrium soft matter, synthetic cells and microgravity

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

The work of Willems et al., has been featured on the cover of #SoftMatter
Congrats to everyone for the nice job!
Do not miss the article👇

[Laura Alvarez @LauraAlvarez_F]

Our recent article "Run and tumble dynamics of active Janus vesicles" in @softmatter has been featured on the cover of the journal.

Check out the published article: https://t.co/q6e9JZAuBz

Congrats to Vivien Willems for this nice work!

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Check our group scientific pictures!

[Laura Alvarez @LauraAlvarez_F]

🎨🔬In our lab, science meets art! Vibrant colors& stunning shapes, our experiments are as beautiful as they are fascinating. Because science is art!

✨Check the images captured by the team:
https://t.co/44TJ3VLP6b

#SciArt #SoftMatter #Microscopy #SyntheticCells #ActiveMatter

[Yashpal Singh Brar @yashpalsbrar]

Our next speaker Professor Laura Alvarez @LauraAlvarez_F - of @softbiocol from University of Bordeaux (France) , she will present on “Designing run and tumble dynamics of active lipid vesicles.”

@StefanoPalagi @ERC_Research @MicroRobotLab

#livingmachine

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Last weekend, the @softbiocol group gathered to beat the heat with a lovely picnic — and to celebrate the recent tenure of our group leader, @LauraAlvarez_F!

Here’s to many more exciting years of science and friendship with you and those yet to join!
#softmatter

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

New preprint about active colloidal mixtures: experiments and simulations! Thanks a lot for the exciting collaboration :)

[Laura Alvarez @LauraAlvarez_F]

New prepint w/ @demian_levis @natxopago @soft_isa and https://t.co/lpePrvvSvWé-Sansa.
We study active binary mixtures to unveil how two populations with different velocities interact with each other.
Thanks for the great work!🥳

https://t.co/aYlyzq3ucC

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Check Jose's article @softmatter @RoySocChem
about reversible percolated networks via electric fields now as back cover art!

https://t.co/qaV3tQglXo

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

SoftBioColloids group portraits! 🗒️
We will be posting portraits of our group members, so you get to know a bit more about the people driving the science in the group.

We start with the portrait of Vivien Willems👇
More info https://t.co/1DH4QSTWDD

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

📄 Run-and-tumble dynamics of active giant vesicles
Vivien Willem, @AlexBar90665370, Daniel Matoz-Fernandez, Gianna Wolifsberg, Eric R. Dufresne, @BaretJc , @LauraAlvarez_F @CRPP_Bx @univbordeaux
🧵 Thanks for reading!
#SoftMatter #ActiveMatter #Biophysics

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Publication Alert!🎉
🚀🧪 New paper out! @softmatter
We show that Janus lipid vesicles can self-propel under AC electric fields, exhibiting run-and-tumble dynamics—just like bacteria, but driven by membrane-phase behavior.
👉 Read here: https://t.co/aC9wm1JLSk

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Why it’s exciting:

- First time showing tunable run-and-tumble behavior in synthetic, soft lipid vesicles systems

- Reorientation is membrane-driven

- Behavior is encoded in lipid composition and electric field

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

The active softies of the group met some weeks ago to spend a nice evening together and enjoy some international delicacies!🧀🍷
What a blessing being surrounded by these amazing humans!
If you want to know more about us, check the news on our website :)

https://t.co/mJAY88JSDC

[Demian Levis @demian_levis]

🚨 New paper in @PhysRevLett !
We show how motion induces a topological phase transition in 2D populations of oscillators with random frequencies 🌀: https://t.co/rpPJIRfvRI
w YRouzaire PRahmani FPeruani @natxopago @UB_ICS @CUCA_labo @FisicaUB
#ComplexSystems #ActiveMatter

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

@CRPP_Bx

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Publication Alert!📢
Check our new article by José in collab with @carlacolloids @LRodriguezArco M. Dijkstra R. Subert & M. Lopez.
We engineering reversible 2D rod percolated networks!
https://t.co/qaV3tQglXo
#SoftMatter #Colloids

[SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol]

Frequency acts as a selector:
🔻Low freq → dipolar-driven networks
🔺High freq → standing rods, disconnection
Voltage tunes “stickiness.” Electric fields as on-demand glue.
#Percolation #Electrokinetics

[Nature Physics @NaturePhysics]

How cells actively change their shape is an open question. Now, a reconstituted minimal cytoskeleton composed of microtubules and molecular motors is shown to produce membrane fluctuations that drive active shape changes in synthetic cells.
https://t.co/OBD3IdsOR7

[Emanuela Del Gado @emanueladelgado]

Excited about discoveries of topological motifs in complex network materials! If you have not read the beautiful paper by Giorgia Palombo, Simon Weir, ⁦@Dmichiel1⁩, and Yair Fosado https://t.co/mhctDjKrBJ yet, please do! This is just my teaser … https://t.co/w0DkOCjGIh