We are a group of physicists, biochemists, and material scientists interested in understanding, designing, and controlling emergent behaviors in biomimetic active materials.
We have openings for Posdocs, get in touch!
NEWS
Jeremy's preprint on active coarsening is on ArXiv
New Paper alert in PNAS! Congrats to Amelie and our collaborators:
3D pattern formation by Min proteins
Pre-prints Alert! Congrats to Amelie, Ben, Bennett, and all our co-authors and collaborators:
Interfacial instability of active droplets composed of microtubules and molecular motors.
Najma's latest paper was accepted in PRR, congratulations to all the co-authors!
Congrats Dr. Laprade!
The latest paper from the lab is published in PRX
Welcome to the DuclosLab Sasha!
The latest paper from the lab is published in PNAS
Welcome to the DuclosLab Adrielle!
NECFW 2023 @Brandeis: soundbites, cool science and networking.
Ben and Bennett won the best poster prize at (resp.) GRC Liquids Crystals and GRC Soft Condensed matter 2023. Congrats!
Funding:
Our lab is part the Bioinspired Brandeis MRSEC (link here)
NSF CAREER award (2021-2026)
DOE Early Career Research Award (2023-2028)