Moumita Das

Shear Strain Stiffening in Cartilage is Governed by a Mechanical Phase Transition

This study investigates shear strain stiffening in cartilage, showing it results from a mechanical phase transition between bending- and stretching-dominated modes, influenced by collagen concentration and compression.

Morphology, Slow Dynamics, and Composition-Controlled Phase Behavior in a Minimal Model of Dps:DNA Co-Condensation

This study uses simulations to show that composition and attraction govern the morphology of Dps:DNA condensates, revealing slow dynamics and robust phase behavior.

Stress-Induced Mechanical Memory in Respiratory Mucus: Anisotropy, Network Reorganization, and Directional Transport

This paper shows lung mucus develops a directional mechanical memory under stress, which persists after the load is removed and reorganizes the network structure.

Sol-gel Transition Drives Hyper-fast Mixing in a Giant Cell

This study identifies a novel mixing mechanism in giant amoebae using a sol-gel transition strategy, achieving rapid cytoplasmic mixing.

Combinatorial constraints predict that mitochondrial networks contain a large component

The paper uses extremal graph theory to show that mitochondrial networks are likely to have a large connected component due to combinatorial constraints, suggesting this pattern may be a null model rather than requiring specific biological explanation.

SKAP binding to microtubules reduces friction at the kinetochore-microtubule interface and increases attachment stability under force

This study shows SKAP reduces friction at the kinetochore-microtubule interface and enhances attachment stability under force through its microtubule binding.