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Postdoctoral Researcher
Intitut fur Theoretische Physik
robert.blackwell@fau.de
49 015 255 194906

Loewenichstr. 4

Erlangen, Germany 91054

Research

My current research interests include membrane modeling, membrane-protein interactions, cytoskeletal modeling, and the mechanical basis for mitotic spindle formation. Broader interests include biophysics,non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and soft condensed matter.

Education

  • PhD, Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
  • BS, Physics, University of Georgia, 2007

Recent Publications

Thumbnail figure for Edelmaier et al. 2019 Chromosome paper
Mechanisms of chromosome biorientation and bipolar spindle assembly analyzed by computational modeling
Model cartoon
Kinesin-5-independent mitotic spindle assembly requires the antiparallel microtubule crosslinker Ase1 in fission yeast
Spindle images.
Physical determinants of bipolar mitotic spindle assembly and stability in fission yeast
Model cartoon
Contributions of microtubule dynamic instability and rotational diffusion to kinetochore capture
Filaments and motor image
Microscopic origins of anisotropic active stress in motor-driven nematic liquid crystals
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