Paper Number
BL18                         My Program 

Session
Biomaterials, Bio-fluid Dynamics and Biorheology

Title
Microscopy-based approaches to discovering emergent dynamics in active matter

Presentation Date and Time
October 21, 2025 (Tuesday) 10:10

Track / Room
Track 6 / Sweeney Ballroom C

Authors (Click on name to view author profile)

1. Robertson-Anderson, Rae M. (University of San Diego, Physics and Biophysics)

Author and Affiliation Lines (in printed abstract book)
Rae M. Robertson-Anderson
Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110

Speaker / Presenter 
Robertson-Anderson, Rae M.

Keywords
experimental methods; computational methods; bio-fluid dynamics; biomaterials; methods; microscopy

Text of Abstract
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity is a hallmark of living systems, essential for their multifunctionality and adaptability. Yet, it is also a major hurdle in characterizing and understanding their rheological properties. Here I will discuss how microscopy-based methods can be used to robustly characterize the dynamics, mechanics and structure of noisy, time-evolving systems with both high resolution and high throughput. Using these approaches I will highlight emergent composition-dynamics relations that arise in active cytoskeleton composites.