Phase Transitions in Cells @ScienceSketches
Phase Transitions in Cells  @ScienceSketches
Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Louise Jawerth explains the concept of phase transitions in cells and outlines some open questions in this emerging field. Louise is a postdoc in Tony Hyman's lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Learn more on the Hyman lab website (hymanlab.mpi-cbg.de/hyman_lab/phase-separation/).

Written and narrated by Louise Jawerth. Edited and produced by Lisa Dennison.

This video first appeared in the "Two Minute Talk" series of Tony Hyman's lab (youtu.be/73XViw11QZk?list=PLzhJMLTEPa4lcFaoGckb2jkHLQXSy3Jsu).
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