News

  • A network of intricate fibers forms a structure with a bubble at its center.

    Researchers built a physical model to probe the creative destruction inside cells

  • Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

    Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

  • Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

    Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

  • diagram of droplet formation

    Theory of bubbles lifts cell biology into a new, more quantitative era

  • Artist rendering of biological shapes floating in a clear container

    Lava lamps, living cells: Brangwynne establishes new view of biology

  • image of cells

    New tools illuminate the liquid forces at play in living cells

Research

  • Applied Math

  • Materials Science and Engineering

Affiliations

  • Student uses drill press while others observe.

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Faculty member, seated at end of row of colleagues, leads panel discussion.

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

  • Researchers, dressed in white suits, work in "clean room" lab under yellow light.

    Princeton Materials Institute