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KITP Program: Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates
(May 27 - Jul 11, 2025)
Coordinators: Jerelle Joseph, Frank Jülicher, Stephanie Weber, and David Zwicker
Scientific Advisors: Amy Gladfelter

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Time Speaker Title
5/27, 10:30am Steven Boeynaems
Baylor College of Medicine
Condense to kill (or trigger)[Protected][Video][CC]
5/28, 10:30am Trevor GrandPre
Princeton University
Biophysical principles of biomolecular condensate formation in algal pyrenoids[Video][CC]
5/29, 10:30am Hyun Kate Lee
University of Toronto
ATP-dependent remodeling of biomolecular condensates by molecular chaperones[Embargoed]
5/29, 2:15pm David Zwicker
MPI-DS
Phase separation and reactions coupled by thermodynamics[Video][CC]
5/30, 10:00am All participants Discussion
6/02, 10:30am Huan-Xiang Zhou
University of Illinois Chicago
Atomistic view of biomolecular condensates[Video][CC]
6/02, 12:15pm Shura Grosberg
NYU
Liquid-liquid phase separations and condensates in and out of equilibrium[Video]
KITP Blackboard Lunch
6/03, 10:30am Dimple Notani
National Center for Biological Sciences
Ligand-dependent transcriptional activation is linked to biomolecular condensates[Video][CC]
6/04, 10:30am Krishna Shrinivas
Northwestern University
Biological regulation and computation by condensates[Video][CC]
6/05, 10:30am Helmut Schiessel
Dresden University of Technology
A self-organised liquid reaction container for cellular memory[Video][CC]
6/05, 1:30pm Leonor Saiz
UC Davis
Computational Modeling of Multiscale Interactions in Gene Regulation[Embargoed]
6/06, 1:30pm All participants Discussion
6/09, 10:30am Antonia Statt
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Computational Study of the Influence of Sequence on Aggregation of Macromolecules[Video][CC]
6/10, 10:30am William Jacobs
Princeton University
Nonequilibrium dynamics at condensate interfaces[Slides][Video][CC]
6/11, 10:30am Serena Carra
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Protein quality control and biomolecular condensates: implications for cellular stress response and neurodegenerative diseases[Video][CC]
6/12, 10:30am Christoph Weber
University of Augsburg
Towards a theory of bottom-up sequence selection and evolution[Video][CC]
6/12, 1:30pm Huaiying Zhang
Carnegie Mellon University
Chemo-optogenetic Tools for Condensate Control[Video][CC]
6/13, 10:30am All participants Discussion
6/16-6/18 Conference: Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment
6/23, 10:30am Meng Shen
California State University, Fullerton
Beyond Mean-Field Theory: Self-Organization in Like-Charged Systems and Emergent Functionality in Mechanical Networks[Embargoed]
6/24, 10:30am Danfeng Cai
Johns Hopkins University
Understanding the Roles of Biomolecular Condensates in Physiology and Diseases[Video][CC]
6/25, 10:30am Jeremy Schmit
Kansas State University
Stickers, spacers, and oligomers: Understanding the thermodynamics of multi-component phase separation[Video][CC]
6/26, 10:30am Ned Wingreen
Princeton University
Condensate size control: doing chemistry in adaptable compartments[Slides][Video][CC]
6/26, 1:30pm Sebastian Aland
Freiberg University of Technology
Introduction to the Finite-Element Method for continuum simulation (of phase separation)[Video][CC]
6/27, 10:30am All participants
KITP
Discussion
6/30, 10:30am Lindsay Case
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Condensates regulate kinase signaling pathways[Embargoed]
7/01, 10:30am Yaojun Zhang
Johns Hopkins University
The exchange dynamics of biomolecular condensates[Slides][Video][CC]
7/02, 10:30am Kurt Kremer
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Co-nonsolvency (Tutorial)[Slides][Video][CC]
7/03, 10:30am Jorge Espinosa
Complutense University of Madrid
Multiscale modelling of aberrant phase transitions in biomolecular condensates[Video][CC]
7/03, 1:30pm Kathy Liu
University of Pennsylvania
Condensation Control of Translation and Genome Organization[Embargoed]
7/07, 10:30am Stefano Bo
King's College, London
Stochastic dynamics of single molecules in condensates (Tutorial)[Video][CC]
7/08, 10:30am Paul Robustelli
Dartmouth College
Molecular Mechanisms of Small Molecules that Modulate Biomolecular Condensates[Slides][Video][CC]
7/09, 10:30am Tatjana Trcek
Johns Hopkins University
Spatial organization of mRNAs: mechanisms and functional outcomes[Video][CC]
7/10, 10:30am Andrew Murray
Harvard University
It’s not just sports wagers: How and why yeast hedges its metabolic bets[Slides][Video][CC]
7/11, 10:30am All participants Discussion
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