13. November 2025
Alberti and Hyman among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers in 2025
RTG 3120 PI's have been among the most highly cited authors in 2025, according to Clarivate, with Hyman and Alberti leading the way "in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection" See the press release by TU Dresden:…
9. October 2025
Molecular dynamics investigation of polymer-decorated nanoparticles with co-nonsolvent
A new study by Sommer and colleagues in the Journal of Chemical Physics investigates how polymer-decorated nanoparticles (PDNPs)—tiny particles coated with grafted polymer chains—undergo structural changes in mixed-solvent environments. Using detailed molecular dynamics simulations, the authors of…
20. August 2025
Intra-condensate demixing of TDP-43 inside stress granules generates pathological aggregates
A new study from the labs of Honigmann, Hyman, and Alberti in Dresden, in addition to colleagues in Texas A&M University, Mayo Clinic, Brown University, and Saint Louis University investigates the mechanism behind pathological outcomes of protein aggregation inside stress granules. The authors…
20. August 2025
Impact of Coiled-Coil Domains on the Phase Behavior of Biomolecular Condensates
A new Study from the Harmon and Sommer Labs in ACS Macro Letters entitled 'Impact of Coiled-Coil Domains on the Phase Behavior of Biomolecular Condensates' addressed how the geometry and structure of folded domains impact condensate formation. They used coarse-grained simulations to determine that…