Selection and Regulation of Compartments by Fuel-driven Phase Separation

Project Information

FuelledLife

Grant agreement ID: 949021

DOI

10.3030/949021

Project closed

EC signature date 17 August 2020

Start date 1 September 2021

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 498 852,00

EU contribution

€ 1 498 852,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET AUGSBURG
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Kinetic theory of emulsions with matter supply

Author(s): Jacqueline Janssen, Frank Jülicher, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Physical Review E, Issue 113, 2026, ISSN 2470-0045
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/3wnw-921f

Excitability and Oscillations of Active Droplets

Author(s): Ivar S. Haugerud, Hidde D. Vuijk, Job Boekhoven, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 136, 2026, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/g9dh-ymx9

Size control and oscillations of active droplets in synthetic cells

Author(s): Job Boekhoven, Judti Sastre, Advait Thatte, Alexander Bergmann, Michele Stasi, Marta Tena-Solsona, Christoph Weber
Published in: Nature Comm., 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4882101/v1

Liquid spherical shells are a non-equilibriumsteady state of active droplets.

Author(s): Alexander M. Bergmann,Jonathan Bauermann,Giacomo Bartolucci, Carsten Donau, Michele Stasi, Anna-Lena Holtmannspötter, Frank Jülicher, Christoph A. Weber, Job Boekhoven
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42344-w

Chemical reactions regulated by phase-separated condensates

Author(s): Sudarshana Laha, Jonathan Bauermann, Frank Jülicher, Thomas C. T. Michaels, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.043092

Theory for sequence selection via phase separation and oligomerization

Author(s): Ivar S. Haugerud, Giacomo Bartolucci, Dieter Braun, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 123, 2026, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422829123

Nonequilibrium Wet–Dry Cycling Acts as a Catalyst for Chemical Reactions

Author(s): Ivar Svalheim Haugerud, Pranay Jaiswal, and Christoph A. Weber
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. B, Issue 128, 7, 1724–17, 2024, Page(s) 1724–17, ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c05824

Assembly of tight junction belts by ZO1 surface condensation and local actin polymerization

Author(s): Daxiao Sun, Xueping Zhao, Tina Wiegand, Cecilie Martin-Lemaitre, Tom Borianne, Lennart Kleinschmidt, Stephan W. Grill, Anthony A. Hyman, Christoph Weber, Alf Honigmann
Published in: Developmental Cell, Issue 60, 2025, Page(s) 1234-1250.e6, ISSN 1534-5807
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.12.012

Theory of Reversed Ripening in Active Phase Separating Systems

Author(s): Jonathan Bauermann, Giacomo Bartolucci, Christoph A. Weber, Frank Jülicher
Published in: Physical Review Letters, Issue 135, 2026, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/f5x9-wp3g

Chemically active wetting

Author(s): Susanne Liese, Xueping Zhao, Christoph A. Weber, Frank Jülicher
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122, 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403083122

Charge separation at liquid interfaces

Author(s): Arghya Majee, Christoph A. Weber, Frank Jülicher
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.033138

Other (8)

Chemical kinetics and mass action in coexisting phases

Author(s): Jonathan Bauermann; Sudarshana Laha; Patrick M. McCall; Frank Jülicher; Christoph A. Weber
Published in: J. Am. Chem. Soc., Issue 144, 42, 19294–19304, 2022
Publisher: America Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06265

Sequence self-selection by cyclic phase separation

Author(s): Giacomo Bartolucci, Adriana Calaça Serrão, Philipp Schwintek, Alexandra Kühnlein, Yash Rana, Philipp Janto, Dorothea Hofer, Christof B. Mast, Dieter Braun, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: PNAS, Issue 120 (43), 2023
Publisher: National Academy of Science
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218876120

The interplay between biomolecular assembly and phase separation

Author(s): Giacomo Bartolucci, Ivar S. Haugerud, Thomas C.T. Michaels, and Christoph A. Weber
Published in: biorxiv, 2023
Publisher: biorxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.18.537072

Chemical Reactions regulated by Phase-Separated Condensates

Author(s): Sudarshana Laha, Jonathan Bauermann, Frank Jülicher, Thomas C.T. Michaels, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: arxiv, 2024
Publisher: Cornell University
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2403.05228

Aggregation controlled by condensate rheology

Author(s): Wolfram Pönisch, Thomas C.T. Michaels, Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Biophysical Journal, Issue Volume 122, Issue 1, 3 January 2023, Pages 197-214, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.11.009

Enhanced potency of aggregation inhibitors mediated by liquid condensates

Author(s): Thomas C. T. Michaels; L. Mahadevan; Christoph A. Weber
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 1, 4 (4), 2022
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.043173

Formation of liquid shells in active droplet systems

Author(s): Jonathan Bauermann; Giacomo Bartolucci; Job Boekhoven; Christoph A. Weber; Frank Jülicher
Published in: PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, 2023
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.5.043246

Charge Separation at Interfaces of Phase-Separated Coacervates

Author(s): Majee, Arghya; Weber, Christoph A.; Jülicher, Frank
Published in: arxiv, Issue 4, 2023
Publisher: Cornell University
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.07835