Press / Videos / Outreach / Talks
November 2024: Chloroplast Morphodynamics
Some Videos and Press Coverage of our study on Chloroplast Morphodynamics in a Single-celled Dinoflagellate
The article is openly accessible here, where more videos are included.
Physics Magazine article by Rachel Berkowitz
UvA’s Press Release by Marcel Vonk
A series of videos related to chloroplast morphodynamics:
Chloroplast contraction of P. lunula at different light intensities: (left) 0.6mW/cm2, (center) 2.8mW/cm2 and (right) 41.4mW/cm2.
Chloroplast autofluorescence signal during the contraction obtained by 3D confocal microscopy.
Network analysis of chloroplast autofluorescence signal. Nodes (dots) between the edges of the skeletonized image are tracked over time.
APRIL 2024: Billiards with Spatial Memory
some press Coverage of our recent study of mathematical billiards with memory.
Mathematicians Gave a Billiard Ball a Brain—and It Led to Something Unbelievable
Article on Popular Mechanics
Trapped by memory
Article on Nature Physics
Particles move in beautiful patterns when they have ‘spatial memory’
Article on New Scientist
Trapped in the middle: Billiards with memory framework leads to mathematical questions
Press release on Phys.org by Marcel Vonk
Article on NRC (in Dutch)
October 2023: Bioluminescent Materials
some press Coverage of our collaboration with UCSD’s Cai Lab on living bioluminescent gels:
Soft, living materials made with algae glow under stress
Article on Phys.org
Give these ‘living composite’ objects a squeeze and watch them glow
Article on Nature
Material made of live glowing algae could be used in stress sensors
Article on New Atlas
January 2023: Glassy Physics in Plant Cells
Press Coverage on our Recent Study of Chloroplast Positioning and Active Glassy Physics in Plant Cells:
Chloroplasts’ choreography keeps plant cells powered
Article by Allison Parshall: Scientific American
Press coverage on our Aerosol Mitigation Consortium (MIST)
Preventing airborne virus transmission
Amsterdam Science Park Article
Preventing airborne transmissions of viruses
NWO article
Press Coverage on our Study of Bioluminescence:
A note on evolutionary biology
Article by P Ball: Chemistry World
Mechanics & Bioluminescence
Article by R Berkowitz: Physics Today
"... And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire." - Shakespeare
Article by S Collins Here
More coverage on Physics, PhysORG, PhysicsWorld, AAAS, FYFD, My Science, Yahoo, IFLS, Cosmos Magazine, SPIEGEL (in German), Notizie Scientifiche (in Italiana), Futura Sciences (in French), and RIA (in Russian).
VIDEO: Destructive Laser-Induced Forward Transfer
VIDEO: Viscoplastic Water Entry
VIDEO: An Oil Drop Impacts into a Water Surface
VIDEO: Our online webinar on aerosols and SARS-CoV-2
VIDEO: Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence
VIDEO: Fragmentation of Falling Droplet
RADIO Interview: Mazi talks to BNR about Sea Sparkles! Link to listen here.
RADIO Interview: Mazi talks to BBC’s Naked Scientists about the physics of Custards! Link to listen here.
PODCAST Interview: Mazi, Jackson, & Olfa “Talk that Science“ about soft Matter & 3D Printing in space
Talk: Viscoplastic Spreading , JFM Seminar Series
Talk: Plastocapillarity, JNNFM Seminar Series