Presentations

Lyzzett, Luis, Danna, and Fermin, participants in the NSF IRES program, presenting at the 2024 Frontiers in Soft Matter Conference.

Gil presenting at the 2024 APS March Meeting.

Laura and Kayla presenting posters, September 2024.

2024

Time-varying diffusion and conformations of topologically-active DNA in composites Michael A Arellano, *Juexin Marfai*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes:

Optical tweezers map spatiotemporal force generation in active actin-microtubule composites *Anindya Chowdhury*, *Karthik Reddy Peddireddy*, Moumita Das, Mehrzad Sasanpour, Jennifer Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Megan T. Valentine, Michael J. Rust, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Improved quantification of colloidal dynamics with machine learning and simulations *Dylan Gage*, *Gildardo Martinez*, *Justin Siu*, *Emma Kao*, *Juan Carlos Avila*, *Ruilin You*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

High Throughput Screening towards the Rational Design of Active Matter Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, Jonathan A. Michel, Qiaopeng Chen, *Karthik Reddy Peddireddy*, Michael J. Rust, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, *Ryan McGorty*, Megan T. Valentine Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks

Dynamics and rheology of active biomaterials and gels quantified with optical microscopy tools *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Dynamics and rheology of colloidal rod suspensions measured with differential dynamic microscopy *Laura G Morocho*, *Nikhil Sonthalia*, *Ryle R. Rel*, Esther Yang, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy, Rheology

Diffusion of concentrated DNA rings undergoing dynamic concatenation Danna Aguilar, *Ryan McGorty*, *Philip D. Neill*, *Juexin Marfai*, *Bailey Arnold*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes:

Quantifying dynamics of soft and active matter with microscopy and machine learning *Gildardo Martinez*, *Justin Siu*, *Dylan Gage*, *Emma Kao*, *Juan Carlos Avila*, *Ruilin You*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2024 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

2023

The rheology of colloidal suspensions measured as rod-shaped particles emerge and grow *Ryle Rel*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Nonlinear local straining leads to non-equilibrium deformation fields and dynamics of motor-driven cytoskeleton composites Mehrzad Sasanpour, Daisy H. Achiriloaie, Maya Hendija, *Karthik R. Peddireddy*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Differential dynamic microscopy enhanced with convolutional neural networks *Justin Siu*, *Ruilin You*, *Steven Dang*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Nonlinear Mechanics and Stress Propagation in Out-of-Equilibrium Cytoskeleton Composites Daisy H. Achiriloaie, Kit K. Bennett, Mehrzad Sasanpour, *Karthik Peddireddy*, Michael J. Rust, Moumita Das, Megan T. Valentine, Janet Y. Sheung, Jennifer L. Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Motor-driven advection competes with crowding to drive spatiotemporally heterogeneous transport in cytoskeleton composites Brian Y. Lee, Janet Y. Sheung, *Jonathan Garamella*, Stella Kahl, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Motor-driven advection competes with macromolecular crowding to drive spatiotemporally heterogeneous transport in cytoskeleton composites Janet Y. Sheung, *Jonathan Garamella*, Stella Kahl, Brian Y. Lee, Nadia Schwartz Bolef, Daisy H. Achiriloaie, Jennifer L. Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

DNA transport within confined motor-driven cytoskeletal networks *Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari*, *Philip Neill*, Daisy H. Achiriloaie, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Designing a Singular Objective Light-Sheet (SOLS) Microscope for Visualization and Characterization of Cytoskeleton Networks Nathan Felcher, Janet Y. Sheung, *Ryan McGorty*, Daisy H. Achiriloaie Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Light Sheet Microscopy

Time-varying stress response and deformation dynamics of topologically-active DNA solutions *Karthik Peddireddy*, *Philip Neill*, *Juexin Marfai*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Non-equilibrium viscoelasticity driven by dynamic concatenation of ring DNA *Philip Neill*, *Juexin Marfai*, Cindy Sumair, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Rheology

Dynamic concatenation leads to anomalous transport of ring DNA in concentrated solutions *Juexin Marfai*, *Philip Neill*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Rheology

Optical tweezers and DDM characterize time-varying strain fields in kinesin-driven cytoskeleton composites Mehrzad Sasanpour, Daisy Achiriloaie, *Karthik Peddireddy*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks

Mechanics and stress propagation in non-equilibrium cytoskeleton composites Daisy Achiriloaie, Mehrzad Sasanpour, *Karthik Peddireddy*, *Ryan McGorty*, Janet Sheung, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks

Dynamic concatenation of ring DNA leads to non-equilibrium viscoelasticity tuned by DNA size and concentration *Philip Neill*, *Juexin Marfai*, Cindy Sumair, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes:

Dynamic concatenation of leads to anomalous transport of ring DNA in concentrated solutions *Juexin Marfai*, *Philip Neill*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae Robertson-Anderson Presented at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2023 (see published abstract) Research themes:

2022

Time-dependent rheology of enzymatically-active composites of DNA and dextran *Juexin Marfai*, Pawan Khanal, *Philip Neill*, Davide Michieletto, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at ACS Spring Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Rheology

Shear-induced anisotropy at the meso- and macro-scales in colloidal gels *Ryan McGorty*, *Ryle R. Rel*, *Dennis Terwilliger* Presented at ACS Spring Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Mapping nonlinear stress propagation in non-equilibrium complex fluids *Karthik Peddireddy*, Ryan Clairmont, *Philip Neill*, *Jonathan Garamella*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

DNA dynamics in crowded cell-sized droplets *Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari*, *Steven Dang*, *Juexin Marfai*, Kara Coursey, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Time-dependent rheology of enzymatically-active composites of DNA and dextran *Juexin Marfai*, Pawan Khanal, *Philip Neill*, Davide Michieletto, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Rheology

Sheared gels form vorticity-aligned flocs depending on the shape of connected colloidal clusters *Ryle R. Rel*, *Dennis Terwilliger*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Measuring capillary wave fluctuations and droplet coalescence in colloidal fluids with light sheet microscopy *Ruilin You*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids

Effects of crowding and confinement on the transport and localization of DNA *Steven Dang*, *Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari*, *Juexin Marfai*, Kara Coursey, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Tunable Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Motor-Driven Cytoskeleton Composites Daisy H. Achiriloaie, Christopher Currie, Maya Hendija, *Ryan McGorty*, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, Michael J. Rust, Janet Y. Sheung, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2022 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

2021

DNA transport and conformational dynamics in active cytoskeleton composites *Jonathan Garamella*, Serenity Adalbert, *Gina Aguirre*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Mapping the nonlinear stress propagation in topological polymer blends *Karthik Peddireddy*, *Gina Aguirre*, *Jonathan Garamella*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Light sheet microscopy for fast volumetric imaging of colloidal fluids under shear *Ruilin You*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Light Sheet Microscopy

Differential Dynamic Microscopy of Active Actin-Microtubule Networks *Gregor Leech*, Gloria Lee, Michael Rust, Moumita Das, Jennifer L. Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Colloidal gels displaying both flow-aligned and vorticity-aligned flocs under shear *Dennis Terwilliger*, *John C. Brady*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Active Restructuring of Myosin-Driven Actin-Microtubule Networks Christopher Currie, Gloria Lee, Michael Rust, Moumita Das, Leila Farhadi, Jennifer L. Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks

Tuning Dynamics of Myosin-Driven Actin-Microtubule Networks Gloria Lee, *Gregor Leech*, Christopher Currie, Michael Rust, Jennifer L. Ross, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2021 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

2020

Cycling between flow-aligned and vorticity-aligned flocs using temperature-sensitive colloid-polymer mixtures *Dennis Terwilliger*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at International Congress on Rheology, December 2020 Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Anomalous transport across scales in crosslinked actin-microtubule composites Sylas Anderson, *Jonathan Garamella*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Observing phase separation of temperature-responsive colloids under shear *John Brady*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Rheology

Non-ergodic transport and conformational dynamics of DNA in biomimetic cytoskeleton networks *Jonathan Garamella*, *Gina Aguirre*, Kathryn Regan, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Temporal super-resolution differential dynamics microscopy for detecting fast dynamics *Ruilin You*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Observing phase separation in colloid-polymer mixtures with a custom light-sheet rheoscope *Jing Wang*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Connecting microscale stresses to macromolecular motion in entangled ring-linear DNA blends *Karthik Peddireddy*, Megan C. Lee, *Jonathan Garamella*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Non-Ergodic Transport and Conformational Dynamics of DNA in Biomimetic Cytoskeleton Networks *Jonathan Garamella*, *Gina Aguirre*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2020 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

2019

Ensemble dynamics of large DNA molecules within entangled and crosslinked cytoskeleton networks *Devynn Wulstein*, Kathryn Regan, Shea Ricketts, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Measuring the dispersion relation of capillary waves using differential dynamic microscopy *Jing Wang*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Quantifying the surface tension of non-equilibrium colloidal fluids *Caroline Riedstra*, *Jing Wang*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Colloidal Fluids

Particle-tracking reveals heterogeneous subdiffusion in in vitro cytoskeleton composites Sylas Anderson, *Christelle Matsuda*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks

Measure particle diffusion in cytoskeletal networks with light-sheet and differential dynamic microscopy *Christelle Matsuda*, Sylas Anderson, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Paper-based controllable illumination for multi-mode microscopy *Simren Kaur*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes:

Diffusion and Conformational Dynamics of Linear and Circular DNA in Crosslinked Cytoskeleton Composites Kathryn Regan, *Devynn Wulstein*, Shea Ricketts, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2019 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy

2018

Programmable illumination for multimodal microscopy using an electric paper (ePaper) display *Jing Wang*, *Eric Gerald*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at Biophotonics Congress, April 2018 (see published abstract) Research themes:

Selective-plane illumination microscopy to characterize diffusion of DNA in cytoskeletal networks *Devynn Wulstein*, Kathryn Regan, Shea Ricketts, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2018 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Differential Dynamic Microscopy, Light Sheet Microscopy

Determining Forces in Macroscopic Fiber Networks Using Conductive Fabric *Jason Clapp*, *Ryan McGorty* Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2018 (see published abstract) Research themes:

2017

Mobility and Conformational Dynamics of large DNA diffusing through Cytoskeletal Networks Kathryn Regan, Shea Ricketts, *Devynn Wulstein*, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2017 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks, Light Sheet Microscopy

Active microrheology of entangled biopolymer composites link polymer flexibility and length to molecular force response Robert Fitzpatrick, Cole Hauer, Carl Kyrillos, *Ryan McGorty*, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson Presented at APS March Meeting, March 2017 (see published abstract) Research themes: Cytoskeletal Networks