Presentations

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