The Princeton MRSEC iSuperSeed focuses on the topics of polymeric materials driving structure and biological function at (i) the intracellular length scale, where recent observations of phase-separated liquid phases (left top image) are relevant to understanding responses inside cells, and (ii) extra-cellular length scales where porous material change shape or regulate run-and-tumble dynamics of swimming bacteria (bottom image) or evolving shapes of biofilms (right top image).

Image of polymeric phases central to observed responses at different length scales
Image of polymeric phases central to observed responses at different length scales