Meredith Betterton Portrait
Professor
Physics
mdb@colorado.edu
(303) 735-6135

翱蹿蹿颈肠别:听DUAN F527听

Research Interests:

I'm interested in the physics of cell division and related biophysics. My current projects address motor protein dynamics and microtubule length regulation, cytoskeletal active matter, mitotic spindle assembly and regulation, chromosome segregation in cell division, and disordered proteins in the nuclear pore complex.

Recent Publications:

  1. H.-S. Kuan and M. D. Betterton, "Motor protein accumulation on antiparallel microtubule overlaps,"听听(2015).
  2. R. Blackwell, O. Sweezy-Schindler, C. Baldwin, L. E Hough, M. A. Glser, and M. D. Betterton, "Microscopic origins of anisotropic active stress in motor-driven nematic liquid crystals,"听Soft Matter听DOI: 10.1039/C5SM02506K (2016).听.
  3. H.-S. Kuan, R. Blackwell, L. E. Hough, M. A. Glaser, and M. D. Betterton, "Hysteresis, reentrance, and glassy dynamics in systems of self-propelled rods,"听Physical Review E听92, 060501 (2015).听听.
  4. T. Gao, R. Blackwell, M. A. Glaser, M. D. Betterton, and M. J. Shelley, "Multiscale modeling and simulation of microtubule-motor protein assemblies,"听Physical Review E92, 062709 (2015).听听.
  5. T. Gao, R. Blackwell, M. A. Glaser, M. D. Betterton, and M. J. Shelley, "Multiscale polar theory of microtubule and motor-protein assemblies,"听Physical Review Letters听114, 048101 (2015),听.听
  6. M. D. Betterton and J. R.听McIntosh, "Regulation of chromosome speeds in mitosis,"Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering听6, 418-430 (2013).听.
  7. H.-S. Kuan and M. D. Betterton, "Biophysics of filament length regulation by molecular motors,"听Physical Biology听10, 036004 (2013).听.
  8. T. Kuriabova, M. D. Betterton, and M. A. Glaser, "Linear aggregation and liquid-crystalline order: comparison of Monte Carlo simulation and analytic theory,"听Journal of Materials Chemistry听20, 10366-10383 (2010).听. Selected as a听听by the听Journal of Materials Chemistry.
  9. L. E. Hough, A. Schwabe, M. A. Glaser, J. R.听McIntosh, and M. D. Betterton, "Microtubule depolymerization by the kinesin-8 motor Kip3p: a mathematical model,"Biophysical Journal听96, 3050 (2009).听.