
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
@monicagroup
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Mat. Sci & Eng, Professor of Chem, Physics and Astr. and Chemical an Bio Eng. Northwestern. 1985 PhD in physics, Cambridge, UK
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Excited to release our latest work, led by Babak Vajdi Hokmabad: doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Here, we describe how confined bacterial suspensions self-organize into structured domains of different motilities, in response to oxygen limitations🦠🍥 Tweetorial follows! [1/8]

Many biological fluids are polymer solutions, whose viscoelasticity can enhance cell swimming and promote large-scale mixing. Babak & Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte showed that the core-shell organization also arises in polymer solutions, but with fascinating additional flow fluctuations. [7/8]


A new joint initiative between Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Engineering aims to steer the development of new research “neighborhoods” on Northwestern’s Chicago campus, expanding on current research priorities, which include #syntheticbiology. bit.ly/3QH9HmH


Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. scim.ag/3XlYkEu News from Science

In a new Science Immunology Review, researchers evaluate the mechanisms of action underlying vaccine adjuvant function and highlight the promise of self-encoded adjuvants in mRNA vaccines. Learn more: scim.ag/3X8lfDm



#MaterialsScience experts Tobin Marks and Antonio Facchetti have developed an organic electrochemical neuron that fires at human-like speeds! This real-time tactile sensing system is unprecedented for #neurotechnology, robotics, and #prosthetics. ⚡️ news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/0…





🎉 Congratulations to Julia Kalow on receiving the 2025 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / MacromoleculesYoung Investigator Award! Discover more of Julia’s research in ACS Publications: bit.ly/3Grnmww #FacultyExcellence #NUChemistry #WomenInSTEM


Congratulations Mercouri Kanatzidis! #NUChemistry #FacultyExcellence #NASmember


New nanotherapy from Northwestern Chemistry's Samuel Stupp traps toxic proteins before they harm brain cells. In Alzheimer’s and ALS models, it dramatically improved neuron survival—pointing to a new way to slow neurodegeneration. #nanotherapy #ALS #Alzheimers news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/0…


