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Elisa Franco
@francolab.bsky.social
Franco Lab @UCLA Exploring how to program dynamic behaviors in biological self-assembly 💡✨ We’re harnessing DNA and RNA to build smart, adaptive materials 🔬🧬 #Biomaterials #DNA #RNA
Come learn about UCLA research projects that have been suspended under the Trump administration, and why they matter for all of us.

🧪 Wednesday, Sept 10 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 Northwest corner of Westwood & Le Conte
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you want to read more, this very engaging book walks you through his discovery process - highs and lows.
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How can complex dynamics emerge from phase-separated matter? 🤔 Simple chemical reactions can trigger periodic or chaotic behavior in dense phases! Cool simulations by Dino Osmanovic 💥 w/ support by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
#PhaseSeparation #Matter2Life
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
February 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy #Valentine's day with some colorful #DNA #condensates that decided to assemble into a heart ❤️ 💚 ❤️ 💚 ❤️ 💚
February 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨 New Preprint Alert! 🚨
Dose-response curves measure how cells react to inputs, but what about how long the input stays high? Our latest work shows that some circuits can flip the script of temporal dose: short stimuli can trigger sustained responses & vice versa!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM