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Sam Wilken

@samwilken.bsky.social
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Experimentalist excited by soft matter, DNA nanoscience, and biomolecular LLPS. Junior group leader - JGU-Mainz. Postdoc - UCSB. PhD - NYU. BA - UChicago. samwilken.com

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Sam Wilken @samwilken.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Excited to see this published! We show that multiple distinct liquid phases can be engineered within a single sample—and that, when densely packed, they behave collectively as a jammed multicomponent material that undergoes a coalescence-driven unjamming phase transition.
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Sam Wilken @samwilken.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We’re excited to share our new work in Soft Matter: doi.org/10.1039/D5SM... We demonstrate how in vitro transcription can drive biomolecular phase separation — and how that phase separation in turn regulates transcription.
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Condensation and activator/repressor control of a transcription-regulated biomolecular liquid
Cells operate in part by compartmentalizing chemical reactions. For example, recent work has shown that chromatin, the material that contains the cell's genome, can auto-regulate its structure by util...
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Sam Wilken @samwilken.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Only two days left to apply for positions in my new group in Mainz! The Nature Jobs posting will close on July 11th, but you can still find application details at: sites.google.com/view/swilken/we-are-hiring
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Sam Wilken - We are hiring!
We are hiring!
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Sam Wilken @samwilken.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Fully funded postdoc & PhD positions available in experimental DNA biomaterials & soft matter physics! @unimainz.bsky.social‬ More info & apply here (by July 11th) ⬇️ www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12840165 #Postdoc #PhD #Biophysics #SoftMatter #Biomaterials #JobOpportunity
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Fully-funded Postdoc or PhD student positions - experimental DNA biomaterials/soft matter physics - Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz (DE) job with Wilken Lab, Johannes Gutenberg University | 12840165
Two fully-funded postdoctoral or PhD student positions in experimental mesoscale bioinspired materials, DNA nanoscience, and/or soft matter physics...
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