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Nicky Tam successfully defended his PhD with the highest distinction, summa cum laude!

November 22, 2024

Nicky impressed the thesis defense committee. Way to go Nicky!

Thesis title: Jellied vesicles: probing the interactions between vesicles and the extracellular matrix environment

Nicky’s articles

Extracellular Vesicle Mobility in Collagen I Hydrogels Is Influenced by Matrix-Binding Integrins, N.W. Tam, A. Becker, A. Mangiarotti, A. Cipitria, R. Dimova, ACS Nano 18, 29585–29601 (2024)
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c07186

Non-specific membrane-matrix interactions influence diffusivity of lipid vesicles in hydrogel environments, N. Tam, O. Schullian, A. Cipitria and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 123, 638-650 (2024)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.02.005 Full text

Biomolecular condensates modulate membrane lipid packing and hydration, A. Mangiarotti, M. Siri, N.W. Tam, Z. Zhao, L. Malacrida and R. Dimova, Nature Com14, 6081 (2023) 
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41709-5 Full text