MOTO: through curiosity about the unknown, we evolve


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Patterns emerge at all scales and they have a broad impact on our lives, ranging from technologies to medicine. Patterns are self-organized phenomena, meaning that individual building blocks result in distinct collective responses. However, our knowledge of the mechanisms involved in these complex processes is often limited due to our educational barrier to multidisciplinary approaches. This is a challenge that modern science poses to us: Integration of disciplines!


***we are always seeking enthusiastic and curious students/postdocs***
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Recent publications: 

Front propagation and global bifurcations in a multivariable reaction-diffusion model [in Chaos]

Instability mechanisms of repelling peak solutions in a multi-variable activator-inhibitor system [in Chaos]

Versatile patterns in the actin cortex of motile cells: Self-organized pulses can coexist with macropinocytic ring-shaped waves [in Phys. Rev. Lett.]

Parallel water photo-oxidation reaction pathways in hematite photoanodes: Implications for solar fuel production [in Energy Environ. Sci.]


Selected perspectives and reviews:

From actin waves to mechanism and back: How theory aids biological understanding [Review in eLife]

Why a large-scale mode can be essential for understanding intracellular actin waves [Perspective in Cells]

Coupling bulk and near-electrode interfacial nanostructuring in ionic liquids [Perspective in Chem. Mater.]


Selected broad audience reading:

Israeli scientists make breakthrough on producing ‘green’ hydrogen fuel

Run on water: How Israeli innovators are leading the way to hydrogen-fueled cars

Wave motion on cellular membranes that could have implications for cancer detection and treatment [Hebrew version, הדוקטור פורטל בריאות]

SPECIAL ISSUE
ADVANCES IN PATTERN FORMATION
Physica D

SPECIAL ISSUE
DYNAMICAL ASPECTS OF MEAN FIELD THEORIES FOR ELECTROLYTES AND APPLICATIONS
EPJ ST