{"681703":{"#nid":"681703","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Cell Ordering May Depend on Nuclear Size","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter Yunker\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, reflects on the results of new experiments which show that cells pack in increasingly well-ordered patterns as the relative sizes of their nuclei grow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis research is a beautiful example of how the physics of packing is so important in biological systems,\u201d states Yunker. He says the researchers introduce the idea that cell packing can be controlled by the relative size of the nucleus, which \u201cis an accessible control parameter that may play important roles during development and could be used in bioengineering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter Yunker\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, reflects on the results of new experiments which show that cells pack in increasingly well-ordered patterns as the relative sizes of their nuclei grow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThis research is a beautiful example of how the physics of packing is so important in biological systems,\u201d states Yunker. He says the researchers introduce the idea that cell packing can be controlled by the relative size of the nucleus, which \u201cis an accessible control parameter that may play important roles during development and could be used in bioengineering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-04-09 19:36:49","changed_gmt":"2025-04-10 14:38:43","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Physics Magazine","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/physics.aps.org\/articles\/v18\/65","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}