Janko is a master student in Physics at Chalmers University of Technology.
During his time at the Soft Matter Lab, he will work on Monte Carlo simulations of protein condensates.
Biomolecular condensation is a phenomenon where under certain conditions biological polymers like proteins or RNA segregate out of a solution into a condensate. Many cellular organelles such as nucleolus are considered to be biomolecular condensates. Disruption in the condensation can have serious effects on human health, causing illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. My research investigates conditions for formation of condensates from previously developed theoretical models such as Flory-Huggins theory. We do this by utilizing Monte Carlo simulations of polymer mixtures and comparing results with theoretical models, as well as experimental results.