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Tanniemola B. Liverpool
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Soft Matter and Biological Physics
BA Natural Sciences (Physics) Cambridge University
PhD (Theoretical Physics) Cambridge University

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I am in the Applied Section of the Department of Mathematics at Bristol. My research primarily involves theoretical descriptions of complex fluids (membranes, polymers, gels, ...). I am increasingly interested in the study of "soft biological matter" (DNA, proteins, the cytoskeleton, gene regulation, ...), and the organising principles behind this highly interesting active (living) state of matter. My approach to these problems is always from the angle (point of view) of a condensed matter physicist (or statistical mechanic).
In addition I teach a few courses.
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RECENT RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Accuracy is essential for life, so in converting the information stored in DNA into a form in which it can be used, a high level of precision is required. We have recently developed a mathematical model for how the required accuracy can be achieved (more details) .

Backtracking and Proofreading in DNA Transcription.
M. Voliotis, N. Cohen, C. Molina-Paris, and T.B. Liverpool.
Physical Review Letters, 102, 258101 (2009)
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  1. Complex Spontaneous Flows and Concentration Banding in Active Polar Films, L.Giomi, M.C. Marchetti and T.B. Liverpool, Physical Review Letters, 101 , 198101 (2008).

  2. Short-time inertial response of viscoelastic fluids measured with Brownian motion and with active probes, M. Atakhorrami, D. Mizuno, G.H. Koenderink, T.B. Liverpool, F.C. MacKintosh, and C.F. Schmidt, Physical Review E, 77 , 061508 (2008).

  3. On the supercoiling and denaturation of DNA loops, T.B. Liverpool, S.A. Harris, C. Laughton, Physical Review Letters, 100 , 238103 (2008).

  4. Mapping the phase diagram of the writhe of DNA nanocircles using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations , S.A. Harris, C. Laughton and T.B. Liverpool, Nucleic Acids Research, 36, 21-29 (2008).

  5. Fluctuations, Pauses, and Backtracking in DNA Transcription, M. Voliotis, N. Cohen, C. Molina-Paris and T.B. Liverpool, Biophysical Journal, 94, 334-348 (2008).

  6. Designing phoretic micro- and nano-swimmers, R. Golestanian, T.B. Liverpool and A. Ajdari, New Journal of Physics, 9, 126 (2007).

  7. Active gels: where polymer physics meets cytoskeletal dynamics, T.B. Liverpool, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 364, 3335-3355 (2006).
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E-mail: t.liverpool(at)bristol.ac.uk
Last modified March 2009