Research

Research

Selected work on how living systems move, pack and adapt — from chloroplasts to bioluminescent algae to the vasculature.

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Red chloroplast network of Pyrocystis lunula.

Chloroplast Morphodynamics

N Schramma, G Casas Canales, M Jalaal

PNAS 2024 →
Cage-breaking in dense chloroplasts.

Glass-like Dynamics in Chloroplasts

N Schramma, C Perugachi-Israels, M Jalaal

PNAS 2023 →
Chloroplasts in the leaf cells of Elodea densa.

Optimal Packing of Chloroplasts

N Schramma, E R Weeks, M Jalaal

PNAS 2025 →
Micropipette induced flow on a single moon-shaped Pyrocystis lunula algae cell.

Physics of Bioluminescence

M Jalaal, N Schramma, A Dode, H De Maleprade, C Raufaste, R Goldstein

PRL 2020 →
Blue-glowing material in shape of a flower.

Bioluminescent Living Materials

C Li, N Schramma, Z Wang, NF Qari, M Jalaal, MI Latz, S Cai

Sci. Adv. 2023 →
Probability density of end-positions in a dynamical billiard with memory.

Dynamical Billiard with Memory

T Albers, S Delnoij, N Schramma, M Jalaal

PRL 2024 →
Streamlines of fluorescently tagged nuclei in a front region of Physarum polycephalum.

Nuclei in Physarum polycephalum

T Gerber, C Loureiro, N Schramma, S Chen, A Jain, A Weber, A Weigert, M Santel, K Alim, B Treutlein, G Camp

eLife 2021 →
Yellow network of Physarum polycephalum slime mold in a petri dish.

Nuclei Flow and Communication

J Tong, K Wachinger, FK Henn, N Schramma, S Chen, K Alim

PNAS 2026 →
A Marangoni boat emitting fluorescently tagged ethanol.

Marangoni Boats (Active Cheerios)

J Wilt, N Schramma, JW Bottermans, M Jalaal

arXiv →
A transition state graph.

Cage Breaking Far From Equilibrium

J Popowski, N Schramma, E Lerner, M Jalaal

arXiv 2026 →