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Engineering material states of living matter.

The Xia Lab integrates soft matter physics, mechanobiology, and quantitative imaging to understand how mechanical cues regulate cell behavior, nuclear organization, chromatin mechanics, and biomolecular condensates.

Cell mechanicsNuclear condensatesBiomaterials design
Physical cues → nuclear organization → cell function

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