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Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Western University. Her research focuses on the intersection of physics and biology, particularly in understanding how mechanical forces and physical principles govern cell and tissue behavior during development. She investigates systems such as Drosophila embryos, zebrafish organogenesis, and viral assembly using experimental and computational approaches.
Her work explores topics like tissue boundary dynamics, myosin-driven cell migration, viscoelastic forces in organ formation, and the role of RNA in viral structure. She develops open-source tools like PyJAMAS for microscopy analysis. Erdemci-Tandogan's research bridges soft matter physics, biological systems, and mathematical modeling to uncover fundamental mechanisms in developmental biophysics and virus physics.
Her recent studies address symmetry breaking in zebrafish organogenesis, the mechanics of cytokinetic bridges in lumen formation, and nonlinear tissue responses in biological systems. These investigations emphasize the critical role of mechanical forces in guiding developmental processes and viral assembly.
