Erika Eiser
About
I studied Solid State Physics at the Universiy of Konstanz, Germany, and received my Masters Degree based on research I did on the interdiffusion in binary polymer melts using a particle accelerator, which I did at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. In the same group (Prof.Jacob Klein) I also did my PhD research, studying the normal and lubrication forces between polymer bearing surfaces using the Surface Force Balance. After receiving my PhD degree in 1997, I became an EU-postdoctoral researcher at the University of Montpellier II and subsequently at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (beam line ID1) in Grenoble, France. There I researched the self-assembly of block copolymers and their flow behaviour in combined Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and rheology measurements. Continuing my love for Soft Matter Physics and in particular self-assembling systems, I became Assistent Professor at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 2000. There I started two research directions, one on the aging behaviour of clay suspentions, which we studied with Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Micro-Rheology, and the self-assembly of DNA-functionalized Colloids, which we studied with confocal microscopy. In 2008 I was offered a Seniour Lectureship and later Professorship at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambirdge, UK, where I continued both research lines and expanded my reaserch to also develop new micro-rheology and video-microscopy methods. In addition my group developed an approch that includes experiments, simulations and theory.
In 2021, I accepted a Professorship at the Physics Department of the NTNU and became PI at PoreLab, a Centre of Exccellence. In the past 2 years I have built up an experimental Soft Matter lab to continue my DNA-research for diagnostic applications and to expand into research of environmentally systainable ground and binary flow in nano-porous media.
Every now and then I love to delve into the soft matter physics of foods such as Chinese century eggs and the spontaneous emulsification in the drink called 'Ouzo' or 'Pastis'. But we also studied the self-assembly of proteins.
Publications
2023
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Sánchez, Pedro A.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Kantorovich, Sofia S.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Kinetically limited valence of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers.
Journal of Molecular Liquids
Academic article
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Ren, Liu;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Yu, Jiaming;
Tang, Xiaoying;
Ghosh, Rini;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microrheology of End-Functionalised Triblock Copolymer Solutions.
Polymers
Academic article
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Xu, Peicheng;
Cao, Ting;
Fan, Qihui;
Wang, Xiaochen;
Ye, Fangfu;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Whole-genome detection using multivalent DNA-coated colloids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Academic article
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Xu, Peicheng;
Cao, Ting;
Fan, Qihui;
Wang, Xiaochen;
Ye, Fangfu;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Whole-Genome Detection using Multivalent DNA-Coated Colloids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Academic article
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Gallagher, Kit;
Yu, Jiaming;
King, David. A.;
Liu, Ren;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Toward new liquid crystal phases of DNA mesogens.
APL Materials
Academic article
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Liu, Ren;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Yu, Jiaming;
Tang, Xiaoying;
Ghosh, Rini;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microrheology of End-Functionalised Triblock Copolymer Solutions.
Polymers
Academic article
2022
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Sánchez, Pedro A.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Kantorovich, Sofia S.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2022)
Kinetically limited valence of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers.
arXiv.org
Academic article
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Erdem, Talha;
O’Neill, Thomas;
Zupkauskas, Mykolas;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Xu, Peicheng;
Lan, Yang.
(2022)
Transparent Colloidal Crystals With Structural Colours.
Frontiers in Physics
Academic article
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Mukhopadhyay, Anasua;
Stoev, Iliya D.;
King, David. A.;
Sharma, Kamendra P.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2022)
Amyloid-Like Aggregation in Native Protein and its Suppression in the Bio-Conjugated Counterpart.
Frontiers in Physics
Academic article
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Erdem, Talha;
Zupkauskas, Mykolas;
O´Neill, Thomas;
Cassiagli, Alessio;
Xu, Peicheng;
Altintas, Yemliha.
(2022)
Magnetically controlled anisotropic light emission of DNA-functionalized supraparticles.
MRS bulletin
Academic article
2021
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Stoev, Iliya D.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Mukhopadhyay, Anasua;
Ness, Christopher;
Eiser, Erika.
(2021)
Bulk rheology of sticky DNA-functionalized emulsions.
Physical Review E (PRE)
Academic article
Journal publications
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Sánchez, Pedro A.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Kantorovich, Sofia S.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Kinetically limited valence of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers.
Journal of Molecular Liquids
Academic article
-
Ren, Liu;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Yu, Jiaming;
Tang, Xiaoying;
Ghosh, Rini;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microrheology of End-Functionalised Triblock Copolymer Solutions.
Polymers
Academic article
-
Xu, Peicheng;
Cao, Ting;
Fan, Qihui;
Wang, Xiaochen;
Ye, Fangfu;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Whole-genome detection using multivalent DNA-coated colloids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Academic article
-
Xu, Peicheng;
Cao, Ting;
Fan, Qihui;
Wang, Xiaochen;
Ye, Fangfu;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Whole-Genome Detection using Multivalent DNA-Coated Colloids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Academic article
-
Gallagher, Kit;
Yu, Jiaming;
King, David. A.;
Liu, Ren;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Toward new liquid crystal phases of DNA mesogens.
APL Materials
Academic article
-
Liu, Ren;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Yu, Jiaming;
Tang, Xiaoying;
Ghosh, Rini;
Eiser, Erika.
(2023)
Dynamic Light Scattering Based Microrheology of End-Functionalised Triblock Copolymer Solutions.
Polymers
Academic article
-
Sánchez, Pedro A.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Kantorovich, Sofia S.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2022)
Kinetically limited valence of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers.
arXiv.org
Academic article
-
Erdem, Talha;
O’Neill, Thomas;
Zupkauskas, Mykolas;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Xu, Peicheng;
Lan, Yang.
(2022)
Transparent Colloidal Crystals With Structural Colours.
Frontiers in Physics
Academic article
-
Mukhopadhyay, Anasua;
Stoev, Iliya D.;
King, David. A.;
Sharma, Kamendra P.;
Eiser, Erika.
(2022)
Amyloid-Like Aggregation in Native Protein and its Suppression in the Bio-Conjugated Counterpart.
Frontiers in Physics
Academic article
-
Erdem, Talha;
Zupkauskas, Mykolas;
O´Neill, Thomas;
Cassiagli, Alessio;
Xu, Peicheng;
Altintas, Yemliha.
(2022)
Magnetically controlled anisotropic light emission of DNA-functionalized supraparticles.
MRS bulletin
Academic article
-
Stoev, Iliya D.;
Caciagli, Alessio;
Mukhopadhyay, Anasua;
Ness, Christopher;
Eiser, Erika.
(2021)
Bulk rheology of sticky DNA-functionalized emulsions.
Physical Review E (PRE)
Academic article
Teaching
Courses
Media
2023
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Entropy-Driven Genome Detection. RSC Colloid and Interface Science Group and the SCI Colloid UK Colloids 2023 , Liverpool 2023-07-17 - 2023-07-19
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Programmability of DNA-Hydrogels. CECAM CECAM workshop on ‘Liquid, soft, alive: identifying the biological questions in the physics of cells’ , Lausanne 2023-02-13 - 2023-02-16
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Towards Programmable DNA-Hydrogels – Whole Genome Detection. University of Edinburgh Workshop on Topological Soft Matter 2023-05-10 -
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Entropy-Driven Genome Identification. CECAM CECAM workshop on 'Challenges and opportunities in nonequilibrium soft matter' , Mont Sant Benet 2023-09-24 - 2023-09-27
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LectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Entropy-Driven Genome Identification: Superselectivity and Multivalency. Prof. Clemens Bechinger Physics Colloquium , University of Konstanz 2023-04-18 -
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Detecting Whole Bacterial Genome using Multivalency. Norwegian Physics Society Fysikermøtet 2023 at the Univ. Bergen , Bergen 2023-08-09 - 2023-08-11
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2023) Passive Microrheology in DNA-Hydrogels. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology OIST Workshop on Recent Trends in Microrheology and Microfluidics , Okinawa 2023-01-10 - 2023-01-12
2022
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LectureEiser, Erika. (2022) Optofluidic crystallization of colloids tethered at interfaces. 13th IWAM - International Workshop on Advanced Materials - , Raz al Khaimah 2022-02-20 - 2022-02-22
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LectureEiser, Erika. (2022) Optofluidic crystallization of colloids tethered at interfaces. University La Sapienza, Roma 1, Dept. of Physics From Water to Colloidal Water Conference , Rom 2022-06-06 - 2022-06-08
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LectureEiser, Erika. (2022) Optofluidic crystallization of colloids tethered at interfaces. A Random Walk In Soft Matter – Conference in Honor of Jacob Klein , Weizman Institute 2022-06-21 - 2022-06-23
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LectureEiser, Erika. (2022) Designer-Made, Colloidal Materials for the Study of Flow in Pores Media. PoreLab, Univ. Scaly Paris, and Univ. Fortaleza Brazil Workshop on Non-Newtonian Flow in Porous Media 2022-06-28 - 2022-06-30
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2022) DNA blocks and tethers for colloidal assembly and tuneable hydrogels. University of Fribourg and The Adolph Merkel Institute annual Physic dpt/ NCCR lecture 2022-10-26 - 2022-10-27
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Academic lectureEiser, Erika. (2022) Nacre-inspired approach to design clay-biopolymer composites for functional coatings. Porelab, Trondheim Interpore - 5th National Workshop on Porous media 2022-12-01 - 2022-12-01