ERC Starting Grant · 2023
The Spectrum of Fluctuations in Living Matter
Living matter is active: It is driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium by irreversible microscopic processes, such as the action of molecular motors and cell division. This microscopic activity generates nonequilibrium fluctuations, which overwhelm thermal noise and impact biological processes across scales, from intracellular transport to tumour formation. However, unlike in the case of thermal fluctuations, we have no theoretical framework like the fluctuation-dissipation theorem to predict the statistical properties of active fluctuations. Here, I propose to address this knowledge gap by means of theoretical research combined with experimental collaborations organized in two aims. In…
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