prof. dr. ir. P.R. (Patrick) Onck

Research in the Onck group aims at understanding the micromechanical and functional behavior of (biological) materials based on an accurate description of the underlying (bio-) physical mechanisms. Computational techniques (e.g. molecular dynamics, finite element methods and solid-fluid interaction techniques) are being used to explicitly account for the physical mechanisms at the relevant length scales.

Primary focus at the moment is on:
(i) Transport through the nuclear pore complex
(ii) Phase separation and aggregation of disordered proteins
(iii) Molecular chaperones in neurodegenerative diseases
(iii) Soft-robotic nature-inspired microswimmers and magnetic artificial cilia.

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Member national committee (werkgemeenschapscommissie) Physics of Life, NWO-ENW Physics
Member (representing the Netherlands) of the General Assembly of IUTAM (iutam.org)
Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Impact factor 6.2)
Editorial Board member of Extreme Mechanics Letters (Impact factor 4.7)