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Dr Sami Al-Izzi

Postdoctoral Fellow

2019 - PhD Mathematics of Systems - The University of Warwick & Sorbonne Universite (Institut Curie)
2016 - MSc Mathematics of Systems - The University of Warwick
2014 - MASt Mathematics (Part III) - The University of Cambridge
2013 - BSc Theoretical Physics - University College London

Science

School of Physics

E-mail

s.al-izzi@unsw.edu.au

Location

Lowy Cancer Research Center, Level 3

Journal articles | 2025

Al-Izzi SC; Nodehi SG; Köster DV; Morris RG, 2025, 'ATP-controlled remodeling in reconstituted actomyosin', Physical Review Research, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013175

Journal articles | 2025

Currin-Ross D; Al-Izzi SC; Noordstra I; Yap AS; Morris RG, 2025, 'Advecting scaffolds: Controlling the remodeling of actomyosin with anillin', Physical Review E, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.024403

Journal articles | 2025

Pollard J; Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2025, 'Gauge freedom and objective rates in fluid deformable surfaces', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.63

Journal articles | 2024

Dickson CF; Hertel S; Tuckwell AJ; Li N; Ruan J; Al-Izzi SC; Ariotti N; Sierecki E; Gambin Y; Morris RG; Towers GJ; Böcking T; Jacques DA, 2024, 'The HIV capsid mimics karyopherin engagement of FG-nucleoporins', Nature, 626, pp. 836 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06969-7

Journal articles | 2024

Janssen M; Liese S; Al-Izzi SC; Carlson A, 2024, 'Stability of a biomembrane tube covered with proteins', Physical Review E, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.109.044403

Journal articles | 2023

Al-Izzi SC; Alexander GP, 2023, 'Chiral active membranes: Odd mechanics, spontaneous flows, and shape instabilities', Physical Review Research, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043227

Journal articles | 2023

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2023, 'Morphodynamics of active nematic fluid surfaces', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.18

Journal articles | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2021, 'Active flows and deformable surfaces in development', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 120, pp. 44 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.07.001

Journal articles | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Nodehi SG; Köster DV; Morris RG, 2021, 'More ATP Does Not Equal More Contractility: Power And Remodelling In Reconstituted Actomyosin', , http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00764v4

Journal articles | 2020

Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS; Komura S, 2020, 'Dynamics of passive and active membrane tubes', Soft Matter, 16, pp. 9319 - 9330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0sm01290d

Journal articles | 2020

Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS, 2020, 'Shear-Driven Instabilities of Membrane Tubes and Dynamin-Induced Scission', Physical Review Letters, 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.018101

Journal articles | 2020

Fonda P; Al-Izzi SC; Giomi L; Turner MS, 2020, 'Measuring Gaussian Rigidity Using Curved Substrates', Physical Review Letters, 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.188002

Journal articles | 2018

Al-Izzi SC; Rowlands G; Sens P; Turner MS, 2018, 'Hydro-osmotic Instabilities in Active Membrane Tubes', Physical Review Letters, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.138102
Preprints | 2024

Al-Izzi SC; Turner MS; Sens P, 2024, Membrane tubes with active pumping: water transport, vacuole formation and osmoregulation, http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14835v1

Preprints | 2024

Currin-Ross D; Al-Izzi SC; Noordstra I; Yap AS; Morris RG, 2024, Advecting Scaffolds: Controlling The Remodelling Of Actomyosin With Anillin, http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07430v1

Preprints | 2024

Pollard J; Al-Izzi S; Morris RG, 2024, Gauge Freedom and Objective Rates in the Morphodynamics of Fluid Deformable Surfaces: the Jaumann Rate vs. the Material Derivative, http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18014v1

Preprints | 2023

Dickson CF; Hertel S; Ruan J; Ariotti N; Tuckwell A; Li N; Al-Izzi SC; Sierecki E; Gambin Y; Morris RG; Towers GJ; Böcking T; Jacques DA, 2023, Karyopherin mimicry explains how the HIV capsid penetrates nuclear pores, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.23.534032

Preprints | 2022

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2022, Morphodynamics of Active Nematic Fluid Surfaces, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.18

Preprints | 2022

Janssen M; Liese S; Al-Izzi SC; Carlson A, 2022, Stability of a biomembrane tube covered with proteins, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.29.510025

Preprints | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Morris RG, 2021, Active Flows and Deformable Surfaces in Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2103.12264

Preprints | 2021

Al-Izzi SC; Nodehi SG; Köster DV; Morris RG, 2021, More ATP Does Not Equal More Contractility: Power And Remodelling In Reconstituted Actomyosin, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.00764

Preprints | 2020

Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS; Komura S, 2020, Dynamics of passive and active membrane tubes, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2007.06924

Preprints | 2020

Fonda P; Al-Izzi SC; Giomi L; Turner MS, 2020, Measuring Gaussian rigidity using curved substrates, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2005.06393

Preprints | 2018

Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS, 2018, Shear-driven instabilities of membrane tubes and dynamin-induced scission, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1810.05862

Preprints | 2017

Al-Izzi SC; Rowlands G; Sens P; Turner MS, 2017, Hydro-osmotic instabilities in active membrane tubes, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1709.02703

Sami is a member of the Theory of Biological Systems group headed by Dr Richard G Morris. His current research interests are in applying ideas from theoretical physics and applied mathematics to problems in developmental and mechano biology. He hopes to use these methods to better understand the interplay between geometry, forces and cell signalling, and to provide useful quantitative tools and theory for experimental biologists. His PhD research focused on using concepts from soft matter physics, differential geometry and hydrodynamics to understand the dynamics of lipid membrane tubes in a variety of conditions mimicking cellular processes.

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