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Dr Sami Al-Izzi

Dr Sami Al-Izzi

Research Staff Level B
  • 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 Mathematics & Statistics
E-mail
s.al-izzi@unsw.edu.au
Location
Lowy Cancer Research Center, Level 3
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Al-Izzi SC; Du Y; Veenstra J; Morris RG; Souslov A; Carlson A; Coulais C; Binysh J, 2026, 'Nonreciprocal buckling makes active filaments polyfunctional', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2531723123
    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 | 2026
    Al-Izzi SC; Binysh J; Du Y; Coulais C; Carlson A, 2026, Tuning nonlinear waves in nonreciprocal active filaments
    Preprints | 2026
    Al-Izzi SC; Du Y; Veenstra J; Morris RG; Souslov A; Carlson A; Coulais C; Binysh J, 2026, Nonreciprocal buckling makes active filaments polyfunctional, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.14725
    Preprints | 2025
    Brown AW; Al-Izzi SC; Parker JL; Hertel S; Jacques DA; Kusumaatmaja H; Morris RG, 2025, Capillarity Reveals the Role of Capsid Geometry in HIV Nuclear Translocation, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.26357
    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
    Al-Izzi SC; Alexander GP, 2023, A Twist On Active Membranes: Odd Mechanics, Spontaneous Flows and Shape Instabilities, http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17767v1
    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://arxiv.org/abs/2103.12264v1
    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://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00764v4
    Preprints | 2020
    Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS; Komura S, 2020, Dynamics of passive and active membrane tubes, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01290D
    Preprints | 2020
    Fonda P; Al-Izzi SC; Giomi L; Turner MS, 2020, Measuring Gaussian rigidity using curved substrates, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.188002
    Preprints | 2018
    Al-Izzi SC; Sens P; Turner MS, 2018, Shear-driven instabilities of membrane tubes and dynamin-induced scission, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.018101
    Preprints | 2017
    Al-Izzi SC; Rowlands G; Sens P; Turner MS, 2017, Hydro-osmotic instabilities in active membrane tubes, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.138102

My research interests span a broad range of mathematics topics arising in soft matter and materials physics, cell biology and engineering. A running theme is the interplay between mechanics and geometry in these systems.