How do lifeless molecules create living organisms? How can such processes fail, resulting in diseases? At the intersection of molecular cell biology and soft matter physics, Anđela Šarić studies physical mechanisms behind self-organization of macromolecules in the living cell. She develops physical models, in a close collaboration with experimental colleagues, to explain the molecular steps involved in these complex phenomena. Currently, her lab is particularly focused on delineating physical mechanisms behind cell reshaping and cell division across evolution.

Anđela is a Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. She obtained a PhD in Chemical Physics from Columbia University in 2013, followed by an HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. She started her group at University College London in 2016, where she is currently an Honorary Associate Professor, before moving to Austria in 2022.  She is an EMBO Young Investigator, an Allen Distinguished Investigator, and a recipient of the ERC Starting Grant.

Šarić Lab