Projects per year
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Shohreh Askari
- Department of Applied Physics - Doctoral Researcher
- School of Science
- Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter - Doctoral Researcher
Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral Student
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Rafael Ayala Lara
- Department of Applied Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
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Matilda Backholm
- Department of Applied Physics - Assistant Professor
- Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter - Assistant Professor
Person: Professors, tenure track
Projects
- 2 Active
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Resolving how internal structures in living materials are affected by external forces
Backholm, M. (Principal investigator) & Datar, A. (Project Member)
01/11/2023 → 31/10/2026
Project: Domestic funds and foundations
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A new method to resolve the mechanical forces constraining plant root growth
Backholm, M. (Principal investigator), Askari, S. (Project Member) & Ryssy, J. (Project Member)
01/10/2023 → 30/09/2027
Project: Domestic funds and foundations
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Soft matter mechanics of immune cell aggregates
Askari, S., Saldo Rubio, G., Datar, A., Harjunpää, H., Fagerholm, S. C. & Backholm, M., 23 Jul 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 22, 228, p. 1-13 13 p., 20250231.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile38 Downloads (Pure) -
Droplet Friction on Superhydrophobic Surfaces Scales With Liquid-Solid Contact Fraction
Lepikko, S., Turkki, V., Koskinen, T., Raju, R., Jokinen, V., Kiseleva, M. S., Rantataro, S., Timonen, J. V. I., Backholm, M., Tittonen, I. & Ras, R. H. A., 17 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Small. 2405335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access11 Citations (Scopus) -
Droplet slipperiness despite surface heterogeneity at molecular scale
Lepikko, S., Morais Jaques, Y., Junaid, M., Backholm, M., Lahtinen, J., Julin, J., Jokinen, V., Sajavaara, T., Sammalkorpi, M., Foster, A. & Ras, R., Apr 2024, In: Nature Chemistry. 16, 4, p. 506–513 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile48 Citations (Scopus)62 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data from "Soft matter mechanics of immune cell aggregates"
Backholm, M. (Creator), Askari, S. (Contributor), Saldo Rubio, G. (Contributor), Datar, A. (Contributor), Harjunpää, H. (Contributor), Fagerholm, S. (Contributor) & Backholm, M. (Contributor), Zenodo, 16 May 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15016217, https://zenodo.org/records/15672310
Dataset
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Data from "Toward vanishing droplet friction on repellent surfaces"
Backholm, M. (Creator), Kärki, T. (Creator), Nurmi, H. (Creator), Vuckovac, M. (Creator), Turkki, V. (Creator), Lepikko, S. (Creator), Jokinen, V. (Creator), Quéré, D. (Creator), Timonen, J. (Creator) & Ras, R. (Creator), Zenodo, 29 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10889056, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10889057
Dataset
Prizes
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Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Grant
Backholm, M. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
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Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Väisälä Starting Grant
Backholm, M. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Granted funding (personal grants)
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Mesoscale swimming – dynamics and crowds of living critters
Backholm, M. (Speaker)
31 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
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Swimming and crowding at the mesoscale
Backholm, M. (Speaker)
27 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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Forces and symmetry breaking of a living meso-swimmer
Backholm, M. (Speaker)
30 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
Press/Media
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Interview in the radio program "Order läcker" in Radio Vega, YLE
27/09/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Live radio interview about my research in Radio Vega, YLE
28/07/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance