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Tzer Han Tan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests are not specified in the available information. His profile page indicates affiliation with the Department of Physics and provides contact details, though no further details about his academic background or specific research areas are provided.
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Tzer Han Tan is an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, specializing in Biophysics, Active Matter, and Pattern formation. Their research explores the dynamics of living systems, including the behavior of chiral crystals, topological turbulence in cellular membranes, and self-organized stress patterns in actin cortices. Tan's work also investigates how protein patterns decode cell shape information and how gene editing techniques can be used to study RNA Polymerase II dynamics in living cells. Additionally, they examine emergent chirality in active solid rotations and the role of gravitropism in plant root growth. Their research bridges biophysics and synthetic biology to understand the principles governing complex biological systems.