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🧬 Microtubule Dynamic Instability (2D)

A 2D simulation of microtubule dynamic instability: stochastic polymerization, catastrophe and rescue events produce the characteristic sawtooth filament-length pattern. Adjust growth rate, catastrophe rate, rescue rate and filament count.

Biology2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

Watch microtubule filaments stochastically grow, undergo catastrophe, and rescue in this 2D dynamic-instability simulation using real Poisson kinetics. Adjust growth rate, catastrophe rate, rescue rate, and filament count to see the characteristic sawtooth length-vs-time pattern emerge in real time.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install