Biolocomotion II: Slithering, Crawling and Undulatory Swimming

Presentations

• Locomotion of C elegans in structured environments

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 1:00 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 1:13 PM

  Authors

  • Trushant Majmudar

    • Courant Institute, New York University

  • Eric Keaveny

    • New York University, Courant Institute
    • Courant Institute, New York University

  • Michael Shelley

    • Courant Institute, New York University
    • Courant Institute, NYU
    • New York University, Courant Institute

  • Jun Zhang

    • Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Courant Inst., and Dept. of Physics, New York University
    • Courant Institute, New York University

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• Simulations of \emph{C. elegans} locomotion through a structured medium

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 1:13 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 1:26 PM

  Authors

  • Eric Keaveny

    • New York University, Courant Institute
    • Courant Institute, New York University

  • Trushant Majmudar

    • Courant Institute, New York University

  • Jun Zhang

    • Courant Institute, New York University

  • Michael Shelley

    • Courant Institute, New York University

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• Locomotion and Body Shape Changes of Metabolically Different \textit{C.elegans} in Fluids with Varying Viscosities

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 1:26 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Rachel Wong

    • University of Washington

  • Noah Brenowitz

    • NYU

  • Amy Shen

    • University of Washington

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• Motility of small nematodes in disordered wet granular media

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 1:39 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 1:52 PM

  Authors

  • Gabriel Juarez

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Kevin Lu

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Josue Sznitman

    • Princeton University
    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Paulo E. Arratia

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Collective behavior of nematodes in a thin fluid

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 1:52 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 2:05 PM

  Authors

  • Sean Gart

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Sunghwan Jung

    • Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech
    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • Virgina Tech

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• The Effect of Electric Field Magnitude and Frequency on \textit{Caenorhabditis} Elegans

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 2:05 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • Han-Sheng Chuang

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • David Raizen

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Nooreen Dabbish

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Annesai Lamb

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Haim Bau

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Could gastropods crawl using Newtonian mucus?

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 2:18 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 2:31 PM

  Authors

  • Janice Lai

    • Stanford University

  • Maria Vazquez-Torres

    • UCIII Madrid

  • Juan C. del Alamo

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego
    • UC San Diego
    • University of California San Diego.

  • Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez

    • Carlos III University of Madrid
    • UCIII Madrid

  • Juan C. Lasheras

    • University of California, San Diego
    • UC San Diego
    • Mech. and Aerospace Engr Dept. UC San Diego

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• Concertina locomotion of snakes

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 2:31 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 2:44 PM

  Authors

  • Hamidreza Marvi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • David Hu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Comparison of physical, numerical and resistive force models of undulatory locomotion within granular media

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2010, 2:44 PM – Nov. 21, 2010, 2:57 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel I. Goldman

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
    • Georgia Tech

  • Ryan D. Maladen

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Yang Ding

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Paul Umbanhowar

    • Northwestern University

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