Biological Fluid Dynamics: Microswimmers

Presentations

• Resolving two-body hydrodynamic interactions between microswimmers

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:13 AM

  Presenters

  • Rodney Dharma

    • University of Melbourne

  Authors

  • Xinyi Yang

    • University of Melbourne

  • Jesse F Collis

    • University of Melbourne

  • Hailong Guo

    • University of Melbourne

  • Takuji Ishikawa

    • Tohoku University

  • Douglas R Brumley

    • University of Melbourne

  • Rodney Dharma

    • University of Melbourne

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• The twirling tax and the role of geometry in the modeling and optimization of arbitrary-shape chiral squirmers

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:13 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:26 AM

  Publication: H. Zhu, K. Das, M. Bonnet, S. Veerapaneni, "Squirmers with arbitrary shape and slip: modeling, simulation, and optimization." In preparation. (2025)

  Presenters

  • Kausik Das

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Hai Zhu

    • Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

  • Kausik Das

    • University of Michigan

  • Marc Bonnet

    • ENSTA Paris

  • Shravan Veerapaneni

    • University of Michigan, Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

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  ORAL · Withdrawn

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:26 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:39 AM

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• Micro-swimmers in Brinkman flow: coupled dynamics and motion near surfaces

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:39 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:52 AM

  Presenters

  • Enkeleida Lushi

    • Soft Active Matter Lab

  Authors

  • Yasser Almoteri

    • IMAMU, Saudi Arabia

  • Francisca Guzmán-Lastra

    • Universidad de Chile

  • Enkeleida Lushi

    • Soft Active Matter Lab

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• A scalable boundary integral method for simulating particulate flows through complex periodic geometries

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:52 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:05 AM

  Presenters

  • Tianyue Li

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Authors

  • Tianyue Li

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Dhairya Malhotra

    • Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

  • Shravan Veerapaneni

    • University of Michigan, Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

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• Creating a noninvasive probe to study bacterial motility using macroscopic experiments and numerical models

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:05 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Publication: Hoa Nguyen, Amelia Gibbs, Frank Healy, Orrin Shindell, Ricardo Cortez, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan McCoy, and Bruce Rodenborn, "Using theory and experiments of spheres moving near boundaries to optimize the method of images for regularized stokeslets," Physical Review Fluids 10, 033101– (2025).

  Presenters

  • Bruce E Rodenborn

    • Centre College

  Authors

  • Bruce E Rodenborn

    • Centre College

  • Frank Healy

    • Trinity University

  • Hoa Nguyen

    • Trinity University

  • Orrin Shindell

    • Trinity University

  • Shane Mushambi

    • Centre College

  • Jack Kennedy

    • Centre College

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• Low Reynolds Number Locomotion of Erythrocyte-based Magnetic Micromotors

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:31 AM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-025-00537-5

  Presenters

  • Qi Wang

    • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

  Authors

  • Qi Wang

    • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

  • Jaideep Katuri

    • FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

  • Jamel Ali

    • Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA.

  • Narjes Dridi

    • FAMU-FSU college of Engineering

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• Influence of geometric and flow complexity on sperm migration dynamics

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:31 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:44 AM

  Publication: 1. A. Karimi, M. Yaghoobi, A. Abbaspourrad (2025), "Geometry of obstructed pathway regulates upstream navigational pattern of sperm population" Lab on a Chip 2025 25 (4), 631-643.
  2. A. Karimi, X. Jiang, A. Abbaspourrad (2025), "Navigation and selection of spermatozoa in a radial flow microfluidic device" (under review in Advanced Healthcare Materials).
  3. A. Karimi, X. Jiang, A. Abbaspourrad (2025), "Mammalian sperm at convex interfaces" (in prep.).

  Presenters

  • Ali Karimi

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Ali Karimi

    • Cornell University

  • Mohammad Yaghoobi

    • University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • Xieergai Jiang

    • Cornell University

  • Alireza Abbaspourrad

    • Cornell University

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• Upstream Racing: What Morphological Features Make Bacteria Effective Swimmers Against the Flow

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:44 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:57 AM

  Presenters

  • Ran Tao

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Ran Tao

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Nathaniel Esteves

    • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Lauren E Altman

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • David Gao

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Jada Asamoah

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Suya Que

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Jun Zhu

    • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Arnold JTM Mathijssen

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• A Minimal Swimmer Model Unveils Universal Scaling Across Reynolds Numbers

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:57 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 10:10 AM

  Publication: Universal Scaling Laws for a Generic Swimmer Model, B. Ventéjou, T. Métivet, A. Dupont & P. Peyla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 134002 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Philippe Peyla

    • National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
    • LIPHY, Université Grenoble-Alpes

  Authors

  • Philippe Peyla

    • National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
    • LIPHY, Université Grenoble-Alpes

  • Bruno Ventéjou

    • LIPHY, Université Grenoble-Alpes

  • Aurelie Dupont

    • LIPhy
    • LIPHY, Université Grenoble-Alpes

  • Thibaut Métivet

    • INRIA
    • ELAN, INRIA, Université Grenoble-Alpes

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