Collective Behaviors in Biology

Presentations

• Modeling cell electrotactic response to different electric field strengths

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Lucas Paul

    • Whitworth University

  Authors

  • Lucas Paul

    • Whitworth University

  • Valerie Hanes

    • Whitworth University

  • John Larkin

    • Whitworth University

  • Abijeet Mehta

  • Jonathan Dawson

    • Whitworth University

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• Comparison of Torque-Based and Force-Based Models of Collective Cell Motion in DC Electric Fields

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • John Larkin

    • Whitworth University

  Authors

  • John Larkin

    • Whitworth University

  • Jonathan Dawson

    • Whitworth University

  • Valerie Hanes

    • Whitworth University

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• Bacterial self-organisation through structure formation on micro-patterns.

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Sounok Ghosh

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Sounok Ghosh

    • Syracuse University

  • Roy Welch

  • Alison Patteson

    • Syracuse University

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• Vimentin promotes collective cell migration through collagen networks via increased matrix remodeling and spheroid fluidity

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Ho Thanh MT, Poudel A, Ameen S, Carroll B, Wu M, Soman P, Zhang T, Schwarz JM, Patteson AE. Vimentin promotes collective cell migration through collagen networks via increased matrix remodeling and spheroid fluidity. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 18:2024.06.17.599259. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.17.599259. PMID: 38948855; PMCID: PMC11212918.

  Presenters

  • Minh Tri Ho Thanh

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Minh Tri Ho Thanh

    • Syracuse University

  • Arun Poudel

  • Shabeeb Ameen

    • Syracuse University

  • Bobby Carroll

    • Syracuse University

  • Mingming Wu

    • Cornell University

  • Pranav Soman

    • Syracuse University

  • Tao Zhang

    • Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ

  • Jennifer Schwarz

  • Alison Patteson

    • Syracuse University

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• 3D granular mechanical milieus alter the self-organisation dynamics of cancer cells

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Rujula Jagadeesh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  Authors

  • Rujula Jagadeesh

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • M Sreepadmanabh

  • Tapomoy Bhattacharjee

    • National Centre For Biological Sciences (TIFR)

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• Collective Cycling Behavior and Bioconvection in Spirostomum ambiguum

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Cedric Kamaleson

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Cedric Kamaleson

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ishant Tiwari

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Sankar Hariharan

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• Competition between local and global chemotaxis during Dictyostelium Discoideum aggregation

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Yi-Chieh Lai

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Yi-Chieh Lai

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Sanchi Saitia

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Wouter-Jan Rappel

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Studying Ciliary Metachronal Synchronization in Thin Films Using a Hydrodynamic Framework 

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Anurag Ranjan

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Anurag Ranjan

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Andy Garcia-Gordillo

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Anton Peshkov

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Nuris Figueroa-Morales

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• Effective Hamiltonians Across Scales in Octopus Camouflage Patterns

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Ariel Wu

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • Ariel Wu

    • Brown University

  • Aditi Pophale

  • Giovanni Masucci

  • Keishu Asada

  • Maxime Hamon

  • Sam Reiter

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  • Leenoy Meshulam

    • Brown University

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• Swimming limited aggregation of Escherichia coli bacteria in liquid crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Maria Tatulea-Codrean

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Guillaume Sintès

  • Martyna Goral

    • ESPCI Paris

  • Teresa Lopez-Leon

    • CNRS

  • Anke Lindner

    • ESPCI Paris

  • Maria Tatulea-Codrean

    • University of Amsterdam

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• From Aggregate to Organism: Emergence of Multicellularity in Sea Sponges

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Tom Burkart

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tom Burkart

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • William Crockett

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Antonia Winter

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)

  • Katrina Wharam

  • Jonas Zimmermann

  • Erwin Frey

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Information bounds the robustness of self-organized patterns

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicolas Romeo

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Nicolas Romeo

    • University of Chicago

  • David Martin

    • University of Chicago

  • Mattia Scandolo

    • CNR-ISC Inst for Complex Systems

  • Michel Fruchart

    • CNRS

  • Edwin Munro

  • vincenzo vitelli

    • University of Chicago

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