Microbial Communities I

Presentations

• Single-cell imaging of motile and sessile microbial communities across different scales

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Jing Yan

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Jing Yan

    • Yale University

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• Emergent motility in macroscopic multicellular snowflake-yeast

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Nishant Narayanasamy

    • National Center for Biological Sciences

  Authors

  • Nishant Narayanasamy

    • National Center for Biological Sciences

  • Shashi Thutupalli

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • Alakesh Upadhyaya

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu

  • Manoj Kumar

  • Vishnu Lakshman

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• Cracking of a solid-like bacteria ring leads to fingerlike protrusions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarms

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Brandon Pugnet

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • Brandon Pugnet

    • Brown University

  • Jingqi Zhang

    • Brown University

  • Henrik Pawul

  • Yimeng Tong

  • Alp Ünlü

  • Haneesh Kesari

  • Jay Tang

    • Brown University

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• Measuring growth dynamics in three-dimensional bacterial aggregates

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Taevis Kolz

    • University of Oregon

  Authors

  • Taevis Kolz

    • University of Oregon

  • Emily Avey

    • University of Oregon

  • Raghuveer Parthasarathy

    • University of Oregon

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• It Takes Two to Tango: Unraveling Trophic Interactions in the Phycosphere

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Alejandro Martinez-Calvo

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Alejandro Martinez-Calvo

    • Princeton University

  • Carolina Trenado Yuste

    • Princeton University

  • Anushree Malik

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

  • Sujit Datta

    • California Institute of Technology

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• Dynamic Regulation of the Optimal CRISPR Immune Repertoire of Bacteria

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: Preprint: Dynamic Regulation of the Immune Repertoire of Bacteria
  Zhi Zhang, Sidhartha Goyal
  bioRxiv 2025.09.17.676245; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.17.676245

  Presenters

  • Zhi Zhang

    • University of Toronto

  Authors

  • Zhi Zhang

    • University of Toronto

  • Sidhartha Goyal

    • University of Toronto

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• Plasmid dependent phages: helping bacteria make the most out of plasmids

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Jonathon Yuly

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jonathon Yuly

    • Princeton University

  • Matthew Avallone

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

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• The Value of a Prophage-Borne Defense System: A Theoretical Analysis of Phage–Phage Competition

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

  • Yigal Meir

    • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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• Interactions between E. coli phage and cell debris

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Xingjian Hou

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Xingjian Hou

    • Princeton University

  • Xingjian Hou

    • Princeton University

  • Lawrence Abad

  • Xukang Shen

  • Zemer Gitai

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

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• Dynamics of Bacterial Communities in Artificial Soils

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Finn Braaten

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Finn Braaten

    • Princeton University

  • Ahmed Al Harraq

    • Princeton University

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

  • Joshua Shaevitz

    • Princeton University

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• A nutrient bottleneck controls antibiotic efficacy in structured bacterial population

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: A nutrient bottleneck limits antibiotic efficacy in structured bacterial populations. Anna M. Hancock, Arabella S. Dill-Macky, Jenna A. Moore, Catherine Day, Mohamed S. Donia, Sujit S. Datta. bioRxiv 2025.03.12.642894; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.12.642894

  Presenters

  • Anna Hancock

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Anna Hancock

    • Princeton University

  • Arabella Dill-Macky

  • Jenna Moore

  • Catherine Day

  • Mohamed Donia

  • Sujit Datta

    • California Institute of Technology

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• String theory: Unraveling the influence of saline environments on bacterial community structuring

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Danielle Sclafani

    • Chemical & Biological Engineering Princeton University

  Authors

  • Danielle Sclafani

    • Chemical & Biological Engineering Princeton University

  • Sujit Datta

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Tanumoy Dhar

    • California Institute of Technology

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