Soft and Living Matter in Complex Environments I

Presentations

• Transport and dynamics of swimming microorganisms in chaotic flows: a Lagrangian perspective

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Ranjiangshang Ran

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Ranjiangshang Ran

    • Emory University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

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• Anisotropic friction induced stabilization and motion in isotropic active fluids

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Cody Dylan Schimming

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Cody Dylan Schimming

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Brian A Camley

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Follow my lead: Bacterial trail in entangled polymer solutions

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Youngtak Koo

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Youngtak Koo

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

  • Heeyeol Lee

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

  • Joonwoo Jeong

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

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• Viscoelasticity of airway mucus by live-cell rheometry

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Paper planned derived from this work, title and journal to be determined.

  Presenters

  • Cody Moose

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Cody Moose

    • Stanford University

  • Gerald G Fuller

    • Stanford University

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• Spontaneous localization of wave-dressed active particles in disordered environments

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Abel Abraham

    • MIT
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Stepan Malkov

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Frane Ljubetic

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Matthew Durey

    • University of Glasgow

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• Nature-Inspired Scale-Rich Networks Achieving Near-Optimal Transport

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Itai Silber

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Itai Silber

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • University of Michigan

  • Ting Ting Gao

    • Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

  • Csaba Both

    • Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

  • Niek Mooij

    • Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Jeffery E Raymond

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

  • Nicholas A Kotov

    • University of Michigan
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

  • Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

    • Northeastern University

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• Hyperuniformity in 2D disordered lattices of adult Arctic Ophiuroids

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Pranav Vyas

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Pranav Vyas

    • University of Chicago

  • Ethan Li

    • Stanford University

  • Manu Prakash

    • Stanford University

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• Flagellar Dynamics and Entanglement of E. coli Bacteria in Polymeric Hydrogel

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: Shrestha et al. "Flagellar Dynamics and Entanglement of E. coli Bacteria in Polymeric Hydrogel". Under Review.

  Presenters

  • Yong Wang

    • University of Arkansas

  Authors

  • Yong Wang

    • University of Arkansas

  • Diksha Shrestha

    • University of Arkansas

  • Deborah Okyere

    • University of Arkansas

  • Sam Mortenson

    • University of Arkansas

  • Jingyi Chen

    • University of Arkansas

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• Elasticity promotes directional transport of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in native human airway mucus and complex fluids

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Li-Heng Cai

    • University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Li-Heng Cai

    • University of Virginia

  • Riley Dickson

    • University of Virginia

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• Topological separation of bacterial active matter

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Ran Tao

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Ran Tao

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Georgios Gounaris

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Eleni Katifori

    • University of Pennsylvania and Flatiron Institute
    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Arnold JTM Mathijssen

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• More is different: Spatiotemporal distribution of aerotactic bacteria under confinement

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Minjun Kim

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Minjun Kim

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

  • Joonwoo Jeong

    • Ulsan Natl Inst of Sci & Tech

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