Biological Active Matter IV
FOCUS · MAR-S59 · ID: MAR-S59
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Morphogenesis of bacterial colonies in liquid crystalline environments
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Saverio Spagnolie
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Saverio Spagnolie
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Active Solids: Topological Defect Self-Propulsion Without Flow
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Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11296
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Fridtjof Brauns
- Max-Planck-Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems
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Fridtjof Brauns
- Max-Planck-Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems
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Myles O'Leary
- Princeton University
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Arthur Hernandez
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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Mark Bowick
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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Cristina Marchetti
- UC Santa Barbara
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Dynamics of odd microalgae
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Isabelle Eisenmann
- University of Amsterdam
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Isabelle Eisenmann
- University of Amsterdam
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Hannah van Sterkenburg
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Titouan Seguy
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Hugo França
- University of Amsterdam
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Pedro Afonso Cosme e Silva
- University of Amsterdam
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Maria Tatulea-Codrean
- University of Amsterdam
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Maziyar Jalaal
- University of Amsterdam
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Collective transport effiency of microswimmer swarms optimized by tactic run-tumble dynamics
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Publication: Preprint is available at arXiv:2509.25068
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Maggie Liu
- University of Pennsylvania
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Maggie Liu
- University of Pennsylvania
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Arnold Mathijssen
- University of Pennsylvania
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Flagellar coordination in a swimming multicellular bacterium
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Erandi Sachinthanie Imiya Mudiyanselage
- Clark University
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Erandi Sachinthanie Imiya Mudiyanselage
- Clark University
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Alexander Petroff
- Clark University
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Melina Mati
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Physico-chemical regulation of living matter across scales
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Publication: Published papers:
1. M Sreepadmanabh, M. Ganesh, P. Sanjebam, C. Kurzthaler, D. Agashe, and T. Bhattacharjee - Cell shape affects bacterial colony growth under physical confinement; Nature Communications (2024)
2. M Sreepadmanabh, M. Ganesh, J. Langthasa, R. Bhat, and T. Bhattacharjee - Distinct chemical cues reprogram cellular and multicellular phenotypes in ovarian cancer spheroids; Small (2025)
3. M Sreepadmanabh, M. Ganesh, R. Bhat, and T. Bhattacharjee - Jammed microgel growth medium prepared by flash-solidification of agarose for 3D cell culture and 3D bioprinting; Biomedical Materials (2023)
4. M Sreepadmanabh*, A. B. Arun*, and T. Bhattacharjee - Design approaches for 3D cell culture and 3D bioprinting platforms; Biophysics Reviews (2024)
Preprints:
5. M Sreepadmanabh*, M. Gautam*, N. Bagade, S. Laxman, and T. Bhattacharjee - 3D confinement physically regulates cell cycle progression in budding yeast; bioRxiv (2025)
6. M Sreepadmanabh*, S. Dey*, S. Kundu, A. B. Arun, S. P. Koushika, S. Thutupalli, D. Hewitt, T. Bhattacharjee# - Physical confinement regulates transition in nematode motility; bioRxiv (2025)
Planned papers:
7. M Sreepadmanabh, N. Hariharan, D. Palakodeti, and T. Bhattacharjee# - An oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular morphology in 3D (in preparation)
8. S. Thomas*, M Sreepadmanabh*, A. Puzhakkal, V. Srivastava, T. Bhattacharjee, and A. Redkar - A transparent soil-like 3D matrix for studying plant-fungal interactions (in preparation)
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Sreepadmanabh M
- National Center for Biological Sciences
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Sreepadmanabh M
- National Center for Biological Sciences
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Tapomoy Bhattacharjee
- National Centre For Biological Sciences (TIFR)
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Stochastic modeling of topological defects in arbitrary confined geometries for quantifying nematic order of cell populations
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Hiroki Miyazako
- The University of Tokyo
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Hiroki Miyazako
- The University of Tokyo
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Kosuke Takahashi
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Hiroyuki Miyoshi
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Takaaki Nara
- The University of Tokyo
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Active interfacial stresses drive flow in multiphase fluid
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Ruoyao Zhang
- University of California, San Diego
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Ruoyao Zhang
- University of California, San Diego
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Hongbo Zhao
- University of California San Diego
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Magnetotactic bacteria optimally navigate natural pore networks
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Alexander Petroff
- Clark University
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Alexander Petroff
- Clark University
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Julia Hernandez
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Vladislav Kelin
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Nina Radchenko-Hannafin
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Embodied behavioural complexity in a ciliated microorganism
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Alasdair Hastewell
- National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology
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Alasdair Hastewell
- National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology
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Alexander Boggon
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Kirsty Wan
- University of Exeter
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Jorn Dunkel
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Multisensory navigation enables upstream swimming in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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Tianyi Liu
- University of Pennsylvania
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Tianyi Liu
- University of Pennsylvania
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Ran Tao
- University of Pennsylvania
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Ivy Liu
- University of Pennsylvania
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David Gao
- University of Pennsylvania
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Arnold Mathijssen
- University of Pennsylvania
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Labyrinthula - An underwater microbial railway network
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Publication: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.01.646626 (Accepted to Journal of The Royal Society Interface)
Paper planned Early 2026Presenters
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Joseph Knight
- University of Edinburgh
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Joseph Knight
- University of Edinburgh
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David Fairhurst
- University of Edinburgh
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Gavin Melaugh
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Wilson Poon
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