Microbial Communities II: Biofilms

Presentations

• Gurol Suel

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Gurol Suel

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Gurol Suel

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Growth-induced mechanical interactions shape microbial colony expansion: a model of self-replicating living fluids

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Sotoodeh Rassouli

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Sotoodeh Rassouli

    • Cornell University

  • Katie Randolph

    • Cornell University

  • Gabriele Manganelli

    • Cornell University

  • Sarah Hormozi

    • Cornell University

  • Andrea Giometto

    • Cornell University

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• Linking Cell Morphology to the Collective Dynamics of Microbial Colonies

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Katie Randolph

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Katie Randolph

    • Cornell University

  • Sotoodeh Rassouli

    • Cornell University

  • Sudeepta Singh

  • Marco Fumasoni

  • Andrea Giometto

    • Cornell University

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• Resource competition and self-inhibition shape morphology and expansion across isogenic bacterial colonies

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Jacob Moran

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Jacob Moran

    • University of Michigan

  • Michael Hinczewski

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

  • Kevin Wood

    • University of Michigan

  • Robert Woods

  • Luis Zaman

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• A Universal Geometric Principle of Spatial Organization in Bacterial Populations

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Melika Gorgi

    • University of California, Irvine

  Authors

  • Melika Gorgi

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Albert Siryaporn

    • University of California, Irvine

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• Patterns of the morpho-phenotypic expression in wrinkled biofilms

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Akhilesh Kumar Verma

    • University of Miami

  Authors

  • Akhilesh Kumar Verma

    • University of Miami

  • Luis Ruiz Pestana

    • University of Miami

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• Scaling Crossover in Biofilm Surface Roughening in the Absence of Poly-γ-glutamic acid

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Ayantika Saha

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Ayantika Saha

    • Boston University

  • Amber Crenna-Armstrong

    • Boston University

  • Joseph Larkin

    • Boston University

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• What limits biofilm growth on agar plates?

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Maryam Sadat Hejri Bidgoli

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Maryam Sadat Hejri Bidgoli

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Peter Yunker

  • Miles Wetherington

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• Developing lineage tracing tools to study single-cell heterogeneity and stress response in 3D biofilms

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Diana Valverde Mendez

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Diana Valverde Mendez

    • Yale University

  • Jung-Shen Benny Tai

    • Yale University

  • Jing Yan

    • Yale University

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• Expansion dynamics alter mutualistic and antagonistic interactions in growing microbial colonies

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Will Stride

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Will Stride

    • Boston University

  • Kirill Korolev

    • Boston University

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• An Active Fluid Model of Expansion and Sporulation in Wild-isolate Bacterial Biofilms

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Meiyi Yao

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Meiyi Yao

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Joshua Jones

  • Joseph Larkin

  • Andrew Mugler

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• How Do Environmental Metal Ions Impact Biofilm Mechanics?

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675226v1.abstract

  Presenters

  • Kiera Croland

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Kiera Croland

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Kōnane Bay

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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