Academic publications and other posts, by me.
We created a simulation framework to study how active matter physics alone can explain various facets of myxobacterial collective behavior.
We showed that capillary forces, arising due to the wetting of individual bacteria, organize and determine the structure of populations of gliding bacteria.
We measured the rheology of M. xanthus fruiting bodies, and demonstrated the first activity-induced viscosity reduction in a viscoelastic material.
We created microfluidic 'mazes' that populations of bacteria were forced to migrate through to find nutrients.
We showed how a human pathogen can measure the stiffness of its environment by probing it with its type IV pilus.
We have discovered an emergent mechanism by which Escherichia coli can escape high-stress regions, such as near-lethal concentrations of antibiotics, by forming long motile helical filaments that are poized at the critical shear buckling point.
We made microfluidic 'funnels' that would normally funnel bacteria out, but under certain conditions can be defeated by population waves of such bacteria.
