Physics of Bacteria and Viruses

Presentations

• Membrane-mediated interaction between retroviral capsids

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Rui Zhang

    • Northeastern State University

  • Toan Nguyen

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Discrete fracture patterns of virus shells reveal mechanical building blocks

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Irena L. Ivanovska

    • Biophysical Engineering Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  • Roberto Miranda

    • Dept. Struct. Macromol., Centro Nacional de Biotecnolog\'ia, Campus Universidad Aut\'onoma de Madrid

  • Jos\'e L. Carrascosa

    • Dept. Struct. Macromol., Centro Nacional de Biotecnolog\'ia, Campus Universidad Aut\'onoma de Madrid

  • Gijs J.L. Wuite

    • Dept. Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • Christoph F. Schmidt

    • Third Institute of Physics, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen

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• Pili-driven surface motility of Myxococcus xanthus

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Maxsim Gibiansky

    • UCLA Bioengineering

  • Wei Hu

    • UCLA School of Dentistry

  • Kun Zhao

    • UCLA Bioengineering

  • Hongwei Pan

    • UCLA School of Dentistry

  • Wenyuan Shi

    • UCLA School of Dentistry

  • Karin Dahmen

    • UIUC Physics

  • Gerard Wong

    • UCLA Bioengineering

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• Pili-taxis: Clustering of \textit{Neisseria gonorrhoeae} bacteria

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:36 AM – March 2, 2012, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Johannes Taktikos

    • Technical University Berlin, Germany

  • Vasily Zaburdaev

    • Harvard University

  • Nicolas Biais

    • Columbia University

  • Holger Stark

    • Technical University Berlin

  • David A. Weitz

    • Harvard University

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• The Psl economy in early P. aeruginosa biofilm development

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 8:48 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Kun Zhao

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Boo Shan Tseng

    • University of Washington

  • Fan Jin

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Max Gibiansky

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Joe Harrison

    • University of Washington

  • Matthew Parsek

    • University of Washington

  • Gerard Wong

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Roles of Pel and Psl in very early biofilm development

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • B.J. Cooley

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
    • Center for Nanoscale Science and Materials Research Institute, Penn State University, University Park PA 16802

  • Travis Thatcher

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

  • Guillaume L'Her

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

  • Erin Reed

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

  • Jamie Stuart

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

  • April Kissinger

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

  • Vernita Gordon

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

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• Quorum activation at a distance: spatiotemporal patterns of gene regulation from diffusion of an autoinducer signal

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Gabriel Dilanji

    • University of Florida

  • Jessica Langebrake

    • University of Florida

  • Patrick Deleenheer

    • University of Florida

  • Stephen Hagen

    • University of Florida
    • University of Florida, Physics Dept

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• Biofilm Formation in Microscopic Double Emulsion Droplets

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Connie Chang

    • Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
    • Harvard University

  • David Weitz

    • Harvard University
    • Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
    • Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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• Atomic Force Microscope Investigations of Bacterial Biofilms Treated with Gas Discharge Plasmas

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:36 AM – March 2, 2012, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Kurt Vandervoort

    • Physics Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

  • Anna Zelaya

    • Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

  • Graciela Brelles-Marino

    • Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA and CINDEFI, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

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• High speed dynamic characterization of an \textit{E. coli} population using advanced optical methods (DDM and DFM)

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 9:48 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Rongjing Zhang

    • Rowland Institute at Harvard Univeristy
    • The Rowland Institute at Harvard

  • Laurence Wilson

    • Rowland Institute at Harvard Univeristy
    • The Rowland Institute at Harvard

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• Bacterial Swimming at Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:00 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Michael Morse

    • Brown University

  • Athena Huang

    • Brown University

  • Guanglai Li

    • Brown University

  • Jay Tang

    • Brown University

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• Bacterial thermotaxis by modulation of the swimming speed

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:12 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Mahmut Demir

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

  • Hanna Salman

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

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• Role of cell bending and slime navigation in swarms of \textit{M. xanthus}

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:24 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Cameron Harvey

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Dale Kaiser

    • Stanford University

  • Mark Alber

    • University of Notre Dame
    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, IN.

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• Effect of Antimicrobial Agents on MinD Protein Oscillations in \textit{E. coli} Bacterial Cells

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:36 AM – March 2, 2012, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Corey Kelly

    • University of Guelph

  • Maximiliano Giuliani

    • University of Guelph

  • John Dutcher

    • University of Guelph

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• Residence and transit times of MinD in \textit{E. coli} bacterial cells

  ORAL

  March 2, 2012, 10:48 AM – March 2, 2012, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Maximiliano Giuliani

    • University of Guelph

  • Corey Kelly

    • University of Guelph

  • John Dutcher

    • University of Guelph

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