Biophysical Dynamics and Locomotion

Presentations

• Dynamic Force Patterns of an Undulatory Microswimmer

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 8:00 AM – March 4, 2014, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Rafael Schulman

    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

  • Matilda Backholm

    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

  • William Ryu

    • University of Toronto
    • Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Miriam Rafailovitch

    • McMaster University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M1
    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4M1
    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
    • SUNY-Stony Brook

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 4, 2014, 8:12 AM – March 4, 2014, 8:24 AM

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• Propulsion and locomotion in hexatic liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 8:24 AM – March 4, 2014, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Thomas Powers

    • Brown University

  • Madison Krieger

    • Brown University

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

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• Efficient swimming of a plunging elastic plate in a viscous fluid

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 8:36 AM – March 4, 2014, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Peter Yeh

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Alexander Alexeev

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Kinematic Matrix Analysis of Biological Swimmers and Artificial Nanomotors

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 8:48 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Amir Nourhani

    • Phys. Dept., Penn State University

  • Paul Lammert

    • Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    • Pennsylvania State University
    • Phys. Dept., Penn State University

  • Ali Borhan

    • Chem. Eng. Dept., Penn State University

  • Vincent Crespi

    • Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    • Pennsylvania State University
    • The Pennsylvania State University
    • Phys. Dept., Penn State University

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• Fluid flow enhances the effectiveness of toxin export by aquatic microorganisms: a first-passage perspective

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:00 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Nicholas Licata

    • Univ of Michigan - Dearborn

  • Aaron Clark

    • Univ of Michigan - Dearborn
    • University of Michigan - Dearborn

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• Evaluation of the mass transfer effect of the stalk contraction cycle of \textit{Vorticella}

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:12 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jiazhong Zhou

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • David Admiraal

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Sangjin Ryu

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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• Endothelial Interfaces -- Master Gatekeepers of the Cardiovascular System

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:24 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Sylvia Ann Junghans

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Luka Pocivavsek

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Noureddine Zebda

    • University of Chicago

  • Konstantin Birukov

    • University of Chicago

  • Mary Jo Waltman

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Jaroslaw Majewski

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• The Fast and Non-capillary Fluid Filling Mechanism in the Hummingbird's Tongue

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:36 AM – March 4, 2014, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alejandro Rico-Guevara

    • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269

  • Tai-Hsi Fan

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT 06269

  • Margaret Rubega

    • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269

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• Investigation of ciliary propulsion of \textit{Tetrahymena Pyriformis} in viscous solution

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 9:48 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Ilyong Jung

    • Brown University

  • Eva Lyubich

    • Brown University

  • James Valles

    • Brown University

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• The behavioral space of zebrafish locomotion and its neural network model

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 10:00 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Kiran Girdhar

    • Univ of Illinois - Urbana

  • Maria Benitez-Jones

    • Undergraduate Student
    • Univ of New Mexico

  • Ha Pham Thi

    • Hanoi University of Science

  • Mark Nelson

    • Univ of Illinois - Urbana

  • Martin Gruebele

    • Univ of Illinois - Urbana

  • Yann Chemla

    • Univ of Illinois - Urbana

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• Active microrheology of fluids inside developing zebrafish

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 10:12 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Mike Taormina

    • Department of Physics, University of Oregon

  • Raghuveer Parthasarathy

    • Department of Physics, University of Oregon

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• Alignment of active particles with hydrodynamic interactions and formation of a self-assembled pump

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 10:24 AM – March 4, 2014, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Katrin Wolff

    • Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, TU Berlin

  • Marc Hennes

    • Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, TU Berlin

  • Holger Stark

    • Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, TU Berlin

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