Physics of Biofilms II

Presentations

• Watching Gut Microbes Swim, Stick, and Survive

  Invited

  March 16, 2021, 3:00 PM – March 16, 2021, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Raghuveer Parthasarathy

    • Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon
    • Department of Physics, University of Oregon
    • University of Oregon

  Authors

  • Raghuveer Parthasarathy

    • Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon
    • Department of Physics, University of Oregon
    • University of Oregon

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• Emergent robustness of bacterial quorum sensing in fluid flow

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 3:36 PM – March 16, 2021, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Philip Pearce

    • Harvard Medical School
    • Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

  Authors

  • Philip Pearce

    • Harvard Medical School
    • Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

  • Mohit Dalwadi

    • University of Oxford

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• Simulating biofilm initiation and growth in porous media flow

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 3:48 PM – March 16, 2021, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Christoph Lohrmann

    • University of Stuttgart

  Authors

  • Christoph Lohrmann

    • University of Stuttgart

  • Miru Lee

    • University of Göttingen

  • Christian Holm

    • University of Stuttgart
    • Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart
    • ICP, University of Stuttgart

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• Experimental Method Development and Analysis of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </i>Surface Attachment

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 4:00 PM – March 16, 2021, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mara Eccles

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Mara Eccles

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Zilei Chen

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Vernita Gordon

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Positive feedback between type IV pili activity and mechanosensation commits <i>P. aeruginosa</i> to surface associated behaviors

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 4:12 PM – March 16, 2021, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Lorenzo Talà

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  Authors

  • Lorenzo Talà

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  • Marco Kühn

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  • Jose Negrete

    • Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL

  • Xavier Pierrat

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  • Iscia Vos

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  • Zainebe Al-Mayyah

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL

  • Yuki Inclan

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

  • Ramiro Patino

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

  • Joanne Engel

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

  • Alexandre Persat

    • Global Health Institute, EPFL
    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

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• Phage-bacteria dynamics in spatially structured bacterial communities

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 4:24 PM – March 16, 2021, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Hemaa Selvakumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Hemaa Selvakumar

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Marian Dominguez-Mirazo

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jacob Thomas

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Stephen P. Diggle

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Joshua Weitz

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jennifer E. Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Diversity loss as a function of colony morphology

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 4:36 PM – March 16, 2021, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexander Golden

    • Boston University
    • Department of Physics, Boston University

  Authors

  • Alexander Golden

    • Boston University
    • Department of Physics, Boston University

  • Kirill S Korolev

    • Boston University
    • Department of Physics and Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, Boston University
    • Bioinformatics Program, Boston University

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• Bacterial mechanosensing of substrate stiffness during biofilm initiation: a tale of two steps (and two sensors)

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 4:48 PM – March 16, 2021, 5:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Liyun Wang

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Liyun Wang

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Yu-Chern ("Chad") Wong

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Jacob Blacutt

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Vernita Gordon

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Making biofilms easier to eat: a story of blood, bacteria, and bulk mechanics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 5:00 PM – March 16, 2021, 5:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Marilyn Wells

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Marilyn Wells

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Vernita Gordon

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Drug effects on <i>Enterococcus faecalis </i>biofilms: growth, topology, and population dynamics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 5:12 PM – March 16, 2021, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Keanu Alexander Guardiola Flores

    • Biophysics, University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Keanu Alexander Guardiola Flores

    • Biophysics, University of Michigan

  • Kevin Wood

    • University of Michigan
    • Biophysics, University of Michigan

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• Can bacteria in a biofilm sense and respond to mechanical inputs?

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 5:24 PM – March 16, 2021, 5:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Brandon Niese

    • University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Brandon Niese

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Vernita Gordon

    • University of Texas at Austin

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• Self-organization of bacteria in confined interstitial biofilms

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 5:36 PM – March 16, 2021, 5:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Japinder Nijjer

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Japinder Nijjer

    • Yale University

  • Changhao Li

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University
    • Penn State University

  • Sulin Zhang

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University
    • Penn State University

  • Jing Yan

    • Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
    • Yale University

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• A low dose of cell-wall targeting antibiotic can promote aggregation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> bacteria

  ORAL

  March 16, 2021, 5:48 PM – March 16, 2021, 6:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sharareh Tavaddod

    • Univ of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Sharareh Tavaddod

    • Univ of Edinburgh

  • Angela Dawson

    • Univ of Edinburgh

  • Rosalind Allen

    • Univ of Edinburgh

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