Category: Transport Phenomena
Just Keep Swimming: Structure, Movement, and Light Interactions of Unicellular Green Algae
Unicellular green algae, stress, locomotion, kinematics, swimming, light properties
Ai-Lan Ji-Eun Nguyen, Tesnim Obey, Anders Schwarz, Jackson Yu
Unveiling the Chemistry of Radiolaria: Exploring Elemental Insights and Environmental Significance
biomineralization, bioluminescence, photosymbiosis, silica cycle, bioindicator, protists
Vicky Barré, Rhiannon Butler, Valerie Hung, Liora Benzecry
The Physics of Foraminifera
Environmental pressure, reproductive strategy, vertical migration, strength rigidity and elasticity, pseudopodia, tests or shell geometry, openings
Carolyn Denton, Emma Bussiéres, Rachel Jiang, Reno Thompson
Phenotypic Adaptation of Daphnia Throughout Evolution
Compound eye, swimming, adaptation, defense mechanisms, Stokes' law
Eva Otell, Iris Sun, Marwan Sobh, Rémi Ouellette, Xinying Wang
Shaping Success: A Mathematical Exploration of Cyanobacteria across Scales
Allometric power functions, bacterial growth, geometrical models, persistence length, semi-flexible, colony, polyhedral
Max Bai, Sierra Bushey, Maria Delgopiatof, Valerie Syme
Exploring the Mathematics of Unicellular Green Algae (Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii)
Unicellular green algae, synchronization, fluid dynamics, optimization, population dynamics, growth modeling
Ai-Lan Ji-Eun Nguyen, Tesnim Obey, Anders Schwarz, Jackson Yu
Copepods Through the Lens of Math
Low-Reynolds, swimming, diel vertical migration, reflectance, molting, coloration, crustacean
Johanna Turton, Melodi Rousset, Philippe Mercier, Tanjin Sultana
Copepods Through the Lens of Physics
Mechanoreception, low reynolds, clap and fling or Weis-Fog, fluid mechanics, Wagner effect, coloration
Johanna Turton, Melodi Rousset, Philippe Mercier, Tanjin Sultana
Mechanics and Optics of Cyanobacteria: How to Survive over Billions of Years
Survival mechanisms, photosynthesis, buoyancy regulation, light-sensing or phototaxis, bacteria, gliding motility, biofilm
Maria Delgopiatof, Max Bai, Sierra Bushey, Valerie Syme
Discussion of Nature’s Design Solutions in Tintinnids: Masters of Microzooplankton Survival
Tintinnids, plankton, geometry, buoyancy, swimming, aquatic ecosystems
Alexa Bailey, Lou Cubberly, Margaux-Blondin Routhier, Niall Slack-Watkins
The Physics of Coral Polyps
Coral polyps, hydrodynamics, sensing, feeding, anisotropy, photoreceptors
Michael Beyrouthy, Cris Izzi, Claudio Petroni, Alex Tsiskakis
A Physical Analysis of Magnetotactic Bacteria: Nature’s Microscopic Compass as a Solution to a Motile Biotope
Magnetotactic bacteria, phototaxis, aerotaxis, sensing, fluid dynamics, swimming
Alex Gagnon, Catriona Kirk, Jason Li, Sofian Martinais