2 papers
physics.bio-ph2024
Transport of topological defects in a biphasic mixture of active and passive nematic fluids
KVS Chaithanya, Aleksandra Ardaševa, Oliver J. Meacock +3
Collectively moving cellular systems often contain a proportion of dead cells or non-motile genotypes. When mixed, nematically aligning motile and non-motile agents are known to se…
physics.bio-ph2020
Bacteria solve the problem of crowding by moving slowly
Oliver J. Meacock, Amin Doostmohammadi, Kevin R. Foster +2
In systems as diverse as migrating mammals to road traffic, crowding acts to inhibit efficient collective movement. Bacteria, however, are observed to move in very dense groups con…