4 papers
Engineering Collective Microbial Dynamics for Sustainable Thermal Management
Nilanjan Mondal, Soumitree Mishra, Anupam Sengupta
The rapid growth of energy-intensive technologies, including artificial intelligence, large-scale computing, and thermal management systems, has intensified global energy demand am…
Ecological memory of hydrodynamic cues shapes growth and migration of motile microorganisms
Narges Kakavand, Anupam Sengupta
Microorganisms live in inherently dynamic environments where fluctuations in biotic and abiotic factors shape their behaviour, physiology, and fitness. The concept of ecological me…
Nascent biofilms on soft surfaces
Garima Rani, G. H. Philipp Nguyen, René Wittmann +2
Soft surfaces, spanning vastly different environmental and biomedical settings, are frequently colonised by surface-associated bacteria. Yet, how soft surfaces govern bacterial dyn…
Substrate stiffness governs dynamics and self-organization of nascent biofilms
Garima Rani, Anupam Sengupta
The evolutionary success of bacteria lies in their ability to form complex surface-associated communities in diverse biophysical settings. However, it remains poorly understood how…