3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Elongation suppresses rheotaxis and enables microfluidic enrichment of \b{eta}-lactam-resistant bacteria
Ran Tao, Nathaniel C. Esteves, Jay Zhu +1
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) complicates the treatment of diseases including lung and urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are among the most common bacterial infections worldw…
physics.bio-ph2026
Biomedical active matter: Emergence and breakdown of collective functionalities
Arnold Mathijssen, Hamed Almohammadi, Lauren Altman +13
Living systems are made of active materials with microscopic components that work together to perform macroscopic biological tasks. The breakdown of these collective functionalitie…
cond-mat.soft2025
Selective trapping of bacteria in porous media by cell length
David Gao, Zeyuan Wang, Mihika Jain +2
Bacteria commonly inhabit porous environments such as host tissues, soil, and marine sediments, where complex geometries constrain and redirect their motion. Although bacterial mot…