2 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
Generic Stress Rectification in Nonlinear Elastic Media
Félix Benoist, Guglielmo Saggiorato, Martin Lenz
Stress propagation in nonlinear media is crucial in cell biology, where molecular motors exert anisotropic force dipoles on the fibrous cytoskeleton. While the force dipoles can be…
physics.bio-ph2017
Human sperm steer with second harmonics of the flagellar beat
Guglielmo Saggiorato, Luis Alvarez, Jan F. Jikeli +3
Sperm are propelled by bending waves travelling along the flagellum. During steering in gradients of sensory cues, sperm adjust the flagellar beat waveform. Symmetric and asymmetri…