4 papers
Emergent universal statistics in nonequilibrium systems with dynamical scale selection
Vili Heinonen, Abel J. Abraham, Jonasz SÅomka +3
Pattern-forming nonequilibrium systems are ubiquitous in nature, from driven quantum matter and biological life forms to atmospheric and interstellar gases. Identifying universal a…
Fluid flow generates bacterial conjugation hotspots by increasing the rate of shear-driven cell-cell encounters
Matti Zbinden, Jana S. Huisman, Natasha Blitvic +2
Conjugation accelerates bacterial evolution by enabling bacteria to acquire genes horizontally from their neighbors. Plasmid donors must physically encounter and connect with recip…
Bridging advection and diffusion in the encounter dynamics of sedimenting marine snow
Jan Turczynowicz, Radost Waszkiewicz, Jonasz SÅomka +1
Sinking marine snow particles, composed primarily of organic matter, control the global export of photosynthetically fixed carbon from the ocean surface to depth. The fate of sedim…
Slower swimming promotes chemotactic encounters between bacteria and small phytoplankton
Riccardo Foffi, Douglas R. Brumley, François Peaudecerf +2
Chemotaxis enables marine bacteria to increase encounters with phytoplankton cells by reducing their search times, provided that bacteria detect noisy chemical gradients around phy…