Bio-Fluid Dynamics: Creep, Crawl, Slither, Slide

Presentations

• Hydrodynamics of actin-based propulsion

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 8:00 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 8:13 AM

  Authors

  • Alexander Leshansky

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• Controlling the motion of vesicles along compliant substrates

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 8:13 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 8:26 AM

  Authors

  • Rolf Verberg

  • Alexander Alexeev

  • Anna Balazs

    University of Pittsburgh

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• Shape Optimization of Swimming Sheets

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 8:26 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 8:39 AM

  Authors

  • Jon Wilkening

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Anette Hosoi

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Apple Snail: a Bio Cleaner of the Water Free Surface.

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 8:39 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 8:52 AM

  Authors

  • Golnaz Bassiri

  • Nick Phelps

  • Khaled Sallam

    Oklahoma State University

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• Optimizing Snails

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 8:52 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 9:05 AM

  Authors

  • Eric Lauga

  • Anette Hosoi

    Dept. Mechanical Engineering, MIT, MIT

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• Marangoni propulsion by insects

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 9:05 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 9:18 AM

  Authors

  • David Hu

    MIT

  • John W.M. Bush

    MIT, Department of Mathematics - MIT, Department of Mathematics, MIT

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• The mechanics of cell crawling over a flat surface

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2005, 9:18 AM – Nov. 22, 2005, 9:31 AM

  Authors

  • Baldomero Alonso-Latorre

  • Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez

    University of California, San Diego, Dept. of MAE, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA, USA, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA

  • Alberto Aliseda

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • Rudolf Meili

  • Richard Firtel

  • Juan Lasheras

    University of California, San Diego, Dept. of MAE. University of California, San Diego

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