Interact: Active Matter: From Microswimmer Dynamics to Collective Behavior

Presentations

• Seeing new depths: Three-dimensional flow of a free-swimming alga

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:01 PM

  Presenters

  • Xiang Cheng

    University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Xiang Cheng

    University of Minnesota

  • Gregorius Rangga Wisnu Pradipta

    University of Minnesota

  • Wanho Lee

    National Institute for Mathematical Sciences

  • Van Tran

    University of Minnesota

  • Kyle J Welch

    American Physical Society (APS)

  • santosh kumar Sankar

    University of Minnesota

  • Yongsam Kim

    Chung-Ang University

  • Satish Kumar

    University of Minnesota

  • Xin Yong

    University at Buffalo

  • Jiarong Hong

    University of Minnesota

  • Sookkyung Lim

    University of Cincinnati

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• The motion of swimming microbes in time-periodic flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:01 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:02 PM

  Presenters

  • Jackson T Lewis

    Bucknell University

  Authors

  • Jackson T Lewis

    Bucknell University

  • Thomas H Solomon

    Bucknell University

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• A Continuum Model for Cytoplasmic Streaming in the Drosophila melanogaster Embryo

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:02 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Will Rowse

    Univ of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Will Rowse

    Univ of Cambridge

  • Shreyas D Mandre

    Univ of Cambridge

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• Effective flow alignment of motile algae

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:03 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:04 PM

  Presenters

  • Taylor Joshsua Whitney

    School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced

  Authors

  • Taylor Joshsua Whitney

    School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced

  • Thomas H Solomon

    Bucknell University

  • Kevin A Mitchell

    University of California, Merced

  • Liesl Winchell

    Bucknell University

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• Visualizing the flow field of E. coli near a boundary

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:04 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:05 PM

  Presenters

  • Yangrui Chen

    University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Yangrui Chen

    University of Minnesota

  • Gregorius Rangga Wisnu Pradipta

    University of Minnesota

  • Antonio G Garcia

    University of Minnesota

  • Xiang Cheng

    University of Minnesota

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• Pursuit and evasion at low Reynolds number

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:05 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Hanzhang Mao

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Hanzhang Mao

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Saverio Eric Spagnolie

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Larval Swimming and Feeding Modes: Effects on Flow Structures and Particle Transport

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:06 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:07 PM

  Presenters

  • Hojung You

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  Authors

  • Hojung You

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Houshuo Jiang

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Jesús Pineda

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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• Manifolds, perimeters and speeds for active tracers and fronts in a two-dimensional flow

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:07 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:08 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas H Solomon

    Bucknell University

  Authors

  • Thomas H Solomon

    Bucknell University

  • Matthew C D'Andrea

    Bucknell University

  • Gwynne K Aull

    Bucknell University

  • Kevin A Mitchell

    University of California, Merced

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• From Swimmers to Swarms: The Multi-scale Flow Structures of Vertical Migrations

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:08 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:09 PM

  Presenters

  • Adrian Herrera-Amaya

    Brown University

  Authors

  • Adrian Herrera-Amaya

    Brown University

  • Monica Martinez Wilhelmus

    Brown University

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• Dynamics of bacterial motility and chemotaxis toward localized sources under flow in porous media

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:09 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 2:10 PM

  Presenters

  • Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez

    Eawag and ETH Zurich

  Authors

  • Maximilan F Stoll

    Eawag and ETH Zurich

  • Marco Dentz

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

  • Roman Stocker

    ETH Zurich

  • Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez

    Eawag and ETH Zurich

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• FIRST INTERACT DISCUSSION WITH POSTERS

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  Nov. 23, 2025, 2:10 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:00 PM

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• Power, chaos, and energy extraction in active nematics

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:01 PM

  Presenters

  • Kevin A Mitchell

    University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Kevin A Mitchell

    University of California, Merced

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• Active Nematic Flows in Confinments with topologically defective Boundaries

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:01 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:02 PM

  Presenters

  • Ghansham Rajendrasingh Chandel

    University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Ghansham Rajendrasingh Chandel

    University of Maryland College Park

  • Siddhartha Das

    University of Maryland College Park

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• Hydrodynamic instabilities in driven chiral suspension

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:02 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Brato Chakrbarti

    International Center for Theoretical Sciences

  Authors

  • Brato Chakrbarti

    International Center for Theoretical Sciences

  • Seema Chahal

    International Center for Theoretical Sciences

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• Effects of chaotic fluid mixing on the blooming of microbe colonies

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:03 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:04 PM

  Presenters

  • Matthew C D'Andrea

    Bucknell University

  Authors

  • Matthew C D'Andrea

    Bucknell University

  • Thomas H Solomon

    Bucknell University

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• Unveiling Pattern Formation in Confined Three-Dimensional Active Polar Fluids

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:04 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:05 PM

  Presenters

  • Tong Gao

    Tufts University

  Authors

  • Nima Mirzaeian

    Michigan State University

  • Tong Gao

    Tufts University

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• Stability of microbial droplets growing on liquid substrates

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:05 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Vicente Javier Gomez Herrera

    Flatiron Institute

  Authors

  • Vicente Javier Gomez Herrera

    Flatiron Institute

  • Michael J Shelley

    Flatiron Institute (Simons Foundation)

  • Scott Weady

    Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

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• Wall-constrained nematic ordering and the dynamics of a confined suspended object

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:06 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:07 PM

  Presenters

  • Min Zhu

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Min Zhu

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jonathan Ben Freund

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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• Topology controls flow patterns in active emulsions

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:07 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:08 PM

  Publication: [1] G. Negro, L.C. Head, L.N. Carenza, T.N. Shendruk, D. Marenduzzo, G. Gonnella, and A. Tiribocchi, Topology controls flow patterns in active double emulsions. Nat. Comm. 16, 1412 (2025)<br>[2]L.C. Head, G. Negro et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121, e2405304121 (2024)

  Presenters

  • Giuseppe Negro

    University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Giuseppe Negro

    University of Edinburgh

  • Davide Marenduzzo

    University of Edinburgh

  • Louise C Head

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Tyler N Shendruk

    Univ of Edinburgh

  • Livio Nicola Carenza

    Koc University

  • Adriano Tiribocchi

    CNR Rome

  • Giuseppe Gonnella

    University of Bari

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• Spontaneous Oscillations and Phase Locking in Flow-Coupled Force Singularities

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:08 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:09 PM

  Presenters

  • Kalyan Naik Banoth

    University of southern califonia

  Authors

  • Kalyan Naik Banoth

    University of southern califonia

  • Jingyi Liu

    University of Southern California

  • Eva Kanso

    National Science Foundation (NSF), University of Southern California

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• Complex Porous Surface Modulate Bacterial Turbulence

  ORAL

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:09 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 3:10 PM

  Presenters

  • Jin Zhu

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  Authors

  • Jin Zhu

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Hongyi Bian

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Zixiang Lin

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Zijie Qu

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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• SECOND INTERACT DISCUSSION WITH POSTERS

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  Nov. 23, 2025, 3:10 PM – Nov. 23, 2025, 4:00 PM

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