Collective Behaviors in Biology I

Presentations

• The evolution and functional implications of socially synchronized rhythms in ants.

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Publication: 1. Doering, Grant Navid, Carmen L. Lee, and Kari Dalnoki-Veress. "Synchronized locomotion can improve spatial accessibility inside ant colonies." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290.2011 (2023): 20231805.<br>2. Doering, Grant Navid, et al. "Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121.48 (2024): e2420078121.

  Presenters

  • Grant Navid Doering

    Arizona State University

  Authors

  • Grant Navid Doering

    Arizona State University

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• Response dynamics of jackdaw flocks to sudden perturbations

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicholas T Ouellette

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Nicholas T Ouellette

    Stanford University

  • Yenchia Feng

    Stanford University

  • Guillam McIvor

    University of Exeter

  • Alex Thornton

    University of Exeter

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• Startle Response Triggers Collective Phase Transitions in Schooling Fish

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Alyssa Chan

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Alyssa Chan

    University of Southern California

  • Eva Kanso

    National Science Foundation (NSF)

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• Decentralized Traffic Flow and Congestion in Termite Collectives

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Atanu Chatterjee

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Atanu Chatterjee

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Kuk-Hyun Lim

    Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA

  • Nan-Yao Su

    Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA

  • Saad Bhamla

    Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Distributional maximum entropy models

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Camilla Sarra

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Camilla Sarra

    Princeton University

  • William S Bialek

    Princeton University

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• Collective Transitions of Schooling Fish in a Two-Chamber Domain

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2025, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Hao Cheng

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Hao Cheng

    University of Southern California

  • Haotian Hang

    University of Southern California

  • Chenchen Huang

    University of Southern California

  • Alex Barnett

    Flatiron Institute

  • Eva Kanso

    National Science Foundation (NSF)

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• Relating the Kuramoto model to data from immobile firefly swarms

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2025, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Guy Amichay

    Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Guy Amichay

    Northwestern University

  • Tanthai Prasertkul

    Mahidol University

  • Aaron Scheiner

    Northwestern University

  • Daniel M Abrams

    Northwestern University

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• Nonequilibrium Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation: A Physical Pathway to the Emergence of Multicellularity

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • William W Crockett

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • William W Crockett

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • EliseAnne C Koskelo

    Harvard University

  • Hyunseok Lee

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Farzan Vafa

    MIT

  • Nikta Fakhri

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Fish school at extreme scale

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Publication: Fish school at extreme scale Haotian Hang, Chenchen Huang, Eva Kanso (under preparation)

  Presenters

  • Haotian Hang

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Haotian Hang

    University of Southern California

  • Chenchen Huang

    University of Southern California

  • Eva Kanso

    National Science Foundation (NSF)

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• Sled Dogs Dont Synchronize

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2025, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Seleb

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Benjamin Seleb

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Matthew Storm Bull

    University of Washington

  • Saad Bhamla

    Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Vicsek-type noise in experimental groups of fish

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Pasha A Tabatabai

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  Authors

  • Pasha A Tabatabai

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  • Xiaohu Chiu

    California Polytechnic State University

  • Karen L Severson

    California Polytechnic State University

  • Gabriel Kuntz

    Seattle University

  • Mitchell Rask

    Seattle University

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• Adaptations and mechanical memory in honeybee swarms in response to temperature changes

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2025, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Danielle L. Chase

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Danielle L. Chase

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Nina van Hoorn

    Skidmore College

  • Andrew Swanson

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Jenn Kaphammer

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Daniel Moran

    Community College of Aurora, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Caitleen Reyes

    Indiana University

  • Olga Shishkov

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Pedro Albuquerque Lemos

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Orit Peleg

    University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Collective behavior and anti-predator escapes of Chromis fish in the wild

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2025, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Ling-Wei Kong

    Cornell University

  Authors

  • Ling-Wei Kong

    Cornell University

  • Lars Koopmans

    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam

  • Ben T Martin

    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam

  • Abigail Grassick

    Cornell University

  • Andrew M Hein

    Cornell University

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