Swimming, Motility, and Locomotion

Presentations

• Flow fields and trajectories of microswimmers under confinement

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 2:42 PM

  Presenters

  • ZEHAN CAO

    The University of Hong Kong

  Authors

  • ZEHAN CAO

    The University of Hong Kong

  • Alan C. H. Tsang

    The University of Hong Kong

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• Confinement-driven state transition and bistability in schooling fish

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 2:42 PM – March 20, 2025, 2:54 PM

  Publication: Lafoux et al. Physical Review E, 110(3), 034613, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.034613

  Presenters

  • Ramiro Godoy-Diana

    CNRS

  Authors

  • Ramiro Godoy-Diana

    CNRS

  • Benjamin Thiria

    ESPCI Paris

  • Baptiste Lafoux

    Université Paris Cité

  • Paul Bernard

    ESPCI Paris, ESPCI Paris-PSL

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• Bio-inspired flow sensing using proprioception in a metachronal swimming robot

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 2:54 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Peter J Gunnarson

    Brown University

  Authors

  • Peter J Gunnarson

    Brown University

  • Nils Bjorn Tack

    Brown University

  • Ross Hibbett

    Brown University

  • Monica M Wilhelmus

    Brown University

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• Appendage morphing during metachronal swimming enables high maneuverability

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Harrison R Hibbett

    Brown University

  Authors

  • Harrison R Hibbett

    Brown University

  • Nils Bjorn Tack

    Brown University

  • Adrian Herrera-Amaya

    Brown University

  • Monica M Wilhelmus

    Brown University

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• Dynamically Stable Rafts of Jumping Springtails

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez

    University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Hungtang Ko

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

  • Elio J Challita

    Harvard University

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• Exploring metachronal swimming performance and maneuverability with bioinspired robotics.

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Publication: Tack, N. B., Santos, S., & Wilhelmus, M. M. Going around the bend to understand the role of leg coalescence in shrimp metachronal swimming. Journal of Experimental Biology. (In review; Preprint available here).

  Presenters

  • Nils Bjorn Tack

    Brown University

  Authors

  • Nils Bjorn Tack

    Brown University

  • Ross Hibbett

    Brown University

  • Monica M Wilhelmus

    Brown University

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• Self-organization of clusters of spheroidal squirmers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 20, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Anson G Thambi

    University of Hawai'i at Manoa

  Authors

  • Anson G Thambi

    University of Hawai'i at Manoa

  • William E Uspal

    University of Hawai'i at Manoa

  • Ruben Poehnl

    University of Hawaii, Manoa

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• Subtle frequency matching reveals resonant phenomenon in the flight of Odonata

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Aracheloff C, Garrouste R, Nel A, Godoy-Diana R, Thiria B. 2024 Subtle frequency matching reveals resonant phenomenon in the flight of Odonata. J. R. Soc. Interface 21: 20240401. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0401

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Thiria

    ESPCI Paris

  Authors

  • Ramiro Godoy-Diana

    CNRS

  • Benjamin Thiria

    ESPCI Paris

  • Camille Aracheloff

    ESPCI Paris

  • Romain Garrouste

    MNHN

  • André Nel

    MNHN

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• Oral: Microbial run and tumble dynamics modeled with orientational Levy flights

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:06 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:18 PM

  Publication: Microbial run and tumble dynamics as Levy flights in orientation

  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

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• Hydrodynamic interactions of droplets ladened by active agents

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:18 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Zheng Yang

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

  Authors

  • Zheng Yang

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

  • Chung Wing Chan

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

  • Zecheng Gan

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Rui Zhang

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

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• Trypanosoma Swims Like an Active Corkscrew

  ORAL

  March 20, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Sizhe Cheng

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Sizhe Cheng

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Devadyouti Das

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Raveen Armstrong

    Umass Amherst

  • Michele Klingbeil

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Becca Thomases

    Smith College

  • Shuang Zhou

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL Withdrawn

  March 20, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 20, 2025, 4:54 PM

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