Research Highlights
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Membrane Fusion Membrane Fusion
Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion
Virtual Seafloor Virtual Seafloor
Multiscale Bacterial Analysis Multiscale Bacterial Analysis
Physics of Hydrofracture Physics of Hydrofracture
Swarming Dynamics Swarming Dynamics
Single Bond Formation Detection Single Bond Formation Detection
Internal Wave Turning Depth Internal Wave Turning Depth
Swimming driven by a Helical Flagellum Swimming driven by a Helical Flagellum

Recent Publications

A model of fracture-facilitated flow of hydrocarbons from petroleum source rock
Luke Pharr, Michael Marder, and Tadeusz Patzek, International Journal of Fracture (2023)
Incorporation of collagen into Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms impedes phagocytosis by neutrophils
Xuening Zhou, Marilyn J Wells, Vernita Do Gordon, bioRxiv (2023)
Physiological Concentrations of Calcium Interact with Alginate and Extracellular DNA in the Matrices of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Impede Phagocytosis by Neutrophils
Marilyn J. Wells, Hailey Currie, and Vernita D. Gordon, Langmuir (2023) pdf
Perspective: The viscoelastic properties of biofilm infections and mechanical interactions with phagocytic immune cells
Marilyn Wells, Rebecca Schneider, Bikash Bhattarai, Hailey Currie, Bella Chavez, Gordon Christopher, Kendra Rumbaugh, Vernita Gordon, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13 97 (2023)
Physiological Concentrations of Calcium Interact with Alginate and Extracellular DNA in the Matrices of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Impede Phagocytosis by Neutrophils
Marilyn J Wells, Hailey Currie, Vernita D Gordon, Langmuir (2023)
Cracks Break The Sound Barrier
Michael Marder, Science 381 375-376 (2023) pdf
Advancing Access to Cutting-Edge Tabletop Science
Michael F Schatz, Pietro Cicuta, Vernita D Gordon, Teuta Pilizota, Bruce Rodenborn, Mark D Shattuck, Harry L Swinney, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 55 (2023)
Exposure of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to Sublethal Doses of Ionizing Radiation Triggers Short-Term SOS Activation and Longer-Term Prophage Activation
Philip Sweet, Jacob Blacutt, Vernita Gordon, Lydia Contreras, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 3e01716-22 (2023)
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change
Frances Houle, Kate Kirby, and Michael Marder, Physics Today (2023)
The accumulation and growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on surfaces is modulated by surface mechanics via cyclic-di-GMP signaling
Liyun Wang, Yu-Chern Wong, Joshua M Correira, Megan Wancura, Chris J Geiger, Shanice S Webster, Ahmed Touhami, Benjamin J Butler, George A O'Toole, Richard M Langford, Katherine A Brown, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu, Lauren Webb, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Vernita D Gordon, npj Biorilms and Microbiomes (2023)
Bacterial mechanosensing of surface stiffness promotes signaling and growth leading to biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Liyun Wang, Yu-Chern Wong, Joshua Correira, Megan Wancura, Christopher Geiger, Shanice S Webster, Benjamin Butler, George A O'Toole, Richard Langford, Katherine Brown, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu, Lauren Webb, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Vernita Gordon, bioRxiv2023.01. 26.525810 (2023)
Bluebonnet: Scaling Solutions for Production Analysis
Frank Male, Michael Marder, and Leopoldo Ruiz-Maraggi, Journal of Open Source Software 8 5255 (2023)
Cracks break the sound barrier
M. Marder, Science 381 375-376 (2023)