Research Highlights
Research Bar
Couette-Taylor Instabilities Couette-Taylor Instabilities
Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics
Three-Dimensional Thermal Noise Imaging Three-Dimensional Thermal Noise Imaging
Dynamics of Static Friction Dynamics of Static Friction
Biofilm mechanics and the immune system Biofilm mechanics and the immune system
Hands-On Schools Hands-On Schools
Microtubule Mechanics Microtubule Mechanics
Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion
Spatial structure and biofilms Spatial structure and biofilms

Recent Publications

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)
A model of fracture-facilitated flow of hydrocarbons from petroleum source rock
Luke Pharr, Michael Marder, and Tadeusz Patzek, International Journal of Fracture (2023)
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)
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)
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)
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, Vernita D Gordon, Langmuir (2023)
Cracks Break The Sound Barrier
Michael Marder, Science 381 375-376 (2023) pdf
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)
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)
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