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Granular Media Nucleation Granular Media Nucleation
Internal Wave Turning Depth Internal Wave Turning Depth
Bacteria and radiation Bacteria and radiation
Membrane Fusion Membrane Fusion
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Couette-Taylor Instabilities Couette-Taylor Instabilities
Spatial structure and biofilms Spatial structure and biofilms
Mechanical Contact Spectroscopy Mechanical Contact Spectroscopy

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)
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)
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)
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change
Frances Houle, Kate Kirby, and Michael Marder, Physics Today (2023)
Bluebonnet: Scaling Solutions for Production Analysis
Frank Male, Michael Marder, and Leopoldo Ruiz-Maraggi, Journal of Open Source Software 8 5255 (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)
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)
A model of fracture-facilitated flow of hydrocarbons from petroleum source rock
Luke Pharr, Michael Marder, and Tadeusz Patzek, International Journal of Fracture (2023)
Cracks break the sound barrier
M. Marder, Science 381 375-376 (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)
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