Research Highlights
Research Bar
Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion
Bacteria and radiation Bacteria and radiation
Internal Wave Turning Depth Internal Wave Turning Depth
Fracture of Rubber Fracture of Rubber
The role of mechanics in biofilm formation The role of mechanics in biofilm formation
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Multiscale Bacterial Analysis Multiscale Bacterial Analysis
Student Flows in Texas Student Flows in Texas
Microtubule Mechanics Microtubule Mechanics

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
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)
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)
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)
A model of fracture-facilitated flow of hydrocarbons from petroleum source rock
Luke Pharr, Michael Marder, and Tadeusz Patzek, International Journal of Fracture (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
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change
Frances Houle, Kate Kirby, and Michael Marder, Physics Today (2023)
Contribution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exopolysaccharides Pel and Psl to wound infections
Derek Fleming, Brandon Niese, Whitni Redman, Emily Vanderpool, Vernita Gordon, Kendra P Rumbaugh, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology323 (2022)
Student learning and teacher retention for graduates of Texas Noyce programs
Michael Marder, Catherine Horn, Sarah Stephens & Annelies Rhodes, Education Policy Analysis Archives 30 147 (2022)
Microrheology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms grown in wound beds
Minhaz Ur Rahman, Derek F Fleming, Liyun Wang, Kendra P Rumbaugh, Vernita D Gordon, Gordon F Christopher, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 8 149 (2022)