Trapped in Flow
Roman Stocker (MIT), Roberto Rusconi (MIT), Jeffrey Guasto (MIT), William Durham (Oxford University), Michael Barry (MIT), Eric Climent (Institute the Mechanique des Fluids de Toulouse), Guido Boffetta (Universita' di Torino), Filippo DeLillo (Universita' di Torino), Massimo Cencini (Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche, Roma, Italy)
Hydrodynamics of Swimming Microorganisms
Tue 10:45 - 12:15
Barus-Holley 191
Using examples from both bacteria and phytoplankton, I will show how fluid flow can have counterintuitive effects on microorganisms, stifling their motility and thereby impacting their spatial distribution and some of their major life functions.