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A. R. Pokhrel, G. Steinbach, A. Krueger, T. C. Day, J. Tijani, B. K. Hammer, P. J. Yunker
This study shows that the horizontal expansion rate of bacterial colonies is controlled by the contact angle at the biofilm edge, validated through experimental measurements and theoretical modeling.
Nature Physics · Jul 9, 2024Peer-reviewedBiophysics
T. C. Day, A. Zamani-Dahaj, G. O. Bozdag, A. J. Burnetti, E. P. Bingham, P. L. Conlin, W. C. Ratcliff, P. J. Yunker
This study shows that growth in living systems facilitates entanglement across a broad range of geometries, unlike non-living materials where entanglement is geometry-sensitive.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2023 · PreprintBiophysics
G. O. Bozdag, S. A. Zamani-Dahaj, T. C. Day, P. C. Kahn, A. J. Burnetti, D. T. Lac, K. Tong, P. L. Conlin, A. H. Balwani, E. L. Dyer, P. J. Yunker, W. C. Ratcliff
This study shows how snowflake yeast evolved macroscopic multicellularity under anaerobic conditions through biophysical adaptations, while remaining microscopic under low oxygen conditions.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
T. C. Day, S. S. Höhn, S. A. Zamani-Dahaj, D. Yanni, A. Burnetti, J. Pentz, A. R. Honerkamp-Smith, H. Wioland, H. R. Sleath, W. C. Ratcliff, R. E. Goldstein, P. J. Yunker
The paper quantifies cell packing in two multicellular organisms and finds that free space around cells follows a gamma distribution, suggesting an entropic principle underlying multicellular organization.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2021Biophysics
S. A. Zamani-Dahaj, A. Burnetti, T. C. Day, P. J. Yunker, W. C. Ratcliff, M. D. Herron
This study shows that multicellular heritability can emerge without additional genetic regulation, and that organism size at reproduction is more heritable than its cell-level basis.
bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology