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Motility Control Biological Microswimmers

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Motility control in biological microswimmers

Kirsty Wan

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University of Exeter

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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It is often assumed that biological swimmers conform faithfully to certain stereotypes assigned to them by physicists and mathematicians, when the reality is in fact much more complicated. In this talk we will use a combination of theory, experiments, and robotics, to understand the physical and evolutionary basis of motility control in a number of distinguished organisms. These organisms differ markedly in terms of their size, shape, and arrangement of locomotor appendages, but are united in their use of cilia - the ultimate shape-shifting organelle - to achieve self-propulsion and navigation.

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biological microswimmersbiological swimmersciliaevolutionary basisexperimental methodsfluidslocomotor appendagesmotility controlphysical principlesroboticsself-propulsion

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Kirsty Wan

Dr

University of Exeter

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