Douglas Brumley

We use mathematics & microscopy to study dynamic processes in biology. Dr Douglas Brumley: Senior Lecturer @unimelb, Postdocs @MIT @ETH_en, PhD @Cambridge_Uni.

[American Physical Society @APSphysics]

New research in @PRX_Life shows how corals use their beating cilia to create tiny 3D vortices that help move oxygen, nutrients, and waste across their surfaces. ��

Read the paper: https://t.co/7Um1vE8fK8

[Cesar O. Pacherres @pacherres_co]

Combining mathematical modeling and experiments. A great story by Antony Selvan and myself together with @BrumleyLab @MicroSensing and collaborators. Supported by @arc_gov_au @MooreFound #MSCA #coral #cilia

@PRX_Life
https://t.co/dH6J5ZCs8K

[PRX Life @PRX_Life]

Experimental measurements of cilia distribution and fluid flow at the surface of reef-building coral reveal the crucial role of ciliary orientation in modulating nutrient transport.

Learn more: https://t.co/0Y9fwFkcRQ

[PrakashLab @ Miami @Viveknprakash]

How do corals use microscopic beating cilia to generate complex 3D fluid flows?

Honored to write an @APSphysics @PhysicsMagazine Viewpoint on beautiful new @PRX_Life work by Selvan, Brumley, and colleagues 😀

Viewpoint: https://t.co/N8LffmSLiJ
Paper: https://t.co/lBkYNATjWX

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Experiments and mathematical theory reveal how cilia generate 3D flows and transport oxygen around reef-building corals. @PRX_Life @pacherres_co @MicroSensing @MCNDLab @uommedia. Supported by @arc_gov_au Future Fellowship and @MooreFound

https://t.co/oV8UAT1VJd

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

New research finds that heat stress can disrupt and eventually destroy corals’ cilia-based ventilation systems. https://t.co/SIImJI5ay7

[Cesar O. Pacherres @pacherres_co]

Coral reefs are increasingly threaten by marine heatwaves, but what pushes corals past their breaking point?

New in @ScienceAdvances: we found that corals can lose the microscopic system that helps move oxygen around their tissues during heat stress 🪸

https://t.co/3NUI9D3L8E

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Heat-stressed cilia increase coral deoxygenation. This collaborative work published in @ScienceAdvances with @pacherres_co @MicroSensing @SoerenAhm examines how microscopic currents generated by corals vary with water temperature. @arc_gov_au @MooreFound

https://t.co/UWo2PIQCap

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Vicky and Amelia for this review article, published in @TrendsPlantSci. This paper investigates dynamic interactions between microbes and root walls in plants.

https://t.co/eLYnBPfplV

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to PhD student Olle Pontén, whose talk on three-dimensional movement of dinoflagellates, won First Prize Student Talk at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany. @SciMelb @UniMelb @ASPABites

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Allison Mertin, who has successfully completed the PhD degree! Her thesis, co-supervised with Prof. Linda Blackall and Marlien Van Der Merwe, investigates the hidden world of microbes living in native Australian seeds. @SciMelb @UniMelb @BotanicSydney

[Physical Review Fluids @PhysRevFluids]

The viscous fingers formed during injection of low-viscosity fluid tend to retrace their original paths during withdrawal, especially where low-viscosity concentration peaks. Simulations show that the initial fingering regime governs the reversal dynamics.
https://t.co/5LnUGm1mOC

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Tristan, whose work is published in @PhysRevFluids today. This paper examines the dynamics of miscible viscous fingers under repeated injection and withdrawal cycles. @SciMelb @UniMelb

https://t.co/FgM51SR6fu

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Antony Selvan for successfully completing all requirements of the PhD. His thesis, jointly awarded with @MCNDLab (co-supervised with Peter and Draga), developed new mathematical models for ciliary flows. @UniMelb @SciMelb @MelbMathBio

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Nitay, whose work on viscoplastic flows has just been published in @JFluidMech. This paper, in collaboration with Ed Hinton, examines free-surface flows of viscoplastic material, both theoretically and experimentally @SciMelb @UniMelb

https://t.co/cPi405BtRH

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Rania Ismail for successfully completing all requirements of the PhD. Rania’s thesis, co-supervised with Prof. Linda Blackall, studied cyanobacteria in Australian freshwater streams and reservoirs. @SciMelb @UniMelb

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

I am thrilled to receive a Future Fellowship from @arc_gov_au. The project, "Understanding the role of microscale fluid dynamics in biology", aims to develop novel mathematical models and experimental tools for investigating microscopic fluid flows in biology. @SciMelb @UniMelb

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Allison for the first paper from her PhD, published in Seeds this week. This work aimed to optimise methodologies for investigating seed microbiomes across diverse plant species. @SciMelb

https://t.co/ZL75JBlbDx

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

Congratulations to Olle Pontén for winning first prize, and Xinyi Yang and Matthew Walker for honourable mentions in the VicANZIAM meeting. @ANZIAMnews @SciMelb

[Douglas Brumley @BrumleyLab]

PhD position with scholarship available! If you’re interested to work on mathematical models of biological adaptation in fluctuating environments with Dr Alex Browning (@a13xbrowning) and myself, please apply below. @MelbMathBio @UniMelb

https://t.co/gvWzeEDBtZ