PoLS at Georgia Tech

This is the official Twitter account for the Physics of Living Systems node at Georgia Tech

[Georgia Tech College of Engineering @gatechengineers]

Forget the bellyflop or the cannonball! This is the science-backed way to make the biggest splash in the pool this summer. (Thanks, @BhamlaLab!) https://t.co/aXOY1kMNqx

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Please check out the full preprint on the @arxiv!

https://t.co/ronsecVlTT

A big thanks to authors Akash Vardhan, Ram Avinery, Hosain Bagheri, Velin Kojohourav, Shengkai Li, Hridesh Kedia, Tianyu Wang, Daniel Soto, Kurt Wiesenfeld, and Dan Goldman for their great work!

[PoLS at Georgia Tech @GT_PoLS]

Actively-driven #robots can produce a rich variety of emergent phenomena, including behaviors that appear counterintuitive at first. In a recent preprint from the Goldman Lab at @GeorgiaTech, undulating robots form long-lived pairs mediated solely by repulsive interactions.

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These principles—emergent behavior arising from actively-driven, deformable objects—are relevant to many living systems. From single-celled organisms to swarms of insects, "smart" behavior can arise from groups of "dumb" individuals, modulated by simple mechanical interactions.

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Check out these birds, courtesy of Nami Ha! Nami and the @BhamlaLab at Georgia Tech studies the amazing materials that make up living things, including the ultrafast water absorption of sandgrouse feathers.

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Today! Come see Chris's talk!

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Please join us this Thursday for the final PoLS Lunch & Learn of the semester! This week's speaker will be Chris Zhang from the Hammer and @wc_ratcliff labs.

[PRX Life @PRX_Life]

Imaging in C. elegans shows that environmental resistance modulates how neural signals are translated into movement by altering the timing between muscle activation and body bending.

Read the paper: https://t.co/igTIHQWLc2

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Today! Please come see @shucong_li_hhh give an excellent talk!

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Please join us on April 15 for a PoLS seminar featuring @shucong_li_hhh!

Dr. Li recently became an Assistant Professor at the @GeorgiaTech School of Materials Science and Engineering. She will be hosted by @ZRocklin.

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Please join us this Thursday for the final PoLS Lunch & Learn of the semester! This week's speaker will be Chris Zhang from the Hammer and @wc_ratcliff labs.

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The @BhamlaLab is looking to hire a new lab manager! Please see this flyer for details!

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Please join us today for another Lunch & Learn seminar! This week's speaker is Maryam Hejri from the Yunker Lab. Lunch will be served at 12:00, with a talk beginning at 12:30!

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To learn more, please check out the full paper—now available in @PRX_Life! Congratulations to the authors Chris Pierce, Yang Ding, Lucinda Peng, Xuefei Lu, Baxi Chong, Hang Lu, and Dan Goldman.

https://t.co/u4UoBsIyyz

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Animals at many length scales move through undulation. In a new paper, Chris Pierce and the Goldman Lab use the nematode 🪱 C. elegans to show how interactions with the environment cause undulating body movements to become desynchronized to the phase of muscle contractions.

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They built a mechanical model showing that phase lags result from a combination of internal elastic torques and external resistive forces. The worm's gait pattern is not purely neural—it's shaped by physics!

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Today! Come see Ben's talk!

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This week's Lunch & Learn speaker is @Doshna_ from the @SimonSponberg Lab! Please come see his talk tomorrow!