Polymaths Lab

Entangling maths, experiments & soft-robotics to disentangle Nature. Group of @HermesGadelha at @SoftLabBristol @BristolRobotLab @BristolEngMaths @BristolUni

[Polymaths Lab @PolymathsLab]

Simple motors can mimic real muscles!

This physical system self-organises, forms coordinated waves, and adapts to load — no central control, just structure + interaction.

🎥 Video Explainer: https://t.co/liH0aBPZtc

📄 https://t.co/CQ8nTFowY1

[Kirsty Wan 🔬 @micromotility]

📢We are hosting a @PhysicsofLifeUK workshop @LSI_Exeter next year on biofilaments, with @DaumLaboratory ! Exciting lineup featuring all kinds of filaments, cilia, flagella, archaella, pili, cyanobacteria, hyphae...
https://t.co/KdamBWvG5X
Registration open soon, save the dates!

[Amir A Zadpoor @amir_zadpoor]

As opposed to man-made soft-hard interfaces, the interface of bone and tendons rarely fails. We show in @NatureComms how #biomimetic design and multi-material #3Dprinting create soft-hard interfaces reaching theoretical limits of mechanical performance: https://t.co/04CP6E5a5v

[Kirsty Wan 🔬 @micromotility]

Well done Rebecca @RebeccaNPoon on the publication of your first-author paper! In https://t.co/qVAEL9wcAX we study how tiny baby corals (well coral larvae to be precise) self propel using #cilia, and deduce the nature of ciliary coordination on the surface of the #coral

[SoftLab Bristol @SoftLabBristol]

Delighted to meet with @ARIA_research and host a tour of our exciting projects at BRL.
@BristolUniEng @BristolUniMaths @BristolRobotLab

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Years of exciting computational modelling have paid off! Our paper on “The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow” (J. Fluid. Mech., 976, A13 DOI: https://t.co/C2hGgQSWLD) has finally been published!

[DZ Gong | 龚 | ゴン | 공 @dz_gong]

Paper read today #523: Low-cost 3D printed lenses for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy

https://t.co/PrIX1DV9eE

[The Conversation @ConversationUK]

"We wanted to explore whether there was a mathematical connection between these chemical patterns and how sperm tails move. If there was, it might suggest that nature uses similar templates to create patterns of motion at tiny scales."

https://t.co/pKtlrKs1kx

[Polymaths Lab @PolymathsLab]

The reaction-diffusion basis of animated patterns in eukaryotic flagella and cilia
@NatureComms https://t.co/v1Ak00lztz

[Polymaths Lab @PolymathsLab]

The way a sperm tail moves can be explained by mathematics worked out by Alan Turing https://t.co/9NHm5c4f3I
via @ConversationUK

[Reza Nosrati @NosratiR]

Congratulations to Farin for her pioneering work published in @CellRepPhysSci 🎉, revealing how rheological properties of the female reproductive tract guide sperm!

@MonashMAE @MonashUni
@OBryanMoira @SciMelb
@Dr_Avi_G

[Bjornar Sandnes @Complexflowlab]

Frictional fluid fingering
https://t.co/nVi6OX3m6Z
https://t.co/HOxGz3L1vb

[SoftLab Bristol @SoftLabBristol]

We are recruiting! Two fantastic opportunities: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Transduction Technologies, Artificial Muscles, Smart Materials and Mechanical Metamaterials.
https://t.co/yIsfwMJfCj

@BristolUniEng @BristolUniMaths @BristolRobotLab

[Xiaoguang Dong @xdcmu]

Our paper - "Wirelessly Actuated Ciliary Airway Stent for Excessive Mucus Transportation" just got published in Adv. Mater. Tech, in the "Rising Stars" series. Congrats to my students and collaborator! https://t.co/bRIkipMgPr @ViseVanderbilt @VanderbiltVinse @VUMCDiscoveries

[Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz]

Just updated: Download our massive database of postdoctoral fellowships (316!)

For each fellowship, we provide a description, link, $ amount, eligibility criteria, and deadline.

download this database here: https://t.co/EbTahdzJ9X

[Andreas Zöttl @AndreasZoettl]

Finally our experimental/theoretical/simulation work on the orientation dynamics of 3D microprinted chiral particles in microchannel flow is published: https://t.co/BbYSCM8rGe @univienna @stem_univie @ESPCI_Paris @PMMH_lab @tu_wien @osaka_univ_e @PNASNews

[DZ Gong | 龚 | ゴン | 공 @dz_gong]

Creating my first 3D model of my optical setup in blender, following the fantastic tutorial by @Ryo_M_Graphics
#MicroscopyMonday

[Freddy Frischknecht @FrischknechtLab]

#microtubule inner proteins are essential (or not) for transmission of #malaria #parasites. New preprint by ⁦@MBLBoP⁩ alumni ⁦@FHentzschel⁩ and ⁦@AnnikaBinder1⁩: https://t.co/osWKLLg6ZU

[Graham P Benham @GrahamPBenham]

New on the arXiv: Our study describes how an oscillating raft may achieve locomotion using its own self-generated wave-field to propel itself forwards. Inspired by SurferBot, insect locomotion & gunwale bobbing. https://t.co/Yi6ASNSx6G @stuartthomson90 and O Devauchelle

[ESHRE @ESHRE]

💥Online abstract submissions are now open for the 2024 ESHRE Annual Meeting 💥
Abstracts can only be submitted with the online submission form and must arrive at the ESHRE Central Office by ⏰ Thursday 1 February 2024 at 11:59 CET (noon).
Info: 🔗 https://t.co/stSrLGUfkw