Horacio Serna

Chemical Engineer, MSc Chemistry @UNALOficial|

PhD Physical Chemistry @ICHF_PAN|

Former MSCA Postdoc @unicomplutense #BIOMICAR|

Postdoc at @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

E. coli can spin tiny discs 🧫

ERC grantee Jérémie Palacci @ISTAustria shows that confined bacteria generate torque via fluid flows, driving rotation without contact.

Read more about the research and its implications for soft materials & micro-engines
🔗 https://t.co/FsVg6hUPNE

[Orit Peleg @oritpeleg]

Honeybee swarms do not come together and fall apart in the same way 🐝

In this new preprint led by Danielle Chase, we report how to trick swarms to repeatedly assemble and disassemble in front of our cameras, while tracking individual bees in 3D!

https://t.co/w70NtArZAw

[Physical Review Fluids @PhysRevFluids]

Asymmetric ice blocks floating in water can self-propel as they melt, due to a buoyancy-driven gravity current producing steady translation. A momentum-balance model predicts this mechanism, which persists even in warm saltwater.

Editors' suggestion: https://t.co/xBUn00qV97

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

Check out the most recent #BIOMICAR article! Here we characterize a new type of collective motion induced purely by confinement in suspensions of run-and-tumble particles

https://t.co/8wsQBMjNqr

[Instituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera @iqf_csic]

Ayer tuvimos el seminario de Horacio Serna, y después visita al laboratorio Enrique Moles y firma en el libro de visitas del #iqf

[Instituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera @iqf_csic]

#IQFSeminario #IQFSeminar
Harnessing living active matter for micro-scale engineering

🗣️ Horacio Serna
🗓️ Wednesday, 18 February
📷 12:00 h
📍#iqf

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

New #BIOMICAR article out! We show how activity and confinement drive microscale separation of active-passive mixtures via an induced drift on the passive particles @MSCActions

https://t.co/dm9aEkByuN

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

I visited Prof. Anne De Wit’s group at @ULBruxelles to explore collaborations on self-organization in out-of-equilibrium systems—from chemical instabilities to biological microswimmers. I also presented #BIOMICAR's recent results in a group seminar @MSCActions

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

I am very happy to share that I’ve been recognized as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2024 outstanding reviewers of the journal @softmatter #BIOMICAR @MSCActions

Explore the full list at https://t.co/5qyaizwl3m

#RSCPeerReview

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

Just wrapped up a 3-month stay at @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC in the amazing InFiBiO group led by Prof. Marco Polin! Learned tons about biophysics and experimental techniques. Time to analyze the results of confined mixtures of Chlamy and colloidal beads 🧪🔬 @MSCActions #BIOMICAR

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

"Global non-equilibrium thermodynamics for steady states like never before" — Read it on @ResearchGate: https://t.co/GXckhahLvZ

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

Check out the first #BIOMICAR article! Here, you can find how gravity and hydrodynamics affect the structure of sedimented monolayers of micro-swimmers

Sedimentation and structure of squirmer suspensions under gravity - now published in Soft Matter https://t.co/cTqV65v21D

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

I attended the last @phymot1 conference and presented the current results and the perspectives of #BIOMICAR project. Lots of great talks and valuable discussions on motile active matter! @MSCActions

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

#BIOMICAR was present in "Semana de la Ciencia" organized by @unicomplutense. We talked about soft and active matter physics and performed simple experiments to explain basic concepts. It was fun for us and for the kids! @MSCActions

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

#BIOMICAR project was present at @GSummerSchool! I shared our results in a flash talk and @chavaleriani gave a nice and inspirational seminar. Thanks to the organizers for an excellent school! We have learnt a lot about all the approaches to study complex systems😃 @MSCActions

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

I presented the last results of #BIOMICAR project at the IX Workshop de la Red de Simulacion Molecular Española, held in Baiona, Galicia. Lovely place and inspirational talks!

@MSCActions @EU_Commission

[IChF PAN @ICHF_PAN]

Meet the Physical Chemistry of Complex Systems Group led by Prof. Wojciech Góźdź. This Team (No. 13) investigates the phenomena and processes encountered in complex physical and biological systems: https://t.co/LadjLnkFnA.
#IPC_ExcellenceClusters

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

Discussing about science is always nicer at the seaside! I attended the workshop: "Collective motions of animals and robots" held at @IES_Cargese , where I shared the first results of #BIOMICAR among colleagues with very interdisciplinary backgrounds.
@MSCActions

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

@chavaleriani
was the co-organizer of the BarMad workshop 2024 on active and actuated matter, held at @unicomplutense. Collaboration of research groups from Madrid and Barcelona will definitely benefit #BIOMICAR project!
@MSCActions

https://t.co/FGzBVLI5Da

[Horacio Serna @hasernas]

@chavaleriani and I visited @PolinMarco's Lab at @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC in Mallorca. We ran some short experiments and discussed about #BIOMICAR project! @MSCActions @unicomplutense @HorizonEU @EU_Commission