3D tracking of #microswimmers shows where they accumulate inside a droplet :) #activematter read our new Physical Review Fluids invited article here journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstr… or here: arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03228… Institute of Physics Physics of Fluids @ UTwente with Detlef Lohse & @AlvaroGuM

Front cover article: Just published and #openaccess, Microswimmers in vortices: dynamics and trapping led by Ivan Tanasijević and Eric Lauga doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00…

We are searching for a new team member: Electronics r&d engineer! Don't hesitate to apply if you are an expert in the field! linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/34…

One does not need superheated surfaces for the Leidenfrost effect to occur: fizzy water and a superhydrophobic surface are enough, as shown by Gareth McKinley & Philippe Bourrianne in their very nice Phys. Today article physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.10… (and their references therein).

Dès lundi, les conférences expérimentales reprennent du service ! Ne manquez pas la prochaine sur "le son des bulles" avec P. Marmottant, B. Dollet (LIPHY, Université Grenoble Alpes ), J. Pierre (Institut Jean le Rond d’Alembert, Sorbonne Université ) #confexp ESPGG espgg.org/Le-son-des-bul…

📢Excited to share lab's first preprint and our first Stentor paper! "Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor” biorxiv.org/content/10.110… We asked "Can a simple unicellular organism mimic multicellularity?" 1/n

Excited to release our latest work, led by Hongbo Zhao in collaboration with our friend Andrej Košmrlj! In this preprint (arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345), we study how chemotactic active matter phase separates—and find many cool surprises. 🦠🚀🔬 Tweetorial follows... [1/8]

nailed it science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

33 tardigrades for my 33rd birthday! 🎉

📢📢📢 We're recruiting 8 new group leaders!! Only requirement is that you must be enthusiastic about interdisciplinary research! Come and be my colleague 😊 (RT and spread the word!)

Bacteria play marbles! In Physical Review E we show that swimming bacteria induce the clustering of micrometric beads, yielding giant clusters up to several millimeters. This process follows a self-similar dynamics analogous to Ostwald ripening. doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe…

#ThrowbackThursday at PRFluids: Droplets can skitter across a hot surface riding on a layer of their own vapor due to the Leidenfrost effect. With specially designed surfaces, this motion can be controlled, shown by Soto et al. in our first issue in 2016. go.aps.org/3q6rY2S

Nice work from Phil Bayly, Susan Dutcher and collaborators, using acoustic trapping as an alternative way to confine microswimmers so the can be imaged at high res, including flagellar synchrony in the case of #chlamydomonas. pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

How many drops of water can fit on a penny? [surface tension: buff.ly/3DA72me] [source, Ryan DeLaHaye: buff.ly/3vcXuuH]

🌟 Hot off the press! New in @PNASnews: the mechanics of prey capture in carnivorous plants Nepenthes 🌱🐜 Exciting collaboration with Alain Goriely, Chris Thorogood & Derek Moulton Oxford Mathematics University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum! A thread with all the juicy details 🍽️ 🧵 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Fluid and Elasticity conference series is back! The next edition will be in Arcachon, France, 17-19 June 2024. Save the date. We are looking forward to seeing you. fluidandelasticity2024.github.io

📰 Postdoc position opening !!! We are still looking for a postdoc for our project on cell-mimetic active systems. Interdisciplinary, international and inclusive environment, with tons of exciting science 🔬 Please RT and share!

Amazing PI, a postdoc there can only be a thrilling experience!!

Well done Rebecca Rebecca Poon on the publication of your first-author paper! In doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe… 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