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SYBS: Symposium Physics of Biological and Synthetic Active Matter

SYBS 1: Physics of Biological and Synthetic Active Matter

SYBS 1.1: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 09:30–10:00, H 0105

Bacterial collective behaviours — •Knut Drescher — Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology — Department of Physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg

In nature, bacteria often engage in a range of collective behaviors. In this presentation, I will demonstrate how two bacterial collective behaviors, swarming and biofilm formation, are related by physical interactions, chemical signaling, and dynamical transitions. I will show how these collective behaviors arise from cell-cell interactions, and the physiological state of individual cells. Furthermore, I will introduce new experimental methods for investigating bacterial collective behaviors.