Seminar series
Date
Thu, 01 Mar 2018
Time
16:00 -
17:30
Location
L3
Speaker
Eric Lauga
Organisation
University of Cambridge
Most motile bacteria are equipped with multiple helical flagella, slender appendages whose rotation in viscous fluids allow the cells to self-propel. We highlight in this talk two consequences of hydrodynamics for bacteria. We first show how the swimming of cells with multiple flagella is enabled by an elastohydrodynamic instability. We next demonstrate how interactions between flagellar filaments mediated by the fluid govern the ability of the cells to reorient.