Hydrodynamics of bacterial propulsion
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
Hydrodynamics of bacterial propulsion
- Event time: 11:30am
- Event date: 2nd March 2011
- Speaker: Professor Alexander Morozov (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
I will discuss the basics of swimming of bacteria propelled by helical flagella. I will show how to calculate the force and torque generated by the flagella from first principles and discuss the role of hydrodynamic interactions between the flagella and the cell's body in bacterial propulsion.
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