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Read more at: Hannah on Homeward Bound Antarctica expedition

Hannah on Homeward Bound Antarctica expedition

28 February 2017

Congratulations to Hannah who has won a place on an expedition to Antarctica with Homeward Bound, a leadership, strategic and science initiative for women. https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/

Read more at: Otti interviewed for Naked Scientists Optogenetics feature

Otti interviewed for Naked Scientists Optogenetics feature

31 January 2017

Otti and our collaborator Kyriacos Leptos were interviewed in a Naked Scientists popular science feature on optogenetics, the control of neurons using light. This exciting new field was born out of the isolation of channel rhodopsin, the light sensitive protein gating ion channels in the eyespot of Chlamydomonas...

Read more at: Otti invited speaker at Americal Physical Society March Meeting

Otti invited speaker at Americal Physical Society March Meeting

8 January 2017

Otti has been invited to speak at a special 'Environment-Energy Nexus - a physics perspective' during American Physical Society March Meeting taking place in New Orleans in 12-17 March 2017.

Read more at: Biologically active fluids SIG funded

Biologically active fluids SIG funded

8 January 2017

Otti has successfully led a bid to create a new special interest group (SIG) on biologically active fluids within the recently established UK Fluids Network (UKFN). The SIG brings together 38 other research leaders in biologically active fluids across different disciplines (Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Life...

Read more at: Welcome Theresa Jakuszeit!

Welcome Theresa Jakuszeit!

20 October 2016

We welcome Theresa Jakuszeit to the group. Theresa will be working on the chemotaxis of soil bacteria and algal-bacterial mutualisms. She will be doing theoretical and computational work, as well as experiments.

Read more at: Algae in oscillatory flows paper published in PRFluids

Algae in oscillatory flows paper published in PRFluids

23 September 2016

Our paper on the surprising aligment of Dunaliella salina algae trajectories in osclliatory shear flows is out. It was published today as a rapid communication in the new APS journal Physical Review Fluids . https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.051201

Read more at: Algae in oscillatory flows paper publishe!

Algae in oscillatory flows paper publishe!

23 September 2016

Read more at: Welcome William Drake!

Welcome William Drake!

21 June 2016

William Drake has joined the group as a summer student. William is an undergraduate in Natural Sciences (Physics stream) from St John's college. He will be working on the theory of chemotactic and chemokinetic migration of soil bacteria, continuing the work of part III student James Lindsey-Jones.

Read more at: Di presenting at Chlamy 2016

Di presenting at Chlamy 2016

21 June 2016

Di Jin has been selected to present a talk at the 17th International conference on Chamydomonas in Kyoto Japan (June 26-July1) . Di also won financial support from the Institute of Physics C R Barber Trust and from Murray Edwards College to attend to the conference. Well done Di!

Read more at: Algal Innovation Centre opening

Algal Innovation Centre opening

10 May 2016

The Algal Innovation Centre (AIC) is opening at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden on the 9 May 2016 from 2pm to 6pm. Otti will be giving a flash talk, together with academics working on algae and representatives from the algal industry, including our partners Variconaqua solutions . The AIC is an exciting new...

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