Douglas Brumley

New research in @PRX_Life shows how corals use their beating cilia to create tiny 3D vortices that help move oxygen, nutrients, and waste across their surfaces. 🪸 Read the paper: go.aps.org/3Pp3wH9

Combining mathematical modeling and experiments. A great story by Antony Selvan and myself together with @BrumleyLab @MicroSensing and collaborators. Supported by @arc_gov_au @MooreFound #MSCA #coral #cilia @PRX_Life doi.org/10.1103/fhfw-f…

Experimental measurements of cilia distribution and fluid flow at the surface of reef-building coral reveal the crucial role of ciliary orientation in modulating nutrient transport. Learn more: go.aps.org/3Pp3wH9

How do corals use microscopic beating cilia to generate complex 3D fluid flows? Honored to write an @APSphysics @PhysicsMagazine Viewpoint on beautiful new @PRX_Life work by Selvan, Brumley, and colleagues 😀 Viewpoint: physics.aps.org/articles/v19/76 Paper: journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstra…

Experiments and mathematical theory reveal how cilia generate 3D flows and transport oxygen around reef-building corals. @PRX_Life @pacherres_co @MicroSensing @MCNDLab @uommedia. Supported by @arc_gov_au Future Fellowship and @MooreFound journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstra…

New research finds that heat stress can disrupt and eventually destroy corals’ cilia-based ventilation systems. scim.ag/3RCKBcp

Coral reefs are increasingly threaten by marine heatwaves, but what pushes corals past their breaking point? New in @ScienceAdvances: we found that corals can lose the microscopic system that helps move oxygen around their tissues during heat stress 🪸 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Heat-stressed cilia increase coral deoxygenation. This collaborative work published in @ScienceAdvances with @pacherres_co @MicroSensing @SoerenAhm examines how microscopic currents generated by corals vary with water temperature. @arc_gov_au @MooreFound science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations to Vicky and Amelia for this review article, published in @TrendsPlantSci. This paper investigates dynamic interactions between microbes and root walls in plants. cell.com/trends/plant-s…

Congratulations to PhD student Olle Pontén, whose talk on three-dimensional movement of dinoflagellates, won First Prize Student Talk at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany. @SciMelb @UniMelb @ASPABites

Congratulations to Allison Mertin, who has successfully completed the PhD degree! Her thesis, co-supervised with Prof. Linda Blackall and Marlien Van Der Merwe, investigates the hidden world of microbes living in native Australian seeds. @SciMelb @UniMelb @BotanicSydney

The viscous fingers formed during injection of low-viscosity fluid tend to retrace their original paths during withdrawal, especially where low-viscosity concentration peaks. Simulations show that the initial fingering regime governs the reversal dynamics. go.aps.org/3KeQLfc

Congratulations to Tristan, whose work is published in @PhysRevFluids today. This paper examines the dynamics of miscible viscous fingers under repeated injection and withdrawal cycles. @SciMelb @UniMelb journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstr…

Congratulations to Antony Selvan for successfully completing all requirements of the PhD. His thesis, jointly awarded with @MCNDLab (co-supervised with Peter and Draga), developed new mathematical models for ciliary flows. @UniMelb @SciMelb @MelbMathBio

Congratulations to Nitay, whose work on viscoplastic flows has just been published in @JFluidMech. This paper, in collaboration with Ed Hinton, examines free-surface flows of viscoplastic material, both theoretically and experimentally @SciMelb @UniMelb cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Congratulations to Rania Ismail for successfully completing all requirements of the PhD. Rania’s thesis, co-supervised with Prof. Linda Blackall, studied cyanobacteria in Australian freshwater streams and reservoirs. @SciMelb @UniMelb

I am thrilled to receive a Future Fellowship from @arc_gov_au. The project, "Understanding the role of microscale fluid dynamics in biology", aims to develop novel mathematical models and experimental tools for investigating microscopic fluid flows in biology. @SciMelb @UniMelb

Congratulations to Allison for the first paper from her PhD, published in Seeds this week. This work aimed to optimise methodologies for investigating seed microbiomes across diverse plant species. @SciMelb mdpi.com/2674-1024/4/3/…

Congratulations to Olle Pontén for winning first prize, and Xinyi Yang and Matthew Walker for honourable mentions in the VicANZIAM meeting. @ANZIAMnews @SciMelb

PhD position with scholarship available! If you’re interested to work on mathematical models of biological adaptation in fluctuating environments with Dr Alex Browning (@a13xbrowning) and myself, please apply below. @MelbMathBio @UniMelb findaphd.com/phds/project/m…