Roberto Di Leonardo

📅!!!REGISTER NOW!!!📅 International Conference MOTILE ACTIVE MATTER (November 18-21, 2024) 🐦Register before September 02. events.hifis.net/event/1604/ove… Bonn, Germany 🍺🇩🇪🇪🇺

If a colloidal sphere is placed at the interface between fast and slow #bacteria, individual cells will push more on the fast side, but there will be more in the slow region. So in which direction will it move? The answer in our new @NatureComms article: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Microscopic #biohybrid #robots can be remotely controlled by unbalancing light projected on two bacterial motors. These #microbots can be independently programmed to navigate a route and maybe one day deliver cells in microfluidic chips. doi.org/10.1002/adfm.2…

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When capillary forces restrict the body motions of E. coli #bacteria trapped in a water-air interface, the angle of inclination and flexibility of the flagellar bundle select one of four main swimming modes. Published in @PhysRevResearch #microswimmers journals.aps.org/prresearch/abs…

Researchers propose to rectify and confine bacteria using an optical feedback loop that couples bacteria to past configurations #GettingApplied nature.com/articles/s4146…

We herd #bacteria into regions of high density and motility using computer-controlled 'sheepdogs' of light. Out in @NatureComms with @MassanaCid, C.Maggi and @GiacoFrangipane. #microswimmers #activematter nature.com/articles/s4146… youtu.be/qlWx9E0qRIU

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University @SapienzaRoma invites applications for faculty positions at the Associate and Full Professor level in all fields of Physics. More on eligibility and applications at: phys.uniroma1.it/fisica/node/98… Closing: 31 Jan 2022

A #PhD position in #Physics of #microswimmers is available @SapienzaRoma. The position is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN @phymot1. Details here: roma1.infn.it/~dileorob/cont… Closing: 28 Oct 2021

A #PhD position in #Physics of #microswimmers is available @SapienzaRoma. The position is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN @phymot1. Details here: roma1.infn.it/~dileorob/cont… Closing: 10 July 2021

@sylvaingigan it actually works through the internet, if you have a VR headset in Paris you could fish for bacteria in Rome

@RobDiLeonardo I need to try this!

By using #VR to combine holographic microscopy with #opticaltweezers, you can "shrink" your body to microscopic size and use your hands to play with #colloids, build 3D microstructures, and catch swimming #bacteria on the fly. youtube.com/watch?v=oQ3J0L… nature.com/articles/s4159…

University @SapienzaRoma invites applications for faculty positions at the Associate and Full Professor level in all fields of Physics. More on eligibility and applications at phys.uniroma1.it/fisica/node/98… Closing: 31 Jan 2021

Our new @NatureComms article shows that strong enough confinement can make #bacteria swim faster by stabilizing trajectories that run along the axis of narrow channels. nature.com/articles/s4146… youtu.be/gfRDCg5Otfo #microswimmers

A #PhD position in #ActiveMatter #physics is available @SapienzaRoma. The position is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie @ActiveMatterITN. We are looking for an #EarlyStageResearcher to work on #bacteria driven #microrobots. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/537680 Closing: 30 July 2020