The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have
fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter …

Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Multiple drug resistance poses a significant threat to public health worldwide, with a
substantial increase in morbidity and mortality rates. Consequently, searching for novel …

How do growing bacterial colonies get their shapes? While colony morphogenesis is well
studied in two dimensions, many bacteria grow as large colonies in three-dimensional (3D) …

Bacterial biofilms represent a basic form of multicellular organization that confers survival
advantages to constituent cells. The sequential stages of cell ordering during biofilm …

Although our understanding of both bacterial cell physiology and the complex behaviors
exhibited by bacterial biofilms is expanding rapidly, we cannot yet sum the behaviors of …

Biofilms are aggregates of bacterial cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix. Much
progress has been made in studying biofilm growth on solid substrates; however, little is …

Bacterial biofilms are communities of cells enclosed in an extracellular polymeric matrix in
which cells adhere to each other and to foreign surfaces. The development of a biofilm is a …

Oscillations are a recurrent phenomenon in biological systems across scales, but
deciphering their fundamental principles is very challenging. Here, we tackle this challenge …

Numerous bacteria naturally occur within spatially organised, multicellular communities
called biofilms. Moreover, most bacterial infections proceed with biofilm formation, posing …