Research Highlights
Research Bar
Optical Trapping of Biological Material Optical Trapping of Biological Material
Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion
Yeast Mechanics Yeast Mechanics
Dynamics of Static Friction Dynamics of Static Friction
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Student Flows in Texas Student Flows in Texas
Physics of Hydrofracture Physics of Hydrofracture
Virtual Seafloor Virtual Seafloor
Brownian Motion in a Force Field Brownian Motion in a Force Field

Recent Publications

Evolutionary adaptations of biofilms infecting cystic fibrosis lungs promote mechanical toughness by adjusting polysaccharide production
Kristin Kovach, Megan Davis-Fields, Yasuhiko Irie, Kanishk Jain, Shashvat Doorwar, Katherine Vuong, Numa Dhamani, Kishore Mohanty, Ahmed Touhami & Vernita D Gordon, 1 (2017) pdf
Nucleation of athermal hard spheres
Frank Rietz, Charles Radin, Harry L. Swinney, Matthias Schröter, (2017) pdf
Biofilms and mechanics: a review of experimental techniques and findings
Vernita D Gordon, Megan Davis-Fields, Kristin Kovach, and Christopher A Rodesney, 50 22 (2017) pdf
Mechanosensing of shear by Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to increased levels of the cyclic-di-GMP signal initiating biofilm development
Christopher A. Rodesney, Brian Roman, Numa Dhamani, Benjamin J. Cooley, Ahmed Touhami and Vernita D. Gordon, PNAS 114 235906 – 5911 (2017) pdf
Internal wave generation by tidal flow over periodically and randomly distributed seamounts
Likun Zhang, Maarten C. Buijsman, Eva Comino, and Harry L. Swinney, (2017) pdf
Coupling and sharing when life is hard
Vernita Gordon, 356 6338583-584 (2017) pdf
Physics, fracking, fuel, and the future
Michael Marder, Tadeusz Patzek and Scott W. Tinker, 69 746 (2016) pdf
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PSL polysaccharide is a social but non-cheatable trait in biofilms
Yasuhiko Irie, Aled Roberts, Kasper N Kragh, Vernita D Gordon, Jamie Hutchison, Rosalind J Allen, Gavin Melaugh, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Stuart A West, Stephen P Diggle, (2016) pdf
Direct observation of intermediate states in model membrane fusion
Andrea Keidel, Tobias F. Bartsch & Ernst-Ludwig Florin, (2016) pdf
Internal wave pressure, velocity, and energy flux from density perturbations
Michael R. Allshouse, Frank M. Lee, P. J. Morrison, Harry L. Swinney, Physical Review Fluids 1 014301 (2016) pdf
Role of Multicellular Aggregates in Biofilm Formation
Kasper N. Kragha, Jaime B. Hutchisonc, Gavin Melaughd, Chris Rodesneyc, Aled E. L. Roberts, Yasuhiko Irie, Peter ?. Jensen, Stephen P. Diggle, Rosalind J. Allen, Vernita Gordon Thomas Bjarnsholt, (2016) pdf
Singly Flagellated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chemotaxes Efficiently by Unbiased Motor Regulation
Qiuxian Caia, Zhaojun Lia, Qi Ouyanga, Chunxiong Luoa, Vernita D. Gordon, 7 2e00013-16 (2016) pdf
Observations of the stratorotational instability in rotating concentric cylinders
R. Ibanez, H. L. Swinney, and B. Rodenborn, 1 053601 (2016) pdf
Asymmetry and inequity in the inheritance of a bacterial adhesive
Benjamin J Cooley, Sheri Dellos-Nolan, Numa Dhamani, Ross Todd, William Waller, Daniel Wozniak and Vernita D Gordon, 18 (2016) pdf