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Adhering biological membranes Adhering biological membranes
Interactions leading to biofilm formation Interactions leading to biofilm formation
Hands-On Schools Hands-On Schools
Motor Regulation Motor Regulation
Microtubule Mechanics Microtubule Mechanics
Granular Media Nucleation Granular Media Nucleation
Larval Crawling Larval Crawling
Continental Slope Continental Slope
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition

Recent Publications

Antimicrobial Activity of Ibuprofen Against Cystic Fibrosis Associated Gram – Negative Pathogens
Parth N. Shah, Kimberly R. Marshall-Batty, Justin A. Smolen, Jasur A. Tagaev, Qingquan Chen, Christopher A. Rodesney, Henry H. Le, Vernita D. Gordon, David E. Greenberg, Carolyn L. Cannon, 62 2 (2018) pdf
Dynamic Fingering in Adhered Lipid Membranes
Orrin Shindell, Natalie Mica, Kwan Kelvin Cheng, Exing Wang, and Vernita Gordon, (2018) pdf
Nucleation in sheared granular matter
Frank Rietz, Charles Radin, Harry L. Swinney, Matthias Schröter, Physical Review Letters 120 055701 (2018) pdf
Coupling and sharing when life is hard
Vernita Gordon, 356 6338583-584 (2017) pdf
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
Space-saving tips to lower stress
Vernita Gordon, (2017)
Sound propagation in a continuously stratified laboratory ocean model
Likun Zhang, and H. L. Swinney, 141 3186 (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
Space-saving tips to lower stress
Vernita Gordon, (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