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X-WR-CALNAME:CBE Seminar: Sujit Datta
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DESCRIPTION:Life in a Tight Spot: How Bacteria Navigate Crowded Spaces\n\n 
 \n\nBacterial spreading through motility and growth plays a central role i
 n agriculture\, biotechnology\, the environment\, and medicine. These proc
 esses are typically studied in the lab in liquid cultures or on flat surfa
 ces\; however\, many bacterial habitats—e.g.\, soils\, sediments\, and b
 iological gels/tissues—are more complex and crowded 3D spaces. In this t
 alk\, I will describe my group's work unravelling how confinement in a cro
 wded 3D space changes how bacteria behave. We have developed the ability t
 o (i) directly visualize bacteria from the scale of a single cell to that 
 of an entire population\, and (ii) 3D-print precisely structured multi-cel
 lular communities\, in crowded 3D porous media more akin to their natural 
 habitats. Our experiments using this platform have revealed previously unk
 nown ways in which crowding fundamentally alters how bacteria move and gro
 w\, both at the single cell and population scales. Guided by these finding
 s\, we have developed theoretical models to more accurately predict the mo
 tion and growth of bacterial populations\, and other forms of "active matt
 er"\, in complex environments. Taken together\, these findings help to rev
 eal new principles to predict and control the organization of bacteria\, a
 nd active matter in general\, in complex and crowded environments. They co
 uld also potentially help provide quantitative guidelines for the control 
 of these dynamics in processes ranging from bioremediation and agriculture
  to drug delivery.
GEO:39.680031;-75.749885
LOCATION:Colburn Lab\, 102
SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: Sujit Datta
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.udel.edu/event/cbe_seminar_sujit_datta
CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:College of Engineering
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