Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations Seminar (special Mathbio crossover)
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Department of Mathematics
- Location
- Altgeld Hall 141
- Date
- Nov 18, 2025 1:00 pm
- Speaker
- Speaker: Jeung Eun Park (SUNY New Paltz)
- Contact
- Hewan Shemtaga and Olivia Clifton
- hewan@illinois.edu and ocannon2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 38
- Originating Calendar
- Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations Seminar (HADES)
Speaker: Jeung Eun Park (SUNY New Paltz)
Title: When Flagella Wrap: Understanding Bacterial Motility Through Modeling
Abstract: Flagellated bacteria swim in fluids by rotating flagella driven by molecular motors. Understanding how these cells reorient and navigate is essential for interpreting mechanisms relevant to environmental adaptation, symbiosis, and pathogenesis. Yet, the hydrodynamics of these microswimmers are complex, making quantitative insight challenging from experiments alone. In this talk, we introduce a versatile mathematical model of a self-propelled microswimmer. By integrating our modeling with experimental observations, we characterize the hydrodynamic mechanisms underlying their complex swimming behaviors.This talk is a HADES x Math-bio crossover