Publications
- ACS
- active filaments
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
- Advances in Insect Physiology
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- applied physics
- APS
- arXiv
- bioengineering
- biomechanics
- biomedical engineering
- biophysics
- bioRxiv
- BiteOscope
- blood smear
- capillary ratchet
- capillary waves
- capillary-gravity wave drag
- Cell
- cell biology
- CellScope
- chaos
- cilia
- citizen science
- Communications Physics
- computational biophysics
- contact angle hysteresis
- coupled active systems
- COVID19
- Current Biology
- developmental biology
- dinoflagellate
- droplets
- dynamical systems
- ecological epidemiology
- ecology
- electronic properties and materials
- eLife
- ELISA
- emergent cellular dynamics
- emergent mechanics
- ESPressoscope
- Europhysics Letters
- evaporation
- feeding currents
- ferrofluids
- fibers
- filtration
- flow field
- Flowtrace
- fluid dynamics
- fluidics
- foam
- force spectroscopy on a fluid interface
- Frontiers in Marine Science
- frugal microscopy
- frugal science
- genetics
- geometric frustration
- global health
- high-throughput screening
- information theory and computation
- instrumentation
- interfacial flight
- International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
- Journal of Experimental Biology
- kinetochore fiber
- lab-on-a-chip
- lake snow
- Lancet
- load-bearing model
- Macrostomum lignano
- malaria
- mammaliab
- manufacturing
- marine biology
- marine snow
- masks
- mechanics
- medRxiv
- metastability
- microfluidics
- microplankton
- microscopy
- microtubule
- migration
- mitosis
- Molecular Biology of the Cell
- mosquitoes
- motility
- multiplex
- Musca domestica
- nanowires
- Nature
- Nature Biomedical Engineering
- Nature Communications
- Nature Materials
- Nature Medicine
- Nature Methods
- Nature Physics
- ocean
- open source modularity
- open-source
- pattern formation
- Physical Review E
- physical review fluids
- Physics of Fluids
- plankton
- PLoS ONE
- PNAS
- Project: Abuzz
- Project: Foldscope
- Project: Gravity Machine
- Project: Handyfuge
- Project: Inkwell
- Project: Lacrymaria olor
- Project: Octopi
- Project: Paperfuge
- Project: Patiria miniata
- Project: Planktoscope
- Project: Plant Pad
- Project: Spirostomum ambiguum
- Project: Squid
- Project: Trichoplax adhaerens
- Project: Vent4US
- propulsion
- propulsion on interfaces
- Pyrocystis noctiluca
- quantitative imaging
- regeneration
- rheology
- SARS-CoV-2
- Schistosoma haematobium
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Science
- self-assembly
- self-propulsion
- serology
- Serosurveillance
- single cell behavior
- sinking aggregates
- soft condensed matter
- soft matter
- Soft Matter
- spindle
- streamlines
- supply chain
- surface patterning
- Tara
- thermotaxis
- tracking microscopy
- unidirectional superhydrophobic surfaces
- ventilator
- viscoelasticity
- Vorticella
- water strider
- wetting
Inflation-induced motility for long-distance vertical migration
Larson, A. G., Chajwa, R., Li, H., & Prakash, M. (2024). Inflation-induced motility for long-distance vertical migration. Current Biology, 34(22), 5149-5163.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.046
Escape motility of multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes
Yang, X., Prakash, M., & Brumley, D. R. (2024). Escape motility of multicellular magnetotactic prokaryotes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 21(219), 20240310.
ESPressoscope: a small and powerful platform for in situ microscopy
Li, E., Saggiomo, V., Ouyang, W., Prakash, M., & Diederich, B. (2024). ESPressoscope: A small and powerful approach for in situ microscopy. Plos one, 19(10), e0306654.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306654
Hidden Comet-Tails of Marine Snow Impede Ocean-based Carbon Sequestration
Chajwa, R., Flaum, E., Bidle, K. D., Van Mooy, B., & Prakash, M. (2024). Hidden comet tails of marine snow impede ocean-based carbon sequestration. Science, 386(6718), eadl5767.
Split Luciferase Molecular Tension Sensors for Bioluminescent Readout of Mechanical Forces in Biological Systems
Zhong, B. L., Elliot, J. M., Wang, P., Li, H., Hall, R. N., Wang, B., Prakash, M., & Dunn, A. R. (2024). Split Luciferase Molecular Tension Sensors for Bioluminescent Readout of Mechanical Forces in Biological Systems. ACS sensors, 9(7), 3489-3495.
A genetic and microscopy toolkit for manipulating and monitoring regeneration in Macrostomum lignano
Hall, R. N., Li, H., Chai, C., Vermeulen, S., Bigasin, R. R., Song, E. S., Sarkar, S.R., Gibson, J., Prakash, M., Fire, A.Z, & Wang, B. (2024). A genetic and microscopy toolkit for manipulating and monitoring regeneration in Macrostomum lignano. Cell Reports, 43(11).
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114892
Rapid, antibiotic incubation-free determination of tuberculosis drug resistance using machine learning and Raman spectroscopy
Ogunlade, B., Tadesse, L. F., Li, H., Vu, N., Banaei, N., Barczak, A. K., ... & Dionne, J. A. (2024). Rapid, antibiotic incubation-free determination of tuberculosis drug resistance using machine learning and Raman spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(25), e2315670121.
Droplet tilings in precessive fields: hysteresis, elastic defects, and annealing
Molina, A., & Prakash, M. (2024). Droplet tilings in precessive fields: hysteresis, elastic defects, and annealing. Soft Matter, 20(34), 6730-6741.
Curved crease origami and topological singularities enable hyperextensibility of L. olor
Flaum, E., & Prakash, M. (2024). Curved crease origami and topological singularities enable hyperextensibility of L. olor. Science, 384(6700), eadk5511.
Coupling and uncoupling of midline morphogenesis and cell flow in amniote gastrulation
Asai, R., Prakash, V. N., Sinha, S., Prakash, M., & Mikawa, T. (2024). Coupling and uncoupling of midline morphogenesis and cell flow in amniote gastrulation. Elife, 12, RP89948.
Energetics of the Microsporidian Polar Tube Invasion Machinery
Chang, R., Davydov, A., Jaroenlak, P., Budaitis, B., Ekiert, D. C., Bhabha, G., & Prakash, M. (2024). Energetics of the microsporidian polar tube invasion machinery. Elife, 12, RP86638.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.17.524456
Agave sisalana: towards distributed manufacturing of absorbent media for menstrual pads in semi-arid regions
Molina, A., Kothari, A., Odundo, A., & Prakash, M. (2023). Agave sisalana: towards distributed manufacturing of absorbent media for menstrual pads in semi-arid regions. Communications Engineering, 2(1), 81.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-023-00130-y
Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords
Mishra, R., Hannebelle, M., Patil, V. P., Dubois, A., Garcia-Mouton, C., Kirsch, G. M., ... & Thacker, V. V. (2023). Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords. Cell, 186(23), 5135-5150.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.016
Topological damping in an ultrafast giant cell
Chang, R., & Prakash, M. (2023). Topological damping in an ultrafast giant cell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(41), e2303940120.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2303940120
Thermotaxis in an apolar, non-neuronal animal
Zhong, G., Kroo, L., & Prakash, M. (2023). Thermotaxis in an apolar, non-neuronal animal. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20(206), 20230279.
Culture-Independent Multiplexed Detection of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Dai, T., Xiao, Z., Shan, D., Moreno, A., Li, H., Prakash, M., ... & Rao, J. (2023). Culture-Independent Multiplexed Detection of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. ACS sensors, 8(8), 3264-3271.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.3c01345
Emergent programmable behavior and chaos in dynamically driven active filaments
Krishnamurthy, D., & Prakash, M. (2023). Emergent programmable behavior and chaos in dynamically driven active filaments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(28), e2304981120.
MultiSero: An Open-Source Multiplex-ELISA Platform for Measuring Antibody Responses to Infection
Byrum, J. R., Waltari, E., Janson, O., Guo, S. M., Folkesson, J., Chhun, B. B., Vinden, J., Ivanov, I. E., Forst, M. L., Li, H., Larson, A. G., Blackmon, L., Liu, Z., Wu, W., Ahyong, V., Tato, C. M., McCutcheon, K. M., Hoh, R., Kelly, J. D., Martin, J. N., Peluso, M. J. Henrich, T. J., Deeks, S. G., Prakash, M., Greenhouse, B., Mehta, S. B., Pak, J. E. (2023). MultiSero: An Open-Source Multiplex-ELISA Platform for Measuring Antibody Responses to Infection. Pathogens, 12(5), 671.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050671
Active foam: the adaptive mechanics of 2D air–liquid foam under cyclic inflation
Kroo, L. A., Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2023). Active foam: the adaptive mechanics of 2D air–liquid foam under cyclic inflation. Soft Matter, 19(14), 2539-2553.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM00019B
Effect of age on wingbeat frequency of Aedes aegypti and potential application for age estimation of mosquitoes
Park, D., Bowles, J., Norrid, K., Dobson, F. S., Abebe, A., Narayanan, H. V., ... & Zohdy, S. (2023). Effect of age on wingbeat frequency of Aedes aegypti and potential application for age estimation of mosquitoes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 37(3), 491-498.
Active sinking particles: sessile suspension feeders significantly alter the flow and transport to sinking aggregates
Krishnamurthy, D., Pepper, R., & Prakash, M. (2023). Active sinking particles: sessile suspension feeders significantly alter the flow and transport to sinking aggregates. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20(199), 20220537.
Plankton Planet: A frugal, cooperative measure of aquatic life at the planetary scale
de Vargas, C., Le Bescot, N., Pollina, T., Henry, N., Romac, S., Colin, S., Haëntjens, N., Carmichael, M., Berger, C., Guen, D. L., Decelle, J., Mahé, F., Poulain, J., Malpot, E., Beaumont, C., Hardy, M., Guiffant, D., Probert, I., Gruber, D. F., Allen, A. E., Gorsky, G., Follows, M. J., Pochon, X., Troublé, R., Cael, B. B., Lombard, F., Boss, E., Prakash, M., & Plankton Planet core team. (2022). Plankton Planet: A frugal, cooperative measure of aquatic life at the planetary scale. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 936972.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.936972
PlanktoScope: Affordable Modular Quantitative Imaging Platform for Citizen Oceanography
Pollina, T., Larson, A. G., Lombard, F., Li, H., Le Guen, D., Colin, S., de Vargas, C., & Prakash, M. (2022). PlanktoScope: affordable modular quantitative imaging platform for citizen oceanography. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 949428.
Basin-Scale Underway Quantitative Survey of Surface Microplankton Using Affordable Collection and Imaging Tools Deployed From Tara
Mériguet, Z., Oddone, A., Le Guen, D., Pollina, T., Bazile, R., Moulin, C., Troublé, M., Prakash, M., de Vargas, C., Lombard, F. (2022). Basin-scale underway quantitative survey of surface microplankton using affordable collection and imaging tools deployed from Tara. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 916025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.916025
A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses
Kroo, L. A., Binagia, J. P., Eckman, N., Prakash, M., & Shaqfeh, E. S. (2022). A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 944, A20.
Engineering reconfigurable flow patterns via surface-driven light-controlled active matter
Xingting Gong, Arnold Mathijssen, Zev Bryant, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.123104
BiteOscope: an open platform to study mosquito blood-feeding behavior
Felix JH Hol, Louis Lambrechts, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56829
Multi-scale spatial heterogeneity enhances particle clearance in airway ciliary arrays
Guillermina R. Ramirez-San Juan, Arnold J. T. M. Mathijssen, Mu He, Lily Jan, Wallace Marshall & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0923-8
Scale-free Vertical Tracking Microscopy: Towards Bridging Scales in Biological Oceanography
Deepak Krishnamurthy, Hongquan Li, François Benoit du Rey, Pierre Cambournac, Adam G. Larson, Ethan Li & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0924-7
Collective intercellular communication through ultra-fast hydrodynamic trigger waves
Arnold J. T. M. Mathijssen, Joshua Culver, M. Saad Bhamla & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1387-9
Coupled active systems encode emergent behavioral dynamics of the unicellular predator Lacrymaria olor
Scott M. Coyle, Eliott M. Flaum, Hongquan Li, Deepak Krishnamurthy, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.034
The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems
Mark Ilton, M. Saad Bhamla, Xiaotian Ma, Suzanne M. Cox, Leah L. Fitchett, Yongjin Kim, Je-sung Koh, Deepak Krishnamurthy, Chi-Yun Kuo, Fatma Zeynep Temel, Alfred J. Crosby, Manu Prakash, Gregory P. Sutton, Robert J. Wood, Emanuel Azizi, Sarah Bergbreiter, S. N. Patek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1082
Two-component Marangoni-contracted droplets: friction and shape
Adrien Benusiglio, Nate Cira, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM02361H
Synchronous magnetic control of water droplets in bulk ferrofluid
Georgios Katsikis, Alexandre Breant, Anatoly Rinberg, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM01973D
Using mobile phones as acoustic sensors for high-throughput mosquito surveillance
Haripriya Mukundarajan, Felix Jan Hein Hol, Erica Araceli Castillo, Cooper Newby, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27854
Mapping load-bearing in the mammalian spindle reveals local kinetochore-fiber anchorage that provides mechanical isolation and redundancy
Mary Williard Elting, Manu Prakash, Dylan B. Udy, Sophie Dumont
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.018
Generation of droplet arrays with rational number spacing patterns driven by a periodic energy landscape
Anatoly Rinberg, Georgios Katsikis, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.033108
Reply to: Boundary effects on currents around ciliated larvae
William Gilpin, Vivek Prakash, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4166
Flowtrace: simple visualization of coherent structures in biological fluid flows
William Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash
Vortex arrays and ciliary tangles underlie the feeding-swimming tradeoff in starfish larvae
William Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3981
Paperfuge: An ultra-low cost, hand-powered centrifuge inspired by the mechanics of a whirligig toy
M. Saad Bhamla, Brandon Benson, Chew Chai, Georgios Katsikis, Aanchal Johri & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-016-0009
Schistosoma mansoni cercariae exploit an elastohydrodynamic coupling to swim efficiently
Deepak Krishnamurthy, Georgios Katsikis, Arjun Bhargava & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3924
Wetting: Bumps lead the way
Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4612
Surface tension dominates insect flight on fluid interfaces
Haripriya Mukundarjan, Thibaut Bardon, Dong Hyun Kim, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.127829
Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium Infection with a Mobile Phone-Mounted Foldscope and a Reversed-Lens CellScope in Ghana
Richard K. D. Ephraim, Evans Duah, James S. Cybulski, Manu Prakash, Michael V. D'Ambrosio, Daniel A. Fletcher, Jennifer Keiser, Jason R. Andrews and Isaac I. Bogoch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269%2Fajtmh.14-0741
Synchronous Universal Droplet Logic and Control
Georgios Katsikis, Jim Cybulski, & Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3341
Punch Card Programmable Microfluidics
George Korir and Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115993
Emergent Mechanics of Biological Structures
Sophie Dumont, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e14-03-0784
Foldscope: Origami based paper microscope
James S. Cybulski, James Clements and Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098781
The hungry fly: Hydrodynamics of feeding in the common house fly
Manu Prakash, Miles Steele
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3640023
Face-selective electrostatic control of nanowire synthesis
Jaebum Joo, Brian Y Chow, Manu Prakash, Edward S Boyden, Joseph M Jacobson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3069
On a tweezer for droplets
John W. M. Bush, François Peaudecerf, Manu Prakash, David Quéré
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2010.01.002
Drop propulsion in tapered tubes
P. Renvoisé, J. W. M. Bush, M. Prakash, and D. Quéré
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/86/64003
Surface tension transport of prey by feeding shorebirds: The capillary ratchet
Manu Prakash, David Quéré, John W. M. Bush
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1156023
The integument of water-walking arthropods: Form and function
John W. M. Bush, David L. Hu, Manu Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2806(07)34003-4
Vectorchip: Microfluidic platform for highly parallel bite by bite profiling of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission
Kumar, S., Hol, F. J., Pujhari, S., Ellington, C., Narayanan, H. V., Li, H., Rasgon, J. L., & Prakash, M. (2021). A microfluidic platform for highly parallel bite by bite profiling of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission. Nature communications, 12(1), 6018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26300-0
Modeling epithelial tissues as active-elastic sheets reproduce contraction pulses and predict rip resistance
Armon, S., Bull, M. S., Moriel, A., Aharoni, H., & Prakash, M. (2021). Modeling epithelial tissues as active-elastic sheets reproduce contraction pulses and predict rip resistance. Communications physics, 4(1), 216.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00712-2
Droplet tilings for rapid exploration of spatially constrained many-body systems.
Molina, A., Kumar, S., Karpitschka, S., & Prakash, M. (2021). Droplet tilings for rapid exploration of spatially constrained many-body systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(34), e2020014118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020014118
Motility induced fracture reveals a ductile to brittle crossover in the epithelial tissues of a simple animal
Prakash, V. N., Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2021). Motility-induced fracture reveals a ductile-to-brittle crossover in a simple animal’s epithelia. Nature Physics, 17(4), 504-511.
Pneumask: Modified Full-Face Snorkel Masks as Reusable Personal Protective Equipment for Hospital Personnel
Kroo, L., Kothari, A., Hannebelle, M., Herring, G., Pollina, T., Chang, R., Peralta, D., Banavar, S. P., Flaum, E., Soto-Montoya, H., Li, H., Combes, K., Pan, E., Vu, K., Yen, K., Dale, J., Kolbay, P., Ellgas, S., Konte, R., Hajian, R., Zhong, G., Jacobs, N., Jain, A., Kober, F., Ayala, G., Allinne, Q., Cucinelli, N., Kasper, D., Borroni, L., Gerber, P., Venook, R., Baek, P., Arora, N., Wagner, P., Miki, R., Kohn, J., Bitran, D. K., Pearson, J., Herrera, C. M., Prakash, M. (2021). Modified full-face snorkel masks as reusable personal protective equipment for hospital personnel. PLoS One, 16(1), e0244422.
Sensory Discrimination of Blood and Floral Nectar by Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Jové, V., Gong, Z., Hol, F. J., Zhao, Z., Sorrells, T. R., Carroll, T. S., Prakash, M., McBride, C. S., & Vosshall, L. B. (2020). Sensory discrimination of blood and floral nectar by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Neuron, 108(6), 1163-1180.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.019
The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella
Gilpin, W., Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2020). The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(2), 74-88.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-019-0129-0
Ultra-fast cellular contractions in the epithelium of T. adhaerens and the "active cohesion" hypothesis
Armon, S., Bull, M. S., Aranda-Diaz, A., & Prakash, M. (2018). Ultrafast epithelial contractions provide insights into contraction speed limits and tissue integrity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(44), E10333-E10341.
Water walking devices
David L. Hu, Manu Prakash, Brian Chan & John W. M. Bush
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-007-0339-6
Microfluidic Bubble Logic
Manu Prakash, Neil Gershenfeld
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1136907