Publications

A Swimming Rheometer: Self-propulsion of a freely-suspended swimmer enabled by viscoelastic normal stresses
Kroo, L. A., Binagia, J. P., Eckman, N., Prakash, M., & Shaqfeh, E. S. (2021). A swimming rheometer: self-propulsion of a freely-suspended swimmer enabled by viscoelastic normal stresses. arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.10515.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2111.10515

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

Applying Heat and Humidity using Stove Boiled Water for Decontamination of N95 Respirators in Low Resource Settings
Doshi, S., Banavar, S. P., Flaum, E., Kulkarni, S., Vaidya, U., Kumar, S., Chen, T., Bhattacharya, A., & Prakash, M. (2021). Applying heat and humidity using stove boiled water for decontamination of N95 respirators in low resource settings. Plos one, 16(9), e0255338.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.28.20113209

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

Excitable mechanics embodied in a walking cilium
Bull, M. S., Kroo, L. A., & Prakash, M. (2021). Excitable mechanics embodied in a walking cilium. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02930.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.02930

Ciliary flocking and emergent instabilities enable collective agility in a non-neuromuscular animal
Bull, M. S., Prakash, V. N., & Prakash, M. (2021). Ciliary flocking and emergent instabilities enable collective agility in a non-neuromuscular animal. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02934.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.02934

Mobile defects born from an energy cascade shape the locomotive behavior of a headless animal
Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2021). Mobile defects born from an energy cascade shape the locomotive behavior of a headless animal. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02940.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.02940

Choosing Wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians.
Pramesh, C. S., Babu, G. R., Basu, J., Bhushan, I., Booth, C. M., Chinnaswamy, G., Guleria, R., Kalantri, S. P. , Kang, G., Mohan, P., Mor,N., Pai, M., Prakash, M., Rupali, P., Sampathkumar, P., Sengar, M., Sullivan, R., & Ranganathan, P. (2021). Choosing wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians. Nature Medicine, 27(8), 1324-1327.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01439-x

India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action.
Kuppalli, K., Gala, P., Cherabuddi, K., Kalantri, S. P., Mohanan, M., Mukherjee, B., Pinto, L., Prakash, M., Pramesh, C. S., Rathi, S., Pai, N. P., Yamey, G., & Pai, M. (2021). India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action. The Lancet, 397(10290), 2132-2135.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01121-1

AnmO2l: An open-source pulse-dose oxygen conserving device for the COVID-19 crisis
Li, H., Krishnamurthy, D., Kothari, A., Li, E., Lipnick, M., Gaba, D., Fanning, R., & Prakash, M. (2021). AnmO 2 l: An open-source pulse-dose oxygen conserving device for the COVID-19 crisis. medRxiv, 2021-05.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.19.21257477

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

Personal communication fabrication in the Lyngen Alps
N. Gershenfeld, M. Prakash
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