Eric Lauga

This study shows that bacterial flagellum assembly is optimized for energy efficiency and motility by balancing secretion rate and filament length.

The paper uses simulations to show that bacterial swimming slows when flagella exceed a critical number due to motor load and flagellar cooperation.

The paper models mucus clearance in the maxillary sinus using a continuum mathematical model to show that a steady mucus layer forms when ciliary clearance exceeds a threshold relative to mucus production.

The paper examines fluid dynamics in a Petri dish, analyzing flow fields from Stokes flow singularities and their behavior under boundary conditions.

This paper investigates how magnetotactic bacteria confined to a drop self-organize into global vortices through symmetry-breaking mechanisms driven by their microscopic chirality.