The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have
fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter …

Genome-scale stoichiometric modeling of metabolism has become a standard systems
biology tool for modeling cellular physiology and growth. Extensions of this approach are …

How do growing bacterial colonies get their shapes? While colony morphogenesis is well
studied in two dimensions, many bacteria grow as large colonies in three-dimensional (3D) …

How a single bacterium becomes a colony of many thousand cells is important in
biomedicine and food safety. Much is known about the molecular and genetic bases of this …

Bacterial growth presents many beautiful phenomena that pose new theoretical challenges
to statistical physicists, and are also amenable to laboratory experimentation. This review …

Biofilms are communities of bacteria adhered to surfaces. Recently, biofilms of rod-shaped
bacteria were observed at single-cell resolution and shown to develop from a disordered …

In natural settings, microbes tend to grow in dense populations,,, where they need to push
against their surroundings to accommodate space for new cells. The associated contact …

Coordinated dynamics of individual components in active matter are an essential aspect of
life on all scales. Establishing a comprehensive, causal connection between intracellular …

Antibiotics effective against Gram‐negative ESKAPE pathogens are a critical area of unmet
need. Infections caused by these pathogens are not only difficult to treat but finding new …

The physical interactions of growing bacterial cells with each other and with their
surroundings significantly affect the structure and dynamics of biofilms. Here a 3D agent …