Comments on: Chemotaxis

By: Modelling Dictyostelium aggregation, yet again « Hydrobates

Modelling Dictyostelium aggregation, yet again « Hydrobates — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:48:56 +0000

[...] like a multicellular organism as a reaction to a scarcity of food. The cells gather by means of chemotaxis. It is usual for mathematical talks about chemotaxis to start with nice pictures portraying the [...]

By: Collective motion of bacteria and aggregation « Hydrobates

Collective motion of bacteria and aggregation « Hydrobates — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:21:24 +0000

[...] motion of bacteria and aggregation By hydrobates In a previous post I wrote about chemotaxis, the motion of organisms in response to the concentration of a chemical [...]

By: Spiral waves in neutrophils « Hydrobates

Spiral waves in neutrophils « Hydrobates — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:20:28 +0000

[...] things he talked about establishes a surprising link between two topics I have discussed before, chemotaxis and spiral waves. The idea is that the motion of the leading edge of cells such as neutrophils are [...]

By: The Keller-Segel model « Hydrobates

The Keller-Segel model « Hydrobates — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:40:59 +0000

[...] Keller-Segel model I mentioned the Keller-Segel model in a previous post on chemotaxis. In the past I have read, and heard and thought a lot about this model but I had never actually [...]

By: Actin motors and comet tails « Hydrobates

Actin motors and comet tails « Hydrobates — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:53:55 +0000

[...] is related to, but different from, the mechanism driving the motion of neutrophils I mentioned in a previous post on chemotaxis. It has a thermodynamic component. Gaps between the end of the fibres and the cell which arise [...]