Tracking bacterial growth using a nonlocal interfacial model

Scott McCalla
Montana State University - Bozeman

Biological pattern formation has been extensively studied using reaction-diffusion and agent-based models. In this talk we will discuss nonlocal pattern forming mechanisms in the context of bacterial colony formation with an emphasis on arrested fronts. This will lead to a novel nonlocal framework to understand the interfacial motion in biological systems. We will then use this approach to model experiments for an interesting bacterial phenomenon.


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