Publications

  • [14] Wenlong Zuo & Yilin Wu (2020) Dynamic motility selection drives population segregation in a bacterial swarm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 117(9):4693-4700. [Full Text]
  • [13] Song Liu, Suraj Shankar, M. Cristina Marchetti, Yilin Wu (2020) Viscoelastic control of spatiotemporal order in bacterial active matter. In press. arXiv
  • [12] Haoran Xu, Justas Dauparas, Debasish Das, Eric Lauga, Yilin Wu (2019) Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies. Nature Communications. 10, 1792. [Full Text]. [Movie 1]. [Movie 2]. [Movie 3].
          NSFC News [Link] ; Nature Research Microbiology Community Blog [Link]
  • [11] Ye Li*, He Zhai*, Sandra Sanchez, Daniel B. Kearns, Yilin Wu (2017) Non-contact cohesive swimming of bacteria in two-dimensional liquid films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 018101. (*co-first authors) [Full Text]. [Movie 1]. [Movie 2]. [Movie 3].
  • [10] Chong Chen*, Song Liu*, Xiaqing Shi, Hugues Chaté, Yilin Wu (2017) Weak synchronization and large-scale collective oscillation in dense bacterial suspensions. Nature, 542, 210–214. (*co-first authors) [Full Text]. [Movie 1]. [Movie 2].
         CUHK Press Release, [English], [中文]. Featured in APS News [Link]
  • [9] Wu, Y. (2015). Collective motion of bacteria in two dimensions. Quantitative Biology, 3(4), 199–205. [Full Text]
  • [8] Ping L, Wu Y, Hosu BG, Tang JX, Berg HC (2014) Osmotic pressure inside a bacterial swarm. Biophysical Journal 107:871-878. [Full Text]
  • [7] Wu Y, Berg HC (2012) Water reservoir maintained by cell growth fuels the spreading of a bacterial swarm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109(11):4128-33. [Full Text]
  • [6] Wu Y, Jiang Y, Kaiser D, Alber M (2011) Self-organization in bacterial swarming: Lessons from Myxobacteria. Physical Biology 8: 055003. [Full Text]
  • [5] Wu Y, Hosu BG, Berg HC (2011) Microbubbles reveal chiral fluid flows in bacterial swarms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108(10): 4147-51. [Full Text]
  • [4] Wu Y, Kaiser D, Jiang Y, Alber M (2009) Periodic reversal of direction allows myxobacteria to swarm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106(4): 1222–1227. [Nature News: doi:10.1038/news.2009.43 ] [Full Text]
  • [3] Wu Y, Jiang Y, Kaiser D, Alber M (2007) Social interactions in myxobacterial swarming. PLoS Comput Biol 3(12): e253. [Full Text]
  • [2] Wu Y, Chen N, Rissler M, Jiang Y, Kaiser D, Alber M CA (2006) Models of Myxobacteria Swarming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 4173, pp.192-203. [Full Text]
  • [1] Yang WS, Wang BH, Wu Y, Xie YB (2004) Searching good strategies in evolutionary minority game using variable length genetic algorithm. Physica A 339: 583–590. [Full Text]