Publications
Modeling epithelial tissues as active-elastic sheets reproduce contraction pulses and predict rip resistance
Armon, S., Bull, M. S., Moriel, A., Aharoni, H., & Prakash, M. (2021). Modeling epithelial tissues as active-elastic sheets reproduce contraction pulses and predict rip resistance. Communications physics, 4(1), 216.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00712-2
Droplet tilings for rapid exploration of spatially constrained many-body systems.
Molina, A., Kumar, S., Karpitschka, S., & Prakash, M. (2021). Droplet tilings for rapid exploration of spatially constrained many-body systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(34), e2020014118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020014118
Motility induced fracture reveals a ductile to brittle crossover in the epithelial tissues of a simple animal
Prakash, V. N., Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2021). Motility-induced fracture reveals a ductile-to-brittle crossover in a simple animal’s epithelia. Nature Physics, 17(4), 504-511.
Pneumask: Modified Full-Face Snorkel Masks as Reusable Personal Protective Equipment for Hospital Personnel
Kroo, L., Kothari, A., Hannebelle, M., Herring, G., Pollina, T., Chang, R., Peralta, D., Banavar, S. P., Flaum, E., Soto-Montoya, H., Li, H., Combes, K., Pan, E., Vu, K., Yen, K., Dale, J., Kolbay, P., Ellgas, S., Konte, R., Hajian, R., Zhong, G., Jacobs, N., Jain, A., Kober, F., Ayala, G., Allinne, Q., Cucinelli, N., Kasper, D., Borroni, L., Gerber, P., Venook, R., Baek, P., Arora, N., Wagner, P., Miki, R., Kohn, J., Bitran, D. K., Pearson, J., Herrera, C. M., Prakash, M. (2021). Modified full-face snorkel masks as reusable personal protective equipment for hospital personnel. PLoS One, 16(1), e0244422.
Sensory Discrimination of Blood and Floral Nectar by Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Jové, V., Gong, Z., Hol, F. J., Zhao, Z., Sorrells, T. R., Carroll, T. S., Prakash, M., McBride, C. S., & Vosshall, L. B. (2020). Sensory discrimination of blood and floral nectar by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Neuron, 108(6), 1163-1180.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.019
The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella
Gilpin, W., Bull, M. S., & Prakash, M. (2020). The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(2), 74-88.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-019-0129-0
Ultra-fast cellular contractions in the epithelium of T. adhaerens and the "active cohesion" hypothesis
Armon, S., Bull, M. S., Aranda-Diaz, A., & Prakash, M. (2018). Ultrafast epithelial contractions provide insights into contraction speed limits and tissue integrity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(44), E10333-E10341.
Water walking devices
David L. Hu, Manu Prakash, Brian Chan & John W. M. Bush
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-007-0339-6
Microfluidic Bubble Logic
Manu Prakash, Neil Gershenfeld
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1136907