Collective Motion
We focus on identification of new unifying principles describing the essential aspects of collective motion in living systems, being one of the most relevant and spectacular manifestations of collective behavior. We consider systems ranging from cultures bacterial to migrating tissue cells and employ agent-based models as Cellular Automata and Interacting Particle Systems.
Collective migration in biological systems (from: A. Deutsch, P. Friedl, L. Preziosi, G. Theraulaz. Multi-scale analysis and modelling of collective migration in biological systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 1807, 20190377, 2020).
Cooperations:
Prof. Dr. Markus Bär (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Fernando Peruani (Cergy Pontoire University Paris)
Prof. Lotte Soegaard-Andersen, M.D., Ph.D (Max-Planck-Institut für
terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg)
Prof. Dr. Guy Theraulaz (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
Key Publications:
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Multi-scale analysis and modelling of collective migration in biological systems
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences -
Modeling collective cell motion: are on- and off-lattice models equivalent?
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences -
Extracting cellular automaton rules from physical Langevin equation models for single and collective cell migration
J. Math. Biol., 75, 5, 1075-1100, 2017 [DOI] -
Cellular automaton models for collective cell behaviour
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9099, 1-10, 2015 [DOI] -
Collective motion and nonequilibrium cluster formation in colonies of gliding bacteria
Phys. Rev. Lett., 108, 9, 098102, 2012 [DOI] -
Pattern-formation mechanisms in motility mutants of Myxococcus xanthus
Interface Focus, 2, 6, 774-785, 2012 [DOI] -
Traffic jams, gliders and bands in the quest for collective motion of self-propelled particles
Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 12, 128101, 2011 [DOI]
