Knut Drescher  Knut Drescher

02/2011 -                  postdoc, Princeton University
11/2010 - 02/2011    postdoc, Cambridge University
09/2007 - 11/2010    PhD, Cambridge University
09/2003 - 07/2007    undergraduate, Oxford University

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Publications [Google Scholar profile]

Fluid dynamics of bacterial turbulence
J. Dunkel, S. Heidenreich, K. Drescher, H.H. Wensink, M. Bär, R.E. Goldstein
Physical Review Letters, in press (2013). [link]

Biofilm streamers cause catastrophic disruption of flow with consequences for environmental and medical systems
K. Drescher, Y. Shen, B.L. Bassler, H.A. Stone
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 4345-4350 (2013). [link]
-- see highlight in PNAS [link]
-- see highlight by the NIH [link]
-- see highlight by the NSF [link]

Cutting through the complexity of cell collectives
C.D. Nadell, V. Bucci, K. Drescher, S.A. Levin, B.L. Bassler, J.B. Xavier
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280, 20122770 (2013). [link]

Swimming like algae: biomimetic soft artificial cilia
S. Sareh, J. Rossiter, A. Conn, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10, 20120666 (2013). [link]

Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids
H.H. Wensink, J. Dunkel, S. Heidenreich, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein, H. Löwen, J.M. Yeomans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, 14308-14313 (2012). [link]
-- see highlight by E. Frey in Physik Journal [pdf]

Fluid dynamics and noise in bacterial cell-cell and cell-surface interactions
K. Drescher, J. Dunkel, L.H. Cisneros, S. Ganguly, R.E. Goldstein
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 10940-10945 (2011). [link] [pdf] [video: bacteria swimming]

The flagellar photoresponse in Volvox species
C.A. Solari, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein
Journal of Phycology 47, 580-583 (2011). [pdf] [link]

Direct measurement of the flow field around swimming microorganisms
K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein, N. Michel, M. Polin, I. Tuval
Physical Review Letters 105, 168101 (2010). [pdf] [arxiv] [videos: Chlamy, Volvox swimming]
-- see viewpoint by D. Saintillan in Physics [pdf]
-- see commentaries in Physics World[link], Physics Today[link]
   
Flagellar phenotypic plasticity in volvocalean algae correlates with Péclet number
C.A. Solari, K. Drescher, S. Ganguly, J.O. Kessler, R.E. Michod, R.E. Goldstein
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8, 1409-1417 (2011). [pdf]
 
Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis
K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein, I. Tuval
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, 11171-11176 (2010). [pdf] [link]
-- see highlight in PNAS [pdf]
-- see summary on HFSP website[link]
 
Chlamydomonas swims with two 'gears' in a eukaryotic version of run-and-tumble locomotion
M. Polin, I. Tuval, K. Drescher, J.P. Gollub, R.E. Goldstein
Science 325, 487-490 (2009). [pdf] [supporting material: pdf] [video summary]
-- see viewpoint in Science by R. Stocker and W. Durham [pdf]
-- see summary on HFSP website[link]
 
Dancing Volvox: Hydrodynamic bound states of swimming algae
K. Drescher, K.C. Leptos, I. Tuval, T. Ishikawa, T.J. Pedley, R.E. Goldstein
Physical Review Letters 102, 168101 (2009). [pdf] [arxiv] [videos: minuet, waltz] [images: PRL cover, waltzing]
-- see viewpoint by H. Stark in Physik Journal [pdf]
-- see highlights in Nature [pdf], New Scientistlink, Science Nowlink, Science Newslink, Physics World[link]
-- see news items by University of Cambridgelink, Times of Indialink (!), Wissenschaftlink, Smithsonianlink, BBSRClink, etc.
 
How to track protists in three dimensions
K. Drescher, K.C. Leptos, R.E. Goldstein
Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 014301 (2009). [pdf] [arxiv]
 
Comparison of hypercapnia-based calibration techniques for measurement of cerebral oxygen metabolism with MRI
D.P. Bulte, K. Drescher, P. Jezzard
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 61, 391-398 (2009). [pdf]