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Life in a Drop
Rajarshi Ghosh (postdoc), and Josue Sznitman (postdoc)
Departments of Molecular Biology and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The nematode C. elegans is a model organism widely used in biological and genetic research that is known to display robust locomotive traits. Here, we illustrate the swimming pattern of a C. elegans (approximately 1 mm long) in a drop of water, as it swims around the edge.