Pattern Formation in Biological Systems

Albert J. Bae, Raheel Ahmad, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Alain Pumir, and Azam Gholami, "Flagellum-driven cargoes: Influence of cargo size and the flagellum-cargo attachment geometry," PLoS One 18 (3), e0279940 (2023).

Raheel Ahmad, Albert J. Bae, Yu-Jung Su, Samira Goli Pozveh, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Alain Pumir, and Azam Gholami, "Bio-hybrid micro-swimmers propelled by flagella isolated from C. reinhardtii," Soft Matter 18, 4767-4777 (2022).

Azam Gholami, Raheel Ahmad, A J Bae, Alain Pumir, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Waveform of free, hinged and clamped axonemes isolated from C. reinhardtii: influence of calcium," New Journal of Physics 24, 053025 (2022).

Raheel Ahmad, Christin Kleineberg, Vahid Nasirimarekani, Yu-Jung Su, Samira Goli Pozveh, Albert Bae, Kai Sundmacher, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Isabella Guido, Tanja Vidaković-koch, and Azam Gholami, "Light-Powered Reactivation of Flagella and Contraction of Microtubule Networks: Toward Building an Artificial Cell," ACS Synthetic Biology 10, 1490-1504 (2021).

Soheil Mojiri, Sebastian Isbaner, Steffen Mühle, Hongje Jang, Albert J. Bae, Ingo Gregor, Azam Gholami, and Jörg Enderlein, "Rapid multi-plane phase-contrast microscopy reveals torsional dynamics in flagellar motion," Biomedical Optics Express 12, 3169 (2021).

Samira Goli Pozveh, Albert J. Bae, and Azam Gholami, "Resistive force theory and wave dynamics in swimming flagellar apparatus isolated fromC. reinhardtii," Soft Matter 17, 1601-1613 (2020).

Torsten Eckstein, Estefania Vidal, and Azam Gholami, "Experimental observation of boundary-driven oscillations in a reaction–diffusion–advection system," Soft Matter 16, 4243-4255 (2020).

Torsten F. Eckstein, Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, Albert J. Bae, and Azam Gholami, "Spatial heterogeneities shape the collective behavior of signaling amoeboid cells," Science Signaling 13, eaaz3975 (2020).

Asal Atakhani, Farshid Mohammad-Rafiee, and Azam Gholami, "Influence of cross-linking and retrograde flow on formation and dynamics of lamellipodium," PLOS ONE 14, e0213810 (2019).

Estefania Vidal-Henriquez and Azam Gholami, "Spontaneous center formation in Dictyostelium discoideum," Scientific Reports 9, 3935 (2019).

Torsten Eckstein, Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, Albert Bae, Vladimir S. Zykov, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Azam Gholami, "Influence of fast advective flows on pattern formation of Dictyostelium discoideum.," PLoS One 13 (3), e0194859 (2018).

Z. Eidi, F. Mohammad-Rafiee , M. Khorrami, and Azam Gholami, "Modelling of Dictyostelium discoideum movement in a linear gradient of chemoattractant," Soft Matter 13 (44), 8209-8222 (2017).

Kaumudi H. Prabhakara, Azam Gholami, Vladimir S. Zykov, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Effects of developmental variability on the dynamics and self-organization of cell populations," New Journal of Physics 19 (11), 113024 (2017).

Hsin-Fang Hsu, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Christian Westendorf, Azam Gholami, Alain Pumir, Marco Tarantola, and Carsten Beta, "Variability and order in cytoskeletal dynamics of motile amoeboid cells," Physical Review Letters 119 (14), 148101 (2017).

Estefania Vidal-Henriquez, Vladimir S. Zykov, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Azam Gholami, "Convective instability and boundary driven oscillations in a reaction-diffusion-advection model," Chaos 27 (10), 103110 (2017).

A. Gholami, V. Zykov, O. Steinbock, and E. Bodenschatz, "Flow-driven two-dimensional waves in colonies of Dictyostelium discoideum," New Journal of Physics 17 (9), 093040 (2015).

Azam Gholami, O. Steinbock, Vladimir S. Zykov, and Eberhard Bodenschatz, "Flow-driven instabilities during pattern formation of Dictyostelium discoideum," New Journal of Physics 17 (1), 063007 (2015).

A. Gholami, O. Steinbock, V. Zykov, and E. Bodenschatz, "Flow-driven waves and phase-locked self-organization in quasi-one-dimensional colonies of Dictyostelium discoideum," Physical Review Letters 114 (1), 018103 (2015).

A. Gholami, M. Enculescu, and M. Falcke, "Membrane waves driven by forces from actin filaments," New Journal of Physics 14, 115002 (2012).

M. Enculescu, A. Gholami, and M. Fakcke, "Dynamic regimes and bifurcations in a model of actin-based motility," Physical Review E 78, 031915 (2008).