Columbia synthetic biologists first to engineer bacterial swarm patterns to visibly record environment, use deep learning to decode patterns; applications could range from monitoring environmental ...

Swarming bacteria "scream" when they die, warning neighboring bacteria of danger. These death shrieks aren't audible; rather, they are chemical alarms that the bacteria broadcast while on the verge of ...

The antibiotic resistance crisis is caused, in large part, by the acquisition and exchange of resistance mechanisms by bacteria through genetic mutations. But bacteria find another defense mechanism ...

Bacterial swarm on a laboratory plate. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Scientists have discovered that bacteria can create something like memories about when to form strategies that can ...

After using LEVA to create precise shapes of EVPs from bacteria, simulating an infection, the team added immune cells. Watch the cells rapidly detect and swarm toward the cicular patterns of bacterial ...

Discovery may aid the fight against antibiotic resistance. Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered how some cells within a bacterial swarm will sacrifice themselves so that ...

For inspiration, Danino’s team at Columbia Engineering, which has a good deal of experience using synthetic biology methods to manipulate bacteria, discussed where else they might find similar ...