Francis G. Woodhouse
I am a PhD student in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. My work is in the Mathematical Biology group under Prof. Raymond Goldstein.
E-mail: F.G.Woodhouse@damtp.cam.ac.uk.
Research Interests
Cytoplasmic streaming
The internally-driven circulation of plant cells' liquid contents via actin-myosin interactions.
Active fluids
Collective behaviour of suspensions of actively swimming or moving microstructures, such as bacteria or the cell cortex.
Membrane hydrodynamics
Response of lipid bilayers to hydrodynamic stresses with relevance to the vacuolar membrane in plant cells.
Publications
- Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells emerges naturally by microfilament self-organization
Francis G. Woodhouse and Raymond E. Goldstein, submitted - Membrane viscosity determined from shear-driven flow in giant vesicles
Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Francis G. Woodhouse, Vasily Kantsler, and Raymond E. Goldstein, submitted - Spontaneous circulation of confined active suspensions
Francis G. Woodhouse and Raymond E. Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 109, 168105 (2012)
[Highlighted in a Physics Focus by P. Ball, Physics 5, 117 (2012)] - Shear-driven circulation patterns in lipid membrane vesicles
Francis G. Woodhouse and Raymond E. Goldstein, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 705, 165-175 (2012)
Presentations
- Cytoplasmic streaming from microfilament self-organisation
DAMTP fluid mechanics seminar, 10 May 2013, Cambridge, UK - Cytoplasmic streaming from microfilament self-organisation
APS March Meeting, 18 Mar - 22 Mar 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA - Spontaneous circulation of confined active suspensions
APS DFD Annual Meeting, 18 Nov - 20 Nov 2012, San Diego, CA, USA - Spontaneous circulation of confined active suspensions (poster)
PhysCell 2012, 2 Sep - 8 Sep 2012, Hyères, France - Cyclosis in vitro: macro-circulation from micro-activity
DAMTP 2nd year PhD talks, 1 Jun 2012, Cambridge, UK - Polar active fluids in the presence of curvature
Young Researchers in Mathematics, 2 Apr - 4 Apr 2012, Bristol, UK - Shear-driven circulation patterns in lipid membrane vesicles
APS March Meeting, 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012, Boston, MA, USA