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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

I am a PhD student in the Biological Physics and Mechanics group, supervised by Prof Eric Lauga. I am generally interested in fluid dynamical problems in microbiological contexts at various length scales, inside and outside the cell. I have worked on flows and transport inside the intracellular networks of actively pinching tubules which comprise the endoplasmic reticulum; collective motion of bacteria in cylindrical confinement; and a load-dependent resistive-force theory for helical filaments. Problems I am currently researching include bacterial locomotion near rigid surfaces.

Publications

Cortex-driven cytoplasmic flows in elongated cells: fluid mechanics and application to nuclear transport in Drosophila embryos.
PH Htet, E Lauga
– J R Soc Interface
(2023)
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20230428
Cortex-driven cytoplasmic flows in elongated cells: fluid mechanics and application to nuclear transport in Drosophila embryos
PH Htet, E Lauga
– Journal of The Royal Society Interface
(2023)
20,
20230428
Cortex-driven cytoplasmic flows in elongated cells: fluid mechanics and application to nuclear transport in Drosophila embryos
PH Htet, E Lauga
(2023)
Fluid mechanics of luminal transport in actively contracting endoplasmic reticulum
PH Htet, E Avezov, E Lauga
(2023)

Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H2.04