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Loosely defined research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.


Fungal zoospores show contrasting swimming patterns specific to phylum and cytology
Luis Javier Galindo, Thomas A. Richards, Jasmine A Nirody†.
Submitted, 2024.
[ bioRxiv ] [ Motility Data + Code ] [Phylogenetic Datasets ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Cell arrangement impacts metabolic activity and antibiotic tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Hannah Dayton, Julie Kiss, Mian Wei, Shradha Chauhan, Emily LaMarre, William Cole Cornell, Anuradha Janakiraman, Wei Min, Raju Tomer, Alexa Price-Whelan, Jasmine A Nirody, Lars EP Dietrich.
PloS Biology, 2024.
[ bioRxiv ] [ Journal ] [ Analysis Code ]
Coverage: [Columbia | AAAS | Science Daily ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Bacterial motility and mechanics.

Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination
Jasmine A Nirody†.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023. (special issue: 'A Century of Comparative Biomechanics: Emerging and Historical Perspectives on an Interdisciplinary Field')
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments.

Quantifying vascularity in the frontoparietal dome of Stegoceras validum (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from high resolution CT scans.
Jasmine A Nirody, Mark B. Goodwin, John R. Horner, Tony L. Huynh, Matthew W. Colbert, David K. Smith, David C. Evans.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2022.
[ Journal ] [GSA Abstract ] [ Data + Code ]
Relevant research areas: Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Tardigrades exhibit robust inter-limb coordination across walking speeds.
Jasmine A Nirody†, Lisset A. Duran Rosario, Deborah Johnston, Daniel J. Cohen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021.
[ Journal ] [ bioRxiv ] [ SICB Abstract ] [ Data + Code ]
Coverage: [Princeton | Oxford | Rockefeller ] [ Smithsonian ] [ Gizmodo ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments.

Universal features in panarthropod inter-leg coordination during forward walking.
Jasmine A Nirody†.
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021. (special issue: 'Physical mechanisms of behavior')
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Relevant research areas: Panarthropod walking, Locomotion in complex environments.

ATP synthase: evolution, energetics, and membrane interactions.
Jasmine A Nirody†, Itay Budin, Padmini Rangamani.
Journal of General Physiology, 2020.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Load-dependent adaptation near zero load in the bacterial flagellar motor.
Jasmine A Nirody†, Ashley L. Nord, Richard M. Berry.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2019.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ] [ Code ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Locomotion in complex environments, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Biophysics at the coffee shop: lessons learned working with George Oster.
Oleg Igoshin, Jing Chen, Jianhua Xing, Jian Liu, Timothy C. Elston*, Michael Grabe*, Kenneth S. Kim*, Jasmine Nirody*, Padmini Rangamani*, Sean Sun*, Hongyun Wang*, Charles Wolgemuth*.
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2019.
[Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Geckos race across the water's surface using multiple mechanisms.
Jasmine A. Nirody*†, Judy Jinn*, Thomas Libby, Timothy J. Lee, Ardian Jusufi, David L. Hu, Robert J. Full.
Current Biology, 2018.
[ Journal ] [ SICB Abstract ]
Coverage: [Berkeley | Oxford | Rockefeller ] [ Nature Highlight ] [ New Scientist ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments.

Stability analysis in spatial modeling of cell signaling.
Michael C. Getz, Jasmine A. Nirody, Padmini Rangamani.
WIRES Systems Biology, 2018.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

A catch-bond drives stator mechanosensitivity in the bacterial flagellar motor.
Ashley L. Nord, Emilie Gachon, Ruben Perez-Carrasco, Jasmine A. Nirody, Alessandro Barducci, Richard M. Berry, Francesco Pedaci.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017.
[ Journal ] [ bioRxiv ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Locomotion in complex environments, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

The biophysicist's guide to the bacterial flagellar motor.
Jasmine A. Nirody, Yi-Ren Sun, Chien-Jung Lo.
Advances in Physics X, 2017.
[ Online First ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

The limiting speed of the bacterial flagellar motor.
Jasmine A. Nirody†, Richard M. Berry, George Oster.
Biophysical Journal, 2016.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Cortical bone laminar analysis reveals increased midcortical and periosteal porosity in type 2 postmenopausal women with history of fragility fractures compared to fracture-free diabetes.
Ursula Heilmeier, Karen Cheng, Robin Parrish, Courtney Pasco, Jasmine Nirody, Janina Patsch, Chiyuan A. Zhang, Gabby B. Joseph, Andrew J. Burghardt, Ann V. Schwartz, Thomas M. Link, Galateia J. Kazakia.
Osteoporosis International, 2016.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Mechanics of torque generation in the bacterial flagellar motor.
Kranthi K. Mandadapu*, Jasmine A. Nirody*, Richard M. Berry, George Oster.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ]
Coverage: [ SIAM Connect ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Bacterial motility and mechanics, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Spatial distribution of intracortical porosity varies with age and sex.
Jasmine A. Nirody, Karen P. Cheng, Robin M. Parrish, Andrew J. Burghardt, Thomas Link, Sharmila Majumdar, Galateia J. Kazakia.
Bone, 2015.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Exploiting pallidal plasticity for stimulation in Parkinson's disease.
Marcel A.J. Lourens, Bettina C. Schwab, Jasmine A. Nirody, Hil G.E. Meijer, Stephan A. van Gils.
Journal of Neural Engineering, 2015.
[ Journal ] [ CNS 2011 Abstract ] [ CNS 2013 Abstract ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

diCal-IBD: demography aware detection of identity-by-descent in unrelated individuals.
Paula Tataru*, Jasmine A. Nirody*, Yun S. Song.
Bioinformatics, 2014.
[ Journal ] [ bioRxiv ] [ Software: diCal-IBD ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

The influence of disuse on bone microstructure and mechanics assessed by HR-pQCT.
Galateia J. Kazakia, Willy Tjong, Jasmine A. Nirody, Andrew J. Burghardt, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Janina M. Patsch, Thomas Link, Brian T. Feeley, C. Benjamin Ma.
Bone, 2014.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Development of spatial coarse-to-fine processing in the visual pathway.
Jasmine A. Nirody†.
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 2014.
[ Journal ] [ arXiv ] [ CNS 2013 Abstract ] [ MATLAB Code ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Structural analysis of cortical porosity applied to HR-pQCT data.
Willy Tjong, Jasmine Nirody , Andrew J. Burghardt, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Galateia J. Kazakia.
Medical Physics, 2014.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Analysis of unstable behavior in a mathematical model for erythropoiesis.
Susana Serna, Jasmine A. Nirody, Miklós Z. Rácz.
Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2013.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Mathematical biology and biophysics.

Age- and gender-related differences in cortical geometry and microstructure in the distal radius and tibia: improved sensitivity by regional analysis.
Galateia J. Kazakia, Jasmine A. Nirody, Gregory Bernstein, Miki Sode, Andrew J. Burghardt, Sharmila Majumdar.
Bone, 2013.
[ Journal ]
Relevant research areas: Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.

Structural implications of conserved aspartate residues located in tropomyosin's coiled-coil core.
Jeffrey R. Moore, Xiaochuan Li, Jasmine Nirody, William Lehman.
BioArchitecture, 2011.
[ Journal ] [ Biophysics 2010 Abstract ]
Relevant research areas: Molecular motors and mechanobiology, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems, Mathematical biology and biophysics.

The mechanics of slithering locomotion.
David L. Hu, Jasmine Nirody, Terri Scott, Michael J. Shelley.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009.
[ Journal ]
Coverage: [ NSF ScienceNation ] [ Other Press ]
Relevant research areas: Locomotion in complex environments, Structure-function relationships in biomechanical systems.