Recent highlights

• Bacteria use a general danger signal to trigger biofilm formation -  Nature Microbiology 2025
• Mechanical properties of biofilms measured with spatial resolution -  Advanced Materials 2024
• Biofilm formation is a collective strategy to predate immune cells -  Cell 2023
• Spatiotemporal transcriptomes in bacterial multicellular development -  Nature Microbiology 2023
• Motile interkingdom biofilms enhance tooth decay -  PNAS 2022
• Image analysis tool for microbial communities: BiofilmQ -  Nature Microbiology 2021
• Biofilm response to antibiotics -  Nature Microbiology 2019
• Biofilm development perturbed by flow Physical Review Letters 2019
• Single-cell-level biofilm growth & cell-cell interactions - Nature Physics 2019
• Machine learning phases of bacterial swarming - PNAS 2019
• Phage-biofilm interaction mechanisms - Nature Microbiology 2018
• Division of labor in matrix production - Current Biology 2018
• Biofilm dispersal mechanisms - Current Biology 2017
• Single-cell level biofilm architecture - PNAS 2016
• Biofilm spatial structure and social interactions - Nature Rev. Microbiology 2016

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Preprints

Vibrio cholerae biofilm dispersal regulator causes cell release from matrix through type IV pilus retraction
P.K. Singh*, D.K.H. Rode*, P. Buffard, K. Nosho, M. Bayer, H. Jeckel, E. Jelli, K. Neuhaus, E. Jiménez-Siebert, N. Peschek, T. Glatter, K. Papenfort, K. Drescher
submitted (2025). (* equal contribution) [bioRxiv] [journal link]

Journal articles

Biofilm architecture determines the dissemination of conjugative plasmids
S. Djermoun*, D.K.H. Rode*, E. Jiménez-Siebert, C. Lesterlin, K. Drescher, S. Bigot
PNAS 122, e2417452122 (2025). (* equal contribution) [journal link]

Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation
S. Vaidya, D. Saha*, D.K.H. Rode*, G. Torrens, M.F. Hansen, P.K. Singh, E. Jelli, K. Nosho, H. Jeckel, S. Göttig, F. Cava, K. Drescher
Nature Microbiology 10, 144–157 (2025). (* equal contribution) [journal link]

Evolution of genotypic and phenotypic diversity in multispecies biofilms
C.I. Amador, S.Z. Moscovitz, L. Maccario, J. Herschend, I.-S. Kramer, H. Jeckel, V. Cooper, K. Drescher, T.R. Neu, M. Burmølle, H.L. Røder
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 11, 118 (2025). [journal link]

Metabolic mutations reduce antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli by pathway-specific bottlenecks
P. Lubrano, F. Smollich, T. Schramm, E. Lorenz, A. Alvarado, S.C. Eigenmann, A. Stadelmann, S. Thavapalan, N. Waffenschmidt, T. Glatter, N. Hoffmann, S. Peter, K. Drescher, H. Link
Molecular Systems Biology 21, 274 - 293 (2025). [journal link]

Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges
S. Espinoza Miranda, G. Abbaszade, W. Hess, K. Drescher, A.-E. Saliba, V. Zaburdaev, L. Chai, K. Dreisewerd, A. Grünberger, C. Westendorf, S. Müller, T. Mascher
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, e00138-24 (2025). [journal link]

The 2025 Motile Active Matter Roadmap
G Gompper, H.A. Stone, C. Kurzthaler, D. Saintillan, F. Peruani, D. Fedosov, T. Auth, C. Cottin-Bizonne, C. Ybert, E. Clément, T. Darnige, A. Lindner, R.E. Goldstein, B. Liebchen, J. Binysh, A. Souslov, L. Isa, R. di Leonardo, G. Frangipane, H. Gu, B. Nelson, F. Brauns, M.C. Marchetti, F. Cichos, V.-L. Heuthe, C. Bechinger, A. Korman, O. Feinerman, A. Cavagna, I. Giardina, H. Jeckel, K. Drescher
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 37, 143501 (2025). [journal link]

In vivo microrheology reveals local elastic and plastic responses inside three-dimensional bacterial biofilms
T. Ohmura, D.J. Skinner, K. Neuhaus, G.P.T. Choi, J. Dunkel, K. Drescher
Advanced Materials 36, 2314059 (2024). [journal link]

Revitalizing antibiotic discovery and development through in vitro modelling of in-patient conditions
J. Sollier, M. Basler, P. Broz, P.S. Dittrich, K. Drescher, A. Egli, A. Harms, A. Hierlemann, S. Hiller, C.G. King, J.D. McKinney, J. Moran-Gilad, R.A. Neher, M.G.P. Page, S. Panke, A. Persat, P. Picotti, K.M. Rentsch, P. Rivera-Fuentes, U. Sauer, D. Stolz, S. Tschudin-Sutter, C. van Delden, E. van Nimwegen, J.-W. Veening, M. Zampieri, A.S. Zinkernagel, N. Khanna, D. Bumann, U. Jenal, C. Dehio
Nature Microbiology 9, 1-3 (2023). [journal link]

Biofilm formation on human immune cells is a multicellular predation strategy of Vibrio cholerae
L. Vidakovic, S. Mikhaleva*, H. Jeckel*, V. Nisnevich*, K. Strenger*, K. Neuhaus, K. Raveendran, N. Bossel Ben-Moshe, M. Aznaourova, K. Nosho, A. Drescher, B. Schmeck, L.N. Schulte, A. Persat, R. Avraham, K. Drescher
Cell 186, 2690-2704 (2023). [journal link]
       -- see highlight in Nature [link].
       -- see highlight in Nature Rev. Microbiol. [link].
       -- see highlight in Nature Rev. Immunol. [link].

Simultaneous spatiotemporal transcriptomics and microscopy of Bacillus subtilis swarm development reveal cooperation across generations
H. Jeckel*, K. Nosho*, K. Neuhaus, A.D. Hastewell, D.J. Skinner, D. Saha, N. Netter, N. Paczia, J. Dunkel, K. Drescher
Nature Microbiology 8, 2378-2391 (2023). [* equal contribution] [journal link] [dataset explorer]
       -- see Behind the Paper story.

Topological packing statistics of living and non-living matter
D.J. Skinner, H. Jeckel, A.C. Martin, K. Drescher, J. Dunkel
Science Advances 9, eadg1261 (2023). [journal link] [arXiv]

A genetic switch controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface colonization
C. Manner, R. Dias Teixeira, D. Saha, A. Kaczmarczyk, R. Zemp, F. Wyss, T. Jaeger, B.-J. Laventie, S. Boyer, J.G. Malone, J.B. Andersen, M. Givskov, T. Tolker-Nielsen, S. Hiller, K. Drescher, U. Jenal
Nature Microbiology 8, 1520–1533 (2023). [journal link]
       -- see highlight by Gomez and Waters in Nature Microbiology [link].

Proliferating Active Matter
O. Hallatschek, S.S. Datta, K. Drescher, J. Dunkel, J. Elgeti, B. Waclaw, N.S. Wingreen
Nature Reviews Physics 5, 407-419 (2023). [journal link]

Single-cell segmentation in bacterial biofilms with an optimized deep learning method enables tracking of cell lineages and measurements of growth rates
E. Jelli*, T. Ohmura*, N. Netter*, M. Abt, E. Jiménez-Siebert, K. Neuhaus, D.K.H. Rode, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher
Molecular Microbiology 119, 659-676 (2023). [* equal contribution] [journal link]
       -- cover of Molecular Microbiology, editor's choice [link].

Shared biophysical mechanisms determine early biofilm architecture development across different bacterial species
H. Jeckel*, F. Diaz-Pascual*, D.J. Skinner*, B. Song*, E. Jimenez Siebert, K. Strenger, E. Jelli, S. Vaidya, J. Dunkel, K. Drescher
PLOS Biology, 20(10):e3001846 (2022). [* equal contribution] [journal link] [data repository]

Interkingdom assemblages in human saliva display group-level surface mobility and disease-promoting emergent functions
Z. Ren*, H. Jeckel*, A. Simon-Soro, Z. Xiang, Y. Liu, I.M. Cavalcanti, J. Xiao, N.-N. Tin, A. Hara, K. Drescher#, H. Koo#
PNAS 119, e2209699119 (2022). [* equal contribution] [journal link]

Mechanisms underlying Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and dispersion
J.K. Teschler, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher, F.H. Yildiz
Annual Review of Microbiology, 76:503-32 (2022). [journal link]

VxrB influences antagonism within biofilms by controlling competition through extracellular matrix production and type 6 secretion
J.K. Teschler, E. Jiménez-Siebert, H. Jeckel, P.K. Singh, J.H. Park, S. Pukatzki, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher, F.H. Yildiz
mBio, 13:e01885-22 (2022). [journal link]

Spatial alanine metabolism determines local growth dynamics of Escherichia coli colonies
F. Díaz-Pascual, M. Lempp, K. Nosho, H. Jeckel, J.K. Jo, K. Neuhaus, R. Hartmann, E. Jelli, M.F. Hansen, A. Price-Whelan, L.E.P. Dietrich, H. Link, K. Drescher
eLife, 10:e70794 (2021). [journal link] [bioRxiv]

Matrix-trapped viruses can prevent invasion of bacterial biofilms by colonizing cells
M.C. Bond, L. Vidakovic, P.K. Singh, K. Drescher, C.D. Nadell
eLife, 10:e65355 (2021). [journal link]

Single-objective high-resolution confocal light sheet fluorescence microscopy for standard biological sample geometries
S. Yordanov, K. Neuhaus, R. Hartmann, F. Díaz-Pascual, L. Vidakovic, P.K. Singh, K. Drescher
Biomedical Optics Express 12, 3372-3391 (2021). [journal link]
       -- top download at Biomedical Optics Express in Oct 2021.

Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ
R. Hartmann*, H. Jeckel*, E. Jelli*, P.K. Singh, S. Vaidya, M. Bayer, D. Rode, L. Vidakovic, F. Díaz-Pascual, J.C.N. Fong, A. Dragoš, O. Besharova, J.G. Thöming, N. Netter, S. Häussler, C.D. Nadell, V. Sourjik, A.T. Kovács, F.H. Yildiz, K. Drescher
Nature Microbiology 6, 151-156 (2021). [* equal contribution] [journal link]
       -- download/use the BiofilmQ software tool, view video tutorials.
       -- see perspective by Divya Choudhary and Chloé J. Cassaro in Nature Rev. Microbiol.

Interaction of myxobacteria-derived outer membrane vesicles with biofilms: antiadhesive and antibacterial effects
A. Goes, L. Vidakovic, K. Drescher, G. Fuhrmann
Nanoscale 13, 14287–14296 (2021). [journal link]

Dynamic relocalization of the cytosolic type III secretion system components prevents premature protein secretion at low external pH
S. Wimmi, A. Balinovic, H. Jeckel, L. Selinger, D. Lampaki, E. Eisemann, I. Meuskens, D. Linke, K. Drescher, U. Endesfelder, A. Diepold
Nature Communications 12, 1625 (2021). [journal link]

Advances and opportunities in image analysis of bacterial cells and communities
H. Jeckel, K. Drescher
FEMS Microbiology Reviews 45:4, 1-14 (2021). [journal link]

Learning principles of bacterial biofilm dynamics from the behavior of single cells
K. Drescher, J. Dunkel
Physical Biology 18, 051501 (2021). [journal link]
       -- Part of "Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms"
        article by G.C.L. Wong et al.

Topological metric detects hidden order in disordered media
D.J. Skinner, B. Song, H. Jeckel, E. Jelli, K. Drescher, J. Dunkel
Physical Review Letters 126, 048101 (2021). [journal link]
       -- see viewpoint by Suraj Shankar in Physics.

Vibrio cholerae biofilm scaffolding protein RbmA shows an intrinsic, phosphate‐dependent autoproteolysis activity
M. Maestre‐Reyna, W.‐C. Huang, W.‐J. Wu, P.K. Singh, R. Hartmann, P.‐H. Wang, C.‐C. Lee, T. Hikima, M. Yamamoto, Y. Bessho, K. Drescher, M.‐D. Tsai, A.H.‐J. Wang
IUBMB Life 73, 418-431 (2021). [journal link]

RNA-mediated control of cell shape modulates antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae
R. Herzog, N. Peschek, P.K. Singh, M. Sprenger, F. Meyer, K.S. Fröhlich, L. Schröger, M. Bramkamp, K. Drescher, K. Papenfort
Nature Communications 11, 6067 (2020). [journal link]

Multicellular and unicellular responses of microbial biofilms to stress
D.K.H. Rode*, P.K. Singh*, K. Drescher
Biological Chemistry 401, 1365–1374 (2020). [* equal contribution] [journal link]

Stability of dancing Volvox
T. Ishikawa, T.J. Pedley, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 903, A11 (2020). [journal link] [arXiv]

BacStalk: a comprehensive and interactive image analysis software tool for bacterial cell biology
R. Hartmann*, M.C.F. van Teeseling*, M. Thanbichler, K. Drescher
Molecular Microbiology 114, 140-150 (2020). [* equal contribution] [journal link]
       -- download/use the BacStalk software tool, view video tutorials.

Privatization of biofilm matrix in structurally heterogeneous biofilms
S.B. Otto, M. Martin, D. Schäfer, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, S. Brix, A. Dragoš, A.T. Kovács
mSystems 5, e00425-20 (2020). [journal link]

A tyrosine phosphoregulatory system controls exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae
C. Schwechheimer, K. Hebert, S. Tripathi, P.K. Singh, K.A. Floyd, E.R. Brown, M.E. Porcella, J. Osorio, J.T.M. Kiblen, F.A. Pagliai, K.Drescher, S.M. Rubin, F.H. Yildiz
PLOS Pathogens 16, e1008745 (2020). [journal link]

Upregulation of virulence genes promotes Vibrio cholerae biofilm hyperinfectivity
A.L. Gallego-Hernandez, W.H. DePas, J.H. Park, J.K. Teschler, R. Hartmann, H. Jeckel, K. Drescher, S. Beyhan, D.K. Newman, F.H. Yildiz
PNAS 117, 11010–11017 (2020). [journal link]

Kin discrimination in social yeast is mediated by cell surface receptors of the Flo11 adhesin family
S. Brückner, R. Schubert, T. Kraushaar, R. Hartmann, D. Hoffmann, E. Jelli, K. Drescher, D.J. Müller, L.-O. Essen, H.-U. Mösch
eLife 9, e55587 (2020). [journal link]

Biofilm structure promotes coexistence of phage-resistant and phage-susceptible bacteria
E.L. Simmons, M.C. Bond, B. Koskella, K. Drescher, V. Bucci, C.D. Nadell
mSphere 5, e00877-19 (2020). [bioRxiv] [journal link]

Breakdown of Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture induced by antibiotics disrupts community barrier function
F. Diaz-Pascual, R. Hartmann, M. Lempp, L. Vidakovic, B. Song, H. Jeckel, K.M. Thormann, F.H. Yildiz, J. Dunkel, H. Link, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher
Nature Microbiology 4, 2136-2145 (2019). [Free Access] [journal link]
       -- see perspective by Divya Choudhary and Chloé J. Cassaro in Nature Rev. Microbiol.

Flow-induced symmetry breaking in growing bacterial biofilms
P. Pearce, B. Song, D.J. Skinner, R. Mok, R. Hartmann, P.K. Singh, H. Jeckel, J.S. Oishi, K. Drescher, J. Dunkel
Physical Review Letters 123, 258101 (2019). [journal link] [bioRxiv]

Chemotactic behavior of Escherichia coli at high cell density
R. Colin, K. Drescher, V. Sourjik
Nature Communications 10, 5329 (2019). [journal link]

NosP signaling modulates the NO/H-NOX-mediated multicomponent c-di-GMP network and biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis
L.-M. Nisbett, L. Binnenkade, B.A. Bacon, S. Hossain, N. Kotloski, E. Brutinel, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, D.P. Arora, S. Muralidharan, K.M. Thormann, J.M. Gralnick, E.M. Boon
Biochemistry 58, 4827−4841 (2019). [journal link]

Common concepts for bacterial collectives
H. Jeckel, N. Matthey, K. Drescher
eLife 8, e42697 (2019). [journal link]

Bacterial multicellularity in biofilms
K. Drescher
BIOspektrum 25, 258-260 (2019). [journal link]

Learning the space-time phase diagram of bacterial swarm expansion
H. Jeckel, E. Jelli, R. Hartmann, P.K. Singh, R. Mok, J.F. Totz, L. Vidakovic, B. Eckhardt, J. Dunkel, K. Drescher
PNAS 116, 1489-1494 (2019). [Open Access] [dataset explorer]
       -- Youtube video summary.

Emergence of three-dimensional order and structure in growing biofilms
R. Hartmann, P.K. Singh*, P. Pearce*, R. Mok*, B. Song, F. Diaz-Pascual, J. Dunkel, K. Drescher
Nature Physics 15, 251-256 (2019). [* equal contribution] [journal link] [Europe PMC] [data repository]
       -- see Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo's Perspective in Nature Physics.
       -- see Phil Pearce's "Behind the paper" story.

Selective enrichment of slow-growing bacteria in a metabolism-wide CRISPRi library with a TIMER protein
D. Beuter, J. Gomes-Filho, L. Randau, F. Díaz-Pascual, K. Drescher, H. Link
ACS Synthetic Biology 7, 2775-2782 (2018). [journal link]

Division of labor during biofilm matrix production
A. Dragos, H.T. Kiesewalter, M. Martin, C.-Y. Hsu, R. Hartmann, T. Wechsler, K. Drescher, N. Stanley-Wall, R. Kümmerli, A.T. Kovacs
Current Biology 28, 1-11 (2018). [journal link]
       -- see highlight in Nature Rev. Microbiol. by A. York [link]
       -- see highlight in Current Biology by B. Momeni [link]
       -- see "Behind the Paper" story [link]

Cell adhesion and fluid flow jointly initiate biofilm genetic structure
R. Martinez-Garcia, C.D. Nadell, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, J.A. Bonachela
PLoS Computational Biology 14, e1006094 (2018). [Open Access]

Dynamic biofilm architecture confers individual and collective mechanisms of viral protection
L. Vidakovic, P.K. Singh, R. Hartmann, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher
Nature Microbiology 3, 26-31 (2018). [Free Access] [journal link] [Europe PMC]
       -- see perspective by J. Price & M.R. Chapman in Nature Microbiol. [link]

Phage mobility is a core determinant of phage-bacteria coexistence in biofilms
M. Simmons, K. Drescher, C.D. Nadell, V. Bucci
ISME Journal 12, 531-543 (2018). [Open Access]

Vibrio cholerae combines individual and collective sensing to trigger biofilm dispersal
P.K. Singh, S. Bartalomej, R. Hartmann, H. Jeckel, L. Vidakovic, C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher
Current Biology 27, 1-8 (2017). [Open Access]
       -- see F1000 recommendation by Chris Waters

Structural dynamics of RbmA governs plasticity of Vibrio cholerae biofilms
J.C. Fong, A. Rogers, A.K. Michael, N.C. Parsley, W.C. Cornell, Y.C. Lin, P.K. Singh, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, E. Vinogradov, L.E. Dietrich, C.L. Partch, F.H. Yildiz
eLife 6, e26163 (2017). [Open Access]
       -- see highlight in eLife by Pierrat & Persat [link]
       -- see highlight in Nature Rev. Microbiol. by A. York [link]

Flow environment and matrix structure interact to determine spatial competition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
C.D. Nadell, D. Ricaurte, J. Yan, K. Drescher, B.L. Bassler
eLife 6, e21855 (2017). [Open Access]
       -- see highlight in Trends in Microbiology by Chew & Yang [link]
       -- see article in Quanta Magazine by Carrie Arnold [link]

An emerging grip on the growth of grounded bacteria
C.D. Nadell, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher
ACS Nano 10, 9109-9110 (2016). [journal link]

Diversification of Gene Expression during Formation of Static Submerged Biofilms by Escherichia coli
O. Besharova, V.M. Suchanek, R. Hartmann, K. Drescher, V. Sourjik
Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1568 (2016). [Open Access]

Spatial structure, cooperation, and competition in biofilms
C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher, K.R. Foster
Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 589-600 (2016). [journal link]

Architectural transitions in Vibrio cholerae biofilms at single-cell resolution
K. Drescher, J. Dunkel, C.D. Nadell, S. van Teeffelen, I. Grnja, N.S. Wingreen, H.A. Stone, B.L. Bassler
PNAS 113, E2066–E2072 (2016). [journal link]
   -- see excellent perspective by Gerard C.L. Wong in PNAS [link, pdf]
       -- see highlight in PNAS [link]

The mechanical world of bacteria
A. Persat, C.D. Nadell, K.M. Kim, F. Ingremeau, A. Siryaporn, K. Drescher, N.S. Wingreen, B.L. Bassler, Z. Gitai, H.A. Stone
Cell 161, 988-997 (2015). [journal link]

Extracellular matrix structure governs invasion resistance in bacterial biofilms
C.D. Nadell, K. Drescher, N.S. Wingreen, B.L. Bassler
ISME Journal 9, 1700-1709 (2015). [journal link]

Solutions to the public goods dilemma in bacterial biofilms
K. Drescher, C.D. Nadell, H.A. Stone, N.S. Wingreen, B.L. Bassler
Current Biology 24, 50-55 (2014). [journal link]
   -- see perspective by M.S. Datta & J. Gore in Curr. Biol. [link]
  -- see highlight in Nature [link]
  -- see feature at National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIGMS) [link]
  -- see news story at Princeton [link]

Filaments in curved streamlines: Rapid formation of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm streamers
M.K. Kim, K. Drescher, O.S. Pak, B.L. Bassler, H.A. Stone
New Journal of Physics 16, 065024 (2014). [journal link]
   -- selected by NJP as one of the "Highlights of 2014"
       -- part of special issue on "Physics of Biofilms" [link]
  -- see NPR news story by K. Manke [link]

A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation
C.T. O'Loughlin, L.C. Miller, A. Siryaporn, K. Drescher, M.F. Semmelhack, B.L. Bassler
PNAS 110, 17981-17986 (2013). [journal link]
   -- see highlight in Nature Rev. Microbiol. by C. Tobin Kahrstrom [link]

Biofilm streamers cause catastrophic disruption of flow with consequences for environmental and medical systems
K. Drescher, Y. Shen, B.L. Bassler, H.A. Stone
PNAS 110, 4345-4350 (2013). [journal link]
  -- see highlight in PNAS [link] 
  -- see highlight by the NIH [link] and National Institute of General Medical Sciences [link]
  -- see highlight by the NSF [link]

Fluid dynamics of bacterial turbulence
J. Dunkel, S. Heidenreich, K. Drescher, H.H. Wensink, M. Bär, R.E. Goldstein
Physical Review Letters 110, 228102 (2013). [journal link]
  -- see viewpoint by I. Aranson in Physics [link]

Cutting through the complexity of cell collectives
C.D. Nadell*, V. Bucci*, K. Drescher*, S.A. Levin, B.L. Bassler, J.B. Xavier
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280, 20122770 (2013). [* equal contribution] [journal link]

Swimming like algae: biomimetic soft artificial cilia
S. Sareh, J. Rossiter, A. Conn, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10, 20120666 (2013). [journal link]

Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids
H.H. Wensink*, J. Dunkel*, S. Heidenreich*, K. Drescher*, R.E. Goldstein, H. Löwen, J.M. Yeomans 
PNAS 109, 14308-14313 (2012). [* equal contribution] [journal link]
  -- see highlight by E. Frey in Physik Journal [pdf]

Fluid dynamics and noise in bacterial cell-cell and cell-surface interactions
K. Drescher, J. Dunkel, L.H. Cisneros, S. Ganguly, R.E. Goldstein 
PNAS 108, 10940-10945 (2011). [journal link] [pdf] [video]

The flagellar photoresponse in Volvox species
C.A. Solari, K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein 
Journal of Phycology 47, 580-583 (2011). [journal pdf] [link]

Direct measurement of the flow field around swimming microorganisms
K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein, N. Michel, M. Polin, I. Tuval 
Physical Review Letters 105, 168101 (2010). [pdf] [arxiv][videos: Chlamy, Volvox]
  -- see viewpoint by D. Saintillan in Physics [pdf] 
  -- see commentaries in Physics World [link], Physics Today [link] 

Flagellar phenotypic plasticity in volvocalean algae correlates with Péclet number
C.A. Solari, K. Drescher, S. Ganguly, J.O. Kessler, R.E. Michod, R.E. Goldstein 
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8, 1409-1417 (2011). [pdf]

Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis
K. Drescher, R.E. Goldstein, I. Tuval 
PNAS 107, 11171-11176 (2010). [pdf] [journal link] 
  -- see highlight in PNAS [pdf] 
  -- see summary on HFSP website[link]

Chlamydomonas swims with two 'gears' in a eukaryotic version of run-and-tumble locomotion
M. Polin, I. Tuval, K. Drescher, J.P. Gollub, R.E. Goldstein  
Science 325, 487-490 (2009). [pdf] [supporting material: pdf] [video summary]
  -- see viewpoint in Science by R. Stocker and W. Durham [pdf]
  -- see summary on HFSP website[link]

Dancing Volvox: Hydrodynamic bound states of swimming algae
K. Drescher, K.C. Leptos, I. Tuval, T. Ishikawa, T.J. Pedley, R.E. Goldstein
Physical Review Letters 102, 168101 (2009). [pdf] [arxiv] [videos: 1, 2] [PRL cover, waltzing]
  -- see viewpoint by H. Stark in Physik Journal [pdf] 
  -- see highlights in Nature [pdf], New Scientist [link]
  -- and highlights in Science Now [link], Science News [link], Physics World [link] 
  -- see news by Wissenschaft [link], Smithsonian [link], BBSRC [link], Times of India [link], etc.

How to track protists in three dimensions
K. Drescher, K.C. Leptos, R.E. Goldstein
Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 014301 (2009). [pdf] [arxiv]

Comparison of hypercapnia-based calibration techniques for measurement of cerebral oxygen metabolism with MRI
D.P. Bulte, K. Drescher, P. Jezzard
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 61, 391-398 (2009). [pdf]