| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The research methodology of the parent project includes the step of "innovating theoretical and analytical methods" for microbial biomechanics. In this study, therefore, the mathematical model of phototaxis of microalgae (Gonium) was developed by combining the experimental and mathematical results of the Goldstein Laboratory at the University of Cambridge with the applicant's simulation technology. We have also conducted swimming and feeding analyses of groups of collar flagellates, the origin of multicellular animals, and has expanded microbial biomechanics into evolutionary biology. Besides, we collaborated with Professors Pedley and Lauga of the same department to analyze the stability of microbial swimming and mathematical modeling of microbial suspensions. These results were published in a total of six refereed journal papers, including two in J Fluid Mech, one in Phys Rev E, and one in J Comp Phys.
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