A particle-in-cell framework for the simulation of cellular chemotaxis

Particle-in-Cell (PIC);finite-difference;chemotaxis;hopscotch;bacteria;E. coli

Wrobel, Matthew ; Olson ; Luke N.

关键词: Particle-in-Cell (PIC);    finite-difference;    chemotaxis;    hopscotch;    bacteria;    E. coli;   

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【 摘 要 】

Cellular chemotaxis is the motion of biological cells in response to a chemical|namely its gradient. Inparticular, the study of bacterial chemotaxis and immune-cell chemotaxis are of interest in immunology.A possible framework for modelling cellular chemotaxis involves simultaneously advancing the chemical'suid equations using anite di erence approach, and a particle model of the cellular motion, to which theyare coupled. Results in the limited scope of bacterial (agellated) chemotaxis show the framework to beviable. Further research is warranted to validate current components and extend the framework's capabilitiesthrough new components.ii