Elife April 2019 PMID 31021320

Shared behavioral mechanisms underlie aggregation and swarming.

Siyu Serena Ding, Linus J Schumacher, Avelino E Javer, Robert G Endres, André Ex Brown

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Several discussions revolve around the fascinating aspects of collective behavior in C. elegans, with phrases like 'diverse, complex, and fascinating' and references to 'incredible simulations.' The tone conveys excitement, and users often share links to the research, indicating a strong engagement with the material while demonstrating an enthusiastic and educational approach to the subject.

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Abstract in brief

  • In complex biological systems, simple behaviors at the individual level can lead to complex group behaviors, but the mesoscopic scale is not well understood.
  • This study focuses on collective feeding in roundworms, utilizing quantitative phenotyping and agent-based modeling to uncover the behavioral rules that promote aggregation and swarming behaviors.
  • The research identifies three key rules for aggregation: changes in movement direction at cluster edges, a switch in crawling speed based on population density, and attraction to nearby worms, suggesting swarming evolves from local food shortages while using similar mechanisms as aggregation.

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Iain Couzin
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You forgot their collective behavior. It’s diverse, complex and fascinating! It’s like saying an ant isn’t interesting. https://t.co/d1CyNgs499 https://t.co/LWLfsout9L https://t.co/t2Z5jIPvPF https://t.co/Sjx7ajfeyE https://t.co/UEUymEZJFI

Jul 20, 2020 · 37 likes · 3 shares · 12,197 followers View post →
eLife - the journal
@eLife · X

Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1VlFnIlmW

May 31, 2019 · 34 likes · 12 shares · 171,810 followers View post →
eLife - the journal
@eLife · X

Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw8rBftI

Jun 28, 2019 · 26 likes · 4 shares · 171,810 followers View post →
Linus Schumacher
@LinusSchumacher · X

Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out for you, with @SSerenaDing and @aexbrown Hot of the online press @eLife - full electronic version following soon! https://t.co/f5FbHR0RJH

Apr 26, 2019 · 19 likes · 9 shares · 1,137 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

Representing @aexbrown’s group at #Worm19. Come see my poster 770A Friday evening on our recent paper on C. elegans collective behaviour https://t.co/Nfif3S8vtE. I promise to entertain with exciting behaviour videos!

Jun 20, 2019 · 16 likes · 4 shares · 888 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

The full version of our paper on C. elegans collective behaviour just came out! Find out how worms aggregate and swarm, with cool videos to entertain too! https://t.co/Nfif3S8vtE. Many thanks to my co-authors @LinusSchumacher @aexbrown (1/2)

May 17, 2019 · 15 likes · 3 shares · 888 followers View post →

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bioRxiv Published
@biorxiv_pubd · X

Shared behavioral mechanisms underlie C. elegans aggregation and swarming published as: https://t.co/GsZScDCgXR @eLife #biorxiv

Jun 3, 2021 · 2,905 followers View post →
Subash Ray
@subashKray · X

RT @icouzin: You forgot their collective behavior. It’s diverse, complex and fascinating! It’s like saying an ant isn’t interesting. https:…

Jul 20, 2020 · 3 shares · 340 followers View post →
Takuma Sugi
@Phageman0911 · X

RT @icouzin: You forgot their collective behavior. It’s diverse, complex and fascinating! It’s like saying an ant isn’t interesting. https:…

Jul 20, 2020 · 3 shares · 802 followers View post →
Andrea Perna
@_A_Perna_ · X

RT @icouzin: You forgot their collective behavior. It’s diverse, complex and fascinating! It’s like saying an ant isn’t interesting. https:…

Jul 20, 2020 · 3 shares · 673 followers View post →
Iain Couzin
@icouzin · X

You forgot their collective behavior. It’s diverse, complex and fascinating! It’s like saying an ant isn’t interesting. https://t.co/d1CyNgs499 https://t.co/LWLfsout9L https://t.co/t2Z5jIPvPF https://t.co/Sjx7ajfeyE https://t.co/UEUymEZJFI

Jul 20, 2020 · 37 likes · 3 shares · 12,197 followers View post →
Ailie MacKenzie
@MackenzieAilie · X

What happens when a thousand roundworms run out of food? They swarm! We were lucky to find out more in an awesome @MQBiology seminar by @SSerenaDing, but you can read up on complex collective behaviour in C. elegans right here! https://t.co/nxuIL4mwNj #MResFrontiers2020 https://t.co/m4x1ZlVArO

Mar 4, 2020 · 3 likes · 82 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

@JianTay1 Glad you enjoyed it! Of course, the code is here https://t.co/nOK18xUZd3. The paper is here https://t.co/Nfif3RQU54 and probably contains more useful details. Give @LinusSchumacher and myself a shout if you need anything else!

Mar 2, 2020 · 888 followers View post →
Shannon W Kaiser
@shannonwkaiser · X

How do animals behave? Fantastic seminar @MQBiology! @SSerenaDing and her team have done some amazing work. Including shedding light on three behavioural rules for animal swarming and aggregation. Check it out! https://t.co/l62DaAeDw5 #MResFrontiers2020

Feb 26, 2020 · 5 likes · 356 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

RT @StephDeering95: The ultimate buddy system? Amazing seminar by @SSerenaDing at @MQBiology discussing mechanisms behind aggregation behav…

Feb 26, 2020 · 2 shares · 888 followers View post →
Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences
@mqnatsci · X

RT @StephDeering95: The ultimate buddy system? Amazing seminar by @SSerenaDing at @MQBiology discussing mechanisms behind aggregation behav…

Feb 26, 2020 · 2 shares · 2,281 followers View post →
Steph Deering
@StephDeering95 · X

The ultimate buddy system? Amazing seminar by @SSerenaDing at @MQBiology discussing mechanisms behind aggregation behaviour in roundworms, confirming collective behaviours on a mesoscale! Plus some pretty incredible simulations.. https://t.co/mIP4WatkRR #MresFrontiers2020

Feb 26, 2020 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 369 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

Today I'm hugely excited to head to Bristol, home of the C. elegans N2 strain, to talk about how weird N2 worms are in collective behaviour terms. Thanks @HermesGadelha for the invitation to present our work to an engineering mathematics audience! https://t.co/Nfif3RQU54

Dec 11, 2019 · 12 likes · 888 followers View post →
TheTweetOfRhea
@TheTweetOfRhea · X

https://t.co/BCu60qislZ

Sep 21, 2019 · 44,205 followers View post →
Veronica Biga
@BigaVeronica · X

Learning about the rules of worm clusters and swarming behaviour @SSerenaDing ⁦@LinusSchumacher⁩ #PLM14 https://t.co/1ExR4hHGNc

Sep 3, 2019 · 5 likes · 219 followers View post →
Linus Schumacher
@LinusSchumacher · X

Read the first part of this work published here, where we investigate the mechanisms underlying “social” aggregation and swarming in C. elegans https://t.co/fJ1LMb2Dvg #plm14

Sep 3, 2019 · 3 likes · 1,137 followers View post →
Christelle AM Robert
@CAM_Robert_Bern · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw…

Jul 1, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,324 followers View post →
Rubén González
@GonzalezRvirus · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw…

Jun 28, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,824 followers View post →
Knowledgr
@theknowledgr · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw…

Jun 28, 2019 · 4 shares · 513 followers View post →
Hongjie Li
@HongjieLi1 · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw…

Jun 28, 2019 · 4 shares · 309 followers View post →
eLife - the journal
@eLife · X

Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/Cavw8rBftI

Jun 28, 2019 · 26 likes · 4 shares · 171,810 followers View post →
Chee Wai Lee
@cheelee_tweets · X

RT @SSerenaDing: Representing @aexbrown’s group at #Worm19. Come see my poster 770A Friday evening on our recent paper on C. elegans collec…

Jun 20, 2019 · 4 shares · 168 followers View post →
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)
@MRC_LMS · X

RT @SSerenaDing: Representing @aexbrown’s group at #Worm19. Come see my poster 770A Friday evening on our recent paper on C. elegans collec…

Jun 20, 2019 · 4 shares · 6,179 followers View post →
Andre Brown
@aexbrown · X

RT @SSerenaDing: Representing @aexbrown’s group at #Worm19. Come see my poster 770A Friday evening on our recent paper on C. elegans collec…

Jun 20, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,305 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

Representing @aexbrown’s group at #Worm19. Come see my poster 770A Friday evening on our recent paper on C. elegans collective behaviour https://t.co/Nfif3S8vtE. I promise to entertain with exciting behaviour videos!

Jun 20, 2019 · 16 likes · 4 shares · 888 followers View post →
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)
@MRC_LMS · X

When you play a video of a striking worm collective behaviour like this, people naturally want to know what it is all about. https://t.co/iun1A4MXVS

Jun 19, 2019 · 6,179 followers View post →
Dr Soph Milbourne
@sophtalkssci · X

RT @MRC_LMS: Tomorrow I’m heading to the biggest C. elegans conference that takes place every other year in Los Angeles, USA. The meeting i…

Jun 19, 2019 · 1 share · 7,633 followers View post →
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)
@MRC_LMS · X

Tomorrow I’m heading to the biggest C. elegans conference that takes place every other year in Los Angeles, USA. The meeting is attended by thousands of worm researchers and I will be presenting my work that’s been recently published https://t.co/l540EO3qUe. #MRCFestival #Worm19

Jun 19, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 6,179 followers View post →
Troy McDiarmid
@TroyMcDiarmid · X

Submitting my application for coolest place someone has read @SSerenaDing and @aexbrown ‘s new @eLife paper on C. elegans swarming (https://t.co/yXFR3DU1mR). At the base of Mt. Cayley, 2 hrs up a forest service road in the backcountry of British Columbia. https://t.co/zoYr498j5f

Jun 6, 2019 · 11 likes · 562 followers View post →
Guy Caldwelll
@wormshack_UA · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

Jun 1, 2019 · 12 shares · 389 followers View post →
Ram Fernando
@RamFernando1 · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

Jun 1, 2019 · 12 shares · 905 followers View post →
MIF
@Issa_29_02 · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

Jun 1, 2019 · 12 shares · 134 followers View post →
Bin Qi
@AndyTuringQi · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 9 followers View post →
Raphael Bednarsky
@R_Bednarsky · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 159 followers View post →
Greg Alanis-Lobato
@greg_alanis · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 179 followers View post →
Tadasu Nozaki
@tadasu443 · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 573 followers View post →
山田涼太 | Science Aid CEO
@roy29fuku · X

C. elegans(線虫)の群れの動きをエージェント・ベース・モデルでシミュレーション mesoscopicという単語を初めて知った https://t.co/JJwN6RrFwW https://t.co/16iy6gDgeC

May 31, 2019 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 1,784 followers View post →
Mason Neuroscience
@MasonNeuro · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 533 followers View post →
Carlos R.
@crubiom · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

May 31, 2019 · 12 shares · 507 followers View post →
Omoteta+
@omoteta · X

RT @eLife: Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1Vl…

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eLife - the journal
@eLife · X

Shared behavioural mechanisms underlie the aggregation and swarming of a nematode worm https://t.co/r1xLdTTURu https://t.co/P1VlFnIlmW

May 31, 2019 · 34 likes · 12 shares · 171,810 followers View post →
Paul Macklin
@MathCancer · X

RT @SSerenaDing: The full version of our paper on C. elegans collective behaviour just came out! Find out how worms aggregate and swarm, wi…

May 17, 2019 · 3 shares · 5,880 followers View post →
Jake Scott
@CancerConnector · X

RT @SSerenaDing: The full version of our paper on C. elegans collective behaviour just came out! Find out how worms aggregate and swarm, wi…

May 17, 2019 · 3 shares · 4,919 followers View post →
Linus Schumacher
@LinusSchumacher · X

RT @SSerenaDing: The full version of our paper on C. elegans collective behaviour just came out! Find out how worms aggregate and swarm, wi…

May 17, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,137 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

The full version of our paper on C. elegans collective behaviour just came out! Find out how worms aggregate and swarm, with cool videos to entertain too! https://t.co/Nfif3S8vtE. Many thanks to my co-authors @LinusSchumacher @aexbrown (1/2)

May 17, 2019 · 15 likes · 3 shares · 888 followers View post →
* Checks Notes, Shakes Head *
@balicea1 · X

RT @SSerenaDing: It's been a great few days visiting @icouzin in Konstanz and speaking of our latest work on C. elegans collective behaviou…

May 16, 2019 · 3 shares · 415 followers View post →
Chee Wai Lee
@cheelee_tweets · X

RT @SSerenaDing: It's been a great few days visiting @icouzin in Konstanz and speaking of our latest work on C. elegans collective behaviou…

May 16, 2019 · 3 shares · 168 followers View post →
Andre Brown
@aexbrown · X

RT @SSerenaDing: It's been a great few days visiting @icouzin in Konstanz and speaking of our latest work on C. elegans collective behaviou…

May 16, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,305 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

It's been a great few days visiting @icouzin in Konstanz and speaking of our latest work on C. elegans collective behaviour https://t.co/Nfif3S8vtE. Met many wonderful people and ate plenty of potatoes. Thanks for the hospitality!

May 16, 2019 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 888 followers View post →
Janna Fierst
@Fierst_Lab · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 1,022 followers View post →
Serena Ding
@SSerenaDing · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 888 followers View post →
Vahid Shahrezaei
@VShahrezaei · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 539 followers View post →
Oded Rechavi
@OdedRechavi · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 143,894 followers View post →
Alex Fletcher
@AlexGFletcher · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 1,487 followers View post →
Chee Wai Lee
@cheelee_tweets · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 168 followers View post →
Greg Stephens
@greg_stephens · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 598 followers View post →
Jake Scott
@CancerConnector · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 4,919 followers View post →
Andre Brown
@aexbrown · X

RT @LinusSchumacher: Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out fo…

Apr 26, 2019 · 9 shares · 1,305 followers View post →
Linus Schumacher
@LinusSchumacher · X

Did you know that #celegans nematode worms could swarm? Always wondered how do they do it? We've gone and found out for you, with @SSerenaDing and @aexbrown Hot of the online press @eLife - full electronic version following soon! https://t.co/f5FbHR0RJH

Apr 26, 2019 · 19 likes · 9 shares · 1,137 followers View post →