PHILIP PEARCE 
  • HOME
  • GROUP
  • RESEARCH
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • JOIN
  • CONTACT

Research Papers

Where papers are not open access, alternative links are given if available (e.g. bioRxiv, PubMed). See also Google Scholar.

Pre-prints

  • Chemotaxis of cell aggregates: morphology and dynamics of migrating active droplets.
    G.L. Celora†, B.J. Walker, M.P. Dalwadi†, P. Pearce†.
    arXiv. 2602.20088 (2026) (DOI)
  • Intermittent attachments form three-dimensional cell aggregates with emergent fluid properties.
    D.P. Panigrahi, G.L. Celora, H.Z. Ford, R.H. Insall, R. Bhat, A. Manhart, P. Pearce†.
    bioRxiv. 2025.09.24.678186 (2025) (DOI)
  • Targeted disruption of phage liquid crystalline droplets abolishes antibiotic tolerance of bacterial biofilms.
    A.K. Tarafder†, M. Graham*, L.K. Davis*, S. Pratt, J. Boehning, P. Manivannan, Z. Wang, C.M. Clemente, R.J. Owens, G.A. O'Toole, P. Pearce, T.A.M. Bharat†.
    bioRxiv. 2025.07.28.667140 (2025) (DOI)
  • Mesoscopic heterogeneity in biomolecular condensates from sequence patterning.
    L. Davis, A. Baldwin, P. Pearce†.
    arXiv. 2502.14587 (2025) (DOI)

Publications

  • A shear-induced limit on bacterial surface adhesion in fluid flow.
    E.F. Yeo† , B.J. Walker, P. Pearce, M.P. Dalwadi.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123.4 (2026): e2516069123 (DOI)
  • Effective permeability conditions for diffusive transport through impermeable membranes with gaps.
    M. Brennan, E.F. Yeo, P. Pearce, M.P. Dalwadi†.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society A 482.2331 (2026): 20250703 (DOI)
  • Suspension physics govern the multiscale dynamics of blood flow in sickle cell disease.
    H.M. Szafraniec, F. Bull, J.M. Higgins, H.A. Stone, T. Kruger, P. Pearce†, D.K. Wood†.
    Science Advances 12.1 (2026): eadx3842 (DOI)
  • Emergent clogging of continuum particle suspensions in constricted channels.
    A.A. Herale, P. Pearce†, D.R. Hewitt†.
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1017 (2025): A24 (DOI)
  • Pattern formation along signaling gradients driven by active droplet behaviour of cell swarms.
    H.Z. Ford*, G.L. Celora*, E.R. Westbrook, M.P. Dalwadi, B.J. Walker, H. Baumann, C.J. Weijer, P. Pearce† and J.R. Chubb†.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122.21 (2025): e2419152122 (DOI)
  • Hydrodynamic interactions between rough surfaces.
    E. Yariv, R. Brandao, D.K. Wood, H. Szafraniec, J.M. Higgins, P. Bazazi, P. Pearce and H.A. Stone†.
    Physical Review Fluids 9 (2024):L032301 (DOI)
  • Motility-Induced Phase Separation Mediated by Bacterial Quorum Sensing.
    W.J.M. Ridgway†, M.P. Dalwadi†, P. Pearce† and S.J. Chapman†.
    Physical Review Letters 131 (2023):228302 (DOI)
  • Biophysical basis of filamentous phage tactoid-mediated antibiotic tolerance in P. aeruginosa.
    J. Böhning, M. Graham, S.C. Letham, L.K. Davis, U. Schulze, P.J. Stansfeld, R.A. Corey, P. Pearce, A.K. Tarafder† and T.A.M. Bharat†.
    Nature Communications (2023) (DOI)
  • Universal dynamics of biological pattern formation in spatio-temporal morphogen variations.
    M.P. Dalwadi*† and P. Pearce*†.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society A 479 (2023):20220829 (DOI)
  • Feature tracking microfluidic analysis reveals differential roles of viscosity and friction in sickle cell blood.
    H. M. Szafraniec*, J.M. Valdez*, E. Iffrig, W. A. Lam, J.M. Higgins, P. Pearce† and D.K. Wood†.
    Lab on a Chip (2022) (DOI)
  • Emergent robustness of bacterial quorum sensing in fluid flow.
    M.P. Dalwadi*† and P. Pearce*†.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118.10 (2021): e2022312118 (DOI)
  • Flow-induced symmetry breaking in growing bacterial biofilms.
    P. Pearce, B. Song, D.J. Skinner, R. Mok, R. Hartmann, P.K. Singh, H. Jeckel, K. Drescher† and J. Dunkel†.
    Physical Review Letters 123.25 (2019): 258101 (DOI, bioRxiv)
  • Learning dynamical information from static protein and sequencing data.
    P. Pearce, F. Woodhouse, A. Forrow, A. Kelly, H. Kusumaatmaja† and J. Dunkel†.
    Nature Communications 10 (2019): 5368 (DOI)
  • Physical and geometric determinants of transport in feto-placental microvascular networks.
    A. Erlich*, P. Pearce*, R. Plitman Mayo, O.E. Jensen and I.L. Chernyavsky†.
    Science Advances 5.4 (2019): eaav6326 (DOI)
  • 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† and K. Drescher†.
    Nature Physics 15.3 (2019): 251-256 (DOI, PubMed)
  • Taylor dispersion in premixed combustion: Questions from turbulent combustion answered for laminar flames.
    J. Daou†, P. Pearce and F. Al-Malki.
    Physical Review Fluids 3 (2018): 023201 (DOI)
  • Initiation and evolution of triple flames subject to thermal expansion and gravity.
    P. Pearce† and J. Daou†.
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36.1 (2017): 1431-1437 (DOI)
  • Image-Based Modeling of Blood Flow and Oxygen Transfer in Feto-Placental Capillaries.
    P. Pearce†, P. Brownbill, J. Janacek, M. Jirkovska, L. Kubinova, I.L. Chernyavsky and O.E. Jensen.
    PLoS ONE 11.10 (2016): e0165369 (DOI)
  • Flame balls in non-uniform mixtures: existence and finite activation energy effects.
    R. Daou, P. Pearce and J. Daou†.
    Combustion Theory and Modelling 20.1 (2016): 1-33 (DOI)
  • Taylor dispersion and thermal expansion effects on flame propagation in a narrow channel.
    P. Pearce† and J. Daou.
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 754 (2014): 161-183 (DOI)
  • Rayleigh-Benard instability generated by a diffusion flame.
    P. Pearce and J. Daou†.
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 736 (2013): 464-494 (DOI)
  • The effect of gravity and thermal expansion on the propagation of a triple flame in a horizontal channel.
    P. Pearce† and J. Daou†.
    Combustion and Flame 160.12 (2013): 2800-2809 (DOI)

*Equal contribution
†Corresponding author

Other articles

  • Maths in Medicine: How to survive a science fair.
    P. Pearce and T. Shearer. Mathematics Today 52.3 (2016):135-139 (author's version; published version can be found here)
  • Modelling stalk-sheath interactions in grasses
    L Band, D Cook, M Dalwadi, J Fozard, OE Jensen, J King, F Nouri, P Pearce, S Pearce, C Spalding and H Williams. Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group Report (2016)
  • Propagation and stability of flames in inhomogeneous mixtures
    P Pearce. PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, (2015)
  • Understanding patterns of haemorrhage in the eye
    R Bonshek, S Cowley, OE Jensen, P Pearce, A Ravi, P Stewart, R Whittaker, and M Zouache. NC3Rs Mathematics in Medicine Study Group Report (2014)