Publications


Last updated: Oct 17, 2026. For a complete list, refer to my google scholar page.

Pedagogy


Using Published Undergraduate Biomechanics Research on Hydra Mouth Opening to Train Undergraduates


Stephen Hackler, Tapan Goel, Jonah Pacis, Eva-Maria Schötz Collins

The Biophysicist, vol. 6, Biophysical Society, 2025 Dec, pp. 110--126


Quantifying Planarian Behavior as an Introduction to Object Tracking and Signal Processing


Nicole C. Stowell, Tapan Goel, Vir Shetty, Jocelyne Noveral, Eva-Maria S. Collins

The Biophysicist, vol. 2, Biophysical Society, 2021 Dec, pp. 1--17

Research Articles


The adaptive plasticity of temperate phage λ


Sylvain Gandon, Tapan Goel, Joshua S Weitz, Sébastien Lion

Virus Evolution, vol. 12, 2026 Jan, pp. veag026


Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments


Tapan Goel, Stephen J Beckett, Joshua S Weitz

Virus Evolution, vol. 11, 2025 Jan, pp. veaf019


Nonlinear elasticity and short-range mechanical coupling govern the rate and symmetry of mouth opening in Hydra


Tapan Goel, Ellen M. Adams, April L. Bialas, Cassidy M. Tran, Trevor Rowe, Sara Martin, Maia Chandler, Johanna Schubert, Patrick H. Diamond, Eva-Maria S. Collins

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 291(2017), 2024, p. 20232123


Mechano-Chemical Coupling in Hydra Regeneration and Patterning


Rui Wang, April L Bialas, Tapan Goel, Eva-Maria S Collins

Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 63, 2023 Dec, pp. 1422-1441


Let it rip: the mechanics of self-bisection in asexual planarians determines their population reproductive strategies


Tapan Goel, Danielle Ireland, Vir Shetty, Christina Rabeler, Patrick H Diamond, Eva-Maria S Collins

Physical Biology, vol. 19, IOP Publishing, 2021 Nov, p. 016002


Linalool acts as a fast and reversible anesthetic in Hydra


Tapan Goel, Rui Wang, Sara Martin, Elizabeth Lanphear, Eva-Maria S. Collins

PLOS ONE, vol. 14, Public Library of Science, 2019 Oct, pp. 1-33


Mouth Function Determines the Shape Oscillation Pattern in Regenerating Hydra Tissue Spheres


Rui Wang, Tapan Goel, Kate Khazoyan, Ziad Sabry, Heng J. Quan, Patrick H. Diamond, Eva-Maria S. Collins

Biophysical Journal, vol. 117, 2019 Sep, pp. 1145--1155

Preprints


Interpreting Breakthrough Infections Given Assortative Mixing of Partially Vaccinated Populations


Mallory J. Harris, Akash Arani, Tapan Goel, Kejia Zhang, Stephen J. Beckett, Nathan C. Lo, Jonathan Dushoff, Joshua S. Weitz

medRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2026


Prophage induction states drive structural and synergistic outcomes in marine bacterial biofilms


Matthew J. Tuttle, Gabi Steinbach, Tapan Goel, Joshua S. Weitz, Alison Buchan

bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2025