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ArticleAnnual review of condensed matter physics2022

Olfactory Sensing and Navigation in Turbulent Environments.

Gautam Reddy, Venkatesh N Murthy, Massimo Vergassola

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Article in Annual review of condensed matter physics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Mice navigate scent trails using predictive policies.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  17. Optimal switching strategies for navigation in stochastic settings.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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  20. Design Principles From Natural Olfaction for Electronic Noses.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Gautam ReddyNSF-Simons Center for Mathematical & Statistical Analysis of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Venkatesh N MurthyDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Massimo VergassolaLaboratoire de physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

Funding

KITP Interdisciplinary Biology InitiativeR25GM067110 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI SHRAIMAN, BORIS I · 2003 to 2018
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM067110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluid turbulence is a double-edged sword for the navigation of macroscopic animals, such as birds, insects, and rodents. On the one hand, turbulence enables pheromone communication among mates and the possibility of locating food by their odors from long distances. Molecular diffusion would indeed be unable to spread odors over relevant distances in natural conditions. On the other hand, turbulent flows are hard to predict, and learning effective maneuvers to navigate them is challenging, as we discuss in this review. We first provide a summary of the olfactory organs that sense airborne or surface-bound odors, as well as the computational tasks that animals face when extracting information useful for navigation from an olfactory signal. A compendium of the dynamics of turbulent transport emphasizes those aspects that directly impact animals' behavior. The state of the art on navigational strategies is discussed, followed by a concluding section dedicated to future challenges in the field.

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biological navigationfluid turbulenceneurobiologyodor transportolfaction

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PMID41488225
PMCPMC12758385

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