So you think you understand everything about #Chlamydomonas photoresponses? think again! #protists #behaviour #cilia To explain how Chlamy switches handedness from swimming in CCW circles in low-light to CW in high-light... see our new preprint led by Alan Tsang (HKU) 👇 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Turns out, Chlamy can manipulate biflagellar dominance not only through beat waveform, phase, but also beat plane (!), in response to light stimuli. This extra degree of freedom, not often appreciated, leads to a highly robust navigation strategy spanning several orders in effective diffusivity!