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Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Unity and diversity of cilia in locomotion and transport' compiled and edited by Kirsty Y. Wan and Gáspár Jékely

About the issue

Cilia are hair-like cellular structures with a whip-like motion. They are implicated in key life processes including fertilisation, fluid movement, and mucosal clearance in the human airways. Small planktonic organisms, that are critical to the health and sustainability of our marine ecosystems, often rely on cilia for swimming. These organelles have a conserved architecture that evolved over 1 billion years ago, yet they are highly versatile and can mediate swimming, fluid flow and even sensing in many different contexts. This remarkable ‘unity and diversity’ of cilia necessitates the need for cross-species study. This theme issue brings together biologists, biophysicists and mathematicians to highlight the range of systems in which motile cilia fulfil vital functions and explore novel interdisciplinary approaches.

This issue is based on a Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting held in March 2019, organised by Gáspár Jékely, Raymond Goldstein and Kirsty Wan.

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INTRODUCTION

Introduction
On the unity and diversity of cilia
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190148

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0148

ARTICLES

Review articles
Asymmetries in the cilia of Chlamydomonas
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190153

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0153

Research articles
Testing the role of intraflagellar transport in flagellar length control using length-altering mutants of Chlamydomonas
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190159

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0159

Research articles
The unity and diversity of the ciliary central apparatus
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190164

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0164

Research articles
Cilia oscillations
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190157

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0157

Review articles
The steering gaits of sperm
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190149

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0149

Research articles
Synchrony and symmetry-breaking in active flagellar coordination
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190393

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0393

Research articles
Motile cilia hydrodynamics: entrainment versus synchronization when coupling through flow
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190152

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0152

Research articles
Reorganization of complex ciliary flows around regenerating Stentor coeruleus
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190167

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0167

Review articles
Multiscale mechanics of mucociliary clearance in the lung
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190160

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0160

Review articles
Cilia-driven flows in the brain third ventricle
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190154

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0154

Review articles
Neuronal coordination of motile cilia in locomotion and feeding
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190165

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0165

Research articles
Simulations of particle tracking in the oligociliated mouse node and implications for left–right symmetry-breaking mechanics
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190161

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0161

Opinion piece
Chemosensing versus mechanosensing in nodal and Kupffer's vesicle cilia and in other left–right organizer organs
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190566

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0566

Review articles
The role of motile cilia in the development and physiology of the nervous system
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190156

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0156

Review articles
Cilia in the developing zebrafish ear
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190163

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0163

Review articles
Diversity of cilia-based mechanosensory systems and their functions in marine animal behaviour
Published:30 December 2019Article ID:20190376

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0376