Name: Statistical mechanical theories of emergence in biological systems (Higgs Centre Workshop)
Start: 2022-05-18T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-05-20T17:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

Wednesday, 18 May
- 15:00 → 15:45
  
  Arrival and Refreshments 45m G.06 (50 George Sq)
  
  G.06
  
  50 George Sq
  
  50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU
- 15:45 → 16:00
  
  Welcome - Peter Sollich and Richard Blythe
- 16:00 → 16:45
  
  Invited Talk I - Julien Tailleur: Self-organization of motile cells by quorum-sensing or chemotactic interactions
- 16:45 → 18:00
  
  Informal Discussion
  
  Participants can use this time to drop bags off etc if need be
- 18:00 → 19:30
  
  Walking Tour - Matt Metson and Richard Blythe
  
  Depart from 50 George Square
- 19:30 → 19:32
  
  Free time
Thursday, 19 May
- 09:15 → 10:00
  
  Invited Talk II - Thomas Speck 45m Higgs Centre (James Clerk Maxwell Building)
  
  Higgs Centre
  
  James Clerk Maxwell Building
  
  Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD
  
  Scalar active matter: From microscopic to macroscopic
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Collaboration talk I - Bartłomiej Wacław 30m
  
  Collective phenomena in a model of growing and motile active matter
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Collaboration talk II - Aidan Brown 30m
  
  Buckling transitions in growing bacterial colonies
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Break Magnet Cafe
  
  Magnet Cafe
  
  3rd floor, James Clerk Maxwell Building
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  Collaboration talk III - Philip Bittihn 30m
  
  Nutrient gradients mediate complex colony-level antibiotic responses in structured microbial populations
- 12:00 → 12:30
  
  Collaboration talk IV - Ramin Golestanian 30m
  
  Bose-Einstein Condensation in Active Matter
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch Magnet Cafe
  
  Magnet Cafe
- 13:30 → 14:15
  
  Invited talk III - Etienne Fodor 45m
  
  Thermodynamics of active field theories: From quantifying to optimizing dissipation
- 14:15 → 14:45
  
  Collaboration talk V - Stefan Klumpp 30m
  
  Patterns and mechanics in systems of active filaments
- 14:45 → 15:15
  
  Collaboration talk VI - Johannes Zierenberg 30m
  
  Fluctuation induced bistability in neural networks
- 15:15 → 15:45
  
  Break Magnet Cafe
  
  Magnet Cafe
- 15:45 → 16:30
  
  Invited talk IV - Silke Henkes 45m
  
  Flow, fluctuate and freeze: Epithelial cell sheets as soft active matter
- 16:30 → 17:00
  
  Collaboration talk VII - Davide Michieletto 30m
  
  Topologically Active Polymers
- 17:00 → 17:30
  
  General Discussion 30m
- 19:00 → 19:01
  
  Conference Dinner 1m Blonde Restaurant
  
  Blonde Restaurant
  
  71-75 St. Leonard's St, Edinburgh EH8 9QR
Friday, 20 May
- 09:15 → 10:00
  
  Invited talk V - Demian Levis 45m Higgs Centre (James Clerk Maxwell Building)
  
  Higgs Centre
  
  James Clerk Maxwell Building
  
  Dry active matter at high densities
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Collaboration talk VIII - Tyler Shendruk 30m
  
  Polymicrobial Interactions and Motility: Statistical Analysis of Psuedomonas Motility in the Presence of Staphylococcus
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Collaboration talk IX - Richard Blythe / Francesco Cagnetta 30m
  
  Interfaces in dense active matter
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Break 30m Magnet Cafe
  
  Magnet Cafe
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Wrap-up and next steps - Peter Sollich / Richard Blythe 1h
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch and depart 1h Magnet Cafe
  
  Magnet Cafe

Statistical mechanical theories of emergence in biological systems (Higgs Centre Workshop)

G.06

50 George Sq

Higgs Centre

James Clerk Maxwell Building

Magnet Cafe

Magnet Cafe

Magnet Cafe

Blonde Restaurant

Higgs Centre

James Clerk Maxwell Building

Magnet Cafe

Magnet Cafe