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

18 May 2022, 09:00 → 20 May 2022, 17:00 Europe/London

Wednesday 18 May

15:00 → 15:45 Arrival and Refreshments

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

Scalar active matter: From microscopic to macroscopic

10:00 → 10:30 Collaboration talk I - Bartłomiej Wacław

Collective phenomena in a model of growing and motile active matter

10:30 → 11:00 Collaboration talk II - Aidan Brown

Buckling transitions in growing bacterial colonies

11:00 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 12:00 Collaboration talk III - Philip Bittihn

Nutrient gradients mediate complex colony-level antibiotic responses in structured microbial populations

12:00 → 12:30 Collaboration talk IV - Ramin Golestanian

Bose-Einstein Condensation in Active Matter

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:15 Invited talk III - Etienne Fodor

Thermodynamics of active field theories: From quantifying to optimizing dissipation

14:15 → 14:45 Collaboration talk V - Stefan Klumpp

Patterns and mechanics in systems of active filaments

14:45 → 15:15 Collaboration talk VI - Johannes Zierenberg

Fluctuation induced bistability in neural networks

15:15 → 15:45 Break

15:45 → 16:30 Invited talk IV - Silke Henkes

Flow, fluctuate and freeze: Epithelial cell sheets as soft active matter

16:30 → 17:00 Collaboration talk VII - Davide Michieletto

Topologically Active Polymers

17:00 → 17:30 General Discussion

19:00 → 19:01 Conference Dinner

Friday 20 May

09:15 → 10:00 Invited talk V - Demian Levis

Dry active matter at high densities

10:00 → 10:30 Collaboration talk VIII - Tyler Shendruk

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

Interfaces in dense active matter

11:00 → 11:30 Break

11:30 → 12:30 Wrap-up and next steps - Peter Sollich / Richard Blythe

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch and depart