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 Arrival and Refreshments

Welcome - Peter Sollich and Richard Blythe

Invited Talk I - Julien Tailleur: Self-organization of motile cells by quorum-sensing or chemotactic interactions

Informal Discussion

Participants can use this time to drop bags off etc if need be

Walking Tour - Matt Metson and Richard Blythe

Depart from 50 George Square

Free time

Thursday, 19 May

1 Invited Talk II - Thomas Speck

Scalar active matter: From microscopic to macroscopic

2 Collaboration talk I - Bartłomiej Wacław

Collective phenomena in a model of growing and motile active matter

3 Collaboration talk II - Aidan Brown

Buckling transitions in growing bacterial colonies

Break

4 Collaboration talk III - Philip Bittihn

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

5 Collaboration talk IV - Ramin Golestanian

Bose-Einstein Condensation in Active Matter

Lunch

6 Invited talk III - Etienne Fodor

Thermodynamics of active field theories: From quantifying to optimizing dissipation

7 Collaboration talk V - Stefan Klumpp

Patterns and mechanics in systems of active filaments

8 Collaboration talk VI - Johannes Zierenberg

Fluctuation induced bistability in neural networks

Break

9 Invited talk IV - Silke Henkes

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

10 Collaboration talk VII - Davide Michieletto

Topologically Active Polymers

11 General Discussion

12 Conference Dinner

Friday, 20 May

13 Invited talk V - Demian Levis

Dry active matter at high densities

14 Collaboration talk VIII - Tyler Shendruk

Polymicrobial Interactions and Motility: Statistical Analysis of Psuedomonas Motility in the Presence of Staphylococcus

15 Collaboration talk IX - Richard Blythe / Francesco Cagnetta

Interfaces in dense active matter

11:00 Break

16 Wrap-up and next steps - Peter Sollich / Richard Blythe

12:30 Lunch and depart