Physics of Biological Systems
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Tuesday 27 May 2025 (09:00)
to
Thursday 29 May 2025 (15:05)
Monday 26 May 2025
Tuesday 27 May 2025
09:00
Keynote: Stephan Grill - Chiral Morphogenesis
Keynote: Stephan Grill - Chiral Morphogenesis
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:00
Kirsty Wan - Perspectives on multiciliary coordination across scales
Kirsty Wan - Perspectives on multiciliary coordination across scales
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:30
Alexander Morozov
Alexander Morozov
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:30
Julien Tailleur - Motility-regulation across scales in bacterial mixtures
Julien Tailleur - Motility-regulation across scales in bacterial mixtures
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:00
Mathieu Dedenon - An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond
Mathieu Dedenon - An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:20
Jeffrey Everts - Odd viscosity in chiral active fluids
Jeffrey Everts - Odd viscosity in chiral active fluids
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:40
Diogo Pinto - Mechanical stresses induced by turbulent flows can compromise epithelial tissue integrity
Diogo Pinto - Mechanical stresses induced by turbulent flows can compromise epithelial tissue integrity
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
14:00
Anna Erzberger - How geometry drives the self-organisation of living matter
Anna Erzberger - How geometry drives the self-organisation of living matter
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
14:30
Ivan Erofeev - Cortex stress conditions apical structure
Ivan Erofeev - Cortex stress conditions apical structure
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
15:00
Rhoda Hawkins - The force of molecular motor movement on filaments
Rhoda Hawkins - The force of molecular motor movement on filaments
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
16:00
Michael Chiang - Understanding Orientational Order in Cell Monolayers with Multiphase Field Modelling
Michael Chiang - Understanding Orientational Order in Cell Monolayers with Multiphase Field Modelling
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
16:30
Gijsje Koenderink - How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong
Gijsje Koenderink - How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:00
Nicolas Cuny - Biomechanical determinants of shape diversity in cnidarian larvae
Nicolas Cuny - Biomechanical determinants of shape diversity in cnidarian larvae
17:00 - 17:20
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:20
Eleonora Pero - The Flow-Driven Role of Red Blood Cells in Platelet Adhesion Mechanics and Thrombus Morphology
Eleonora Pero - The Flow-Driven Role of Red Blood Cells in Platelet Adhesion Mechanics and Thrombus Morphology
17:20 - 17:40
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:40
Laila Saliekh - Bacterial chaining produces multiple modes of colony buckling.
Laila Saliekh - Bacterial chaining produces multiple modes of colony buckling.
17:40 - 18:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
18:00
Poster Session
Poster Session
18:00 - 20:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
Wednesday 28 May 2025
09:00
Keynote: Raphael Voituriez - Cellular footprints : examples of emergent memory effects in cell migration.
Keynote: Raphael Voituriez - Cellular footprints : examples of emergent memory effects in cell migration.
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:00
Satya Majumdar - Universal dynamics of a passive particle driven by Brownian motion.
Satya Majumdar - Universal dynamics of a passive particle driven by Brownian motion.
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:30
Juraj Szavits-Nossan - Exploring the landscape of stochastic gene expression models using queueing theory
Juraj Szavits-Nossan - Exploring the landscape of stochastic gene expression models using queueing theory
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:30
Ada Altieri - Moment-matching inference for gut microbial communities
Ada Altieri - Moment-matching inference for gut microbial communities
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:00
Tuan Pham - Dynamical Theory for Adaptive Systems
Tuan Pham - Dynamical Theory for Adaptive Systems
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:20
Jeremy Guntoro - Information thermodynamics of genotype-phenotype maps
Jeremy Guntoro - Information thermodynamics of genotype-phenotype maps
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:40
Mehmet Can Ucar - Space-filling optimization in branching morphogenesis
Mehmet Can Ucar - Space-filling optimization in branching morphogenesis
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
14:00
Nathan Goehring - Cell cycle oscillations balance responsiveness and stability in a developmental cell polarity network
Nathan Goehring - Cell cycle oscillations balance responsiveness and stability in a developmental cell polarity network
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
14:30
Peter Bieling - Biochemical principles of Rho GTPase patterning
Peter Bieling - Biochemical principles of Rho GTPase patterning
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
15:00
Martin Loose - How Filament Mortality Drives FtsZ Self-Organization
Martin Loose - How Filament Mortality Drives FtsZ Self-Organization
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
16:00
Christoph Weber - Theory for bottom-up sequence selection and evolution.
Christoph Weber - Theory for bottom-up sequence selection and evolution.
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
16:30
Darius Koester - Characterisation and application of Curly, a small protein with big impact on actin filament curvature
Darius Koester - Characterisation and application of Curly, a small protein with big impact on actin filament curvature
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:00
Lara Krüger - Uncovering molecular mechanisms driving asymmetric cell division with synthetic biology
Lara Krüger - Uncovering molecular mechanisms driving asymmetric cell division with synthetic biology
17:00 - 17:20
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:20
Keaton Burns - Modern Spectral Methods for Complex Fluids using Dedalus
Keaton Burns - Modern Spectral Methods for Complex Fluids using Dedalus
17:20 - 17:40
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
17:40
Henrik Weyer - Equilibrium-like interface laws for intracellular protein patterns
Henrik Weyer - Equilibrium-like interface laws for intracellular protein patterns
17:40 - 18:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
19:30
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Thursday 29 May 2025
09:00
Keynote: Cristina Marchetti -Motile defects in active nematic solids as organizing centers of morphogenesis.
Keynote: Cristina Marchetti -Motile defects in active nematic solids as organizing centers of morphogenesis.
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:00
Agnes Noy - Towards modelling DNA in biological environments
Agnes Noy - Towards modelling DNA in biological environments
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
10:30
Chris Brackley - From order to disorder in chromatin fibres
Chris Brackley - From order to disorder in chromatin fibres
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
11:30
Xiaohua Shen - From DNA to Life: Decode the noncoding genome
Xiaohua Shen - From DNA to Life: Decode the noncoding genome
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:00
Catherine Naughton - Transcription-dependent propagation of DNA supercoiling in human cells
Catherine Naughton - Transcription-dependent propagation of DNA supercoiling in human cells
12:00 - 12:20
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:20
Shaoqian Ma - Single-cell nascent transcription is sparse and heterogenous, revealing cellular plasticity
Shaoqian Ma - Single-cell nascent transcription is sparse and heterogenous, revealing cellular plasticity
12:20 - 12:40
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
12:40
Elias Friman - Cohesin loop extrusion dynamics and CTCF affect long-range enhancer-driven transcription
Elias Friman - Cohesin loop extrusion dynamics and CTCF affect long-range enhancer-driven transcription
12:40 - 13:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre
14:00
End of Conference
End of Conference
14:00 - 14:01
Room: Elm Lecture Theatre