Higgs School on Advances in Computational Active Matter
from
Sunday 29 June 2025 (09:00)
to
Friday 4 July 2025 (17:30)
Monday 23 June 2025
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Thursday 26 June 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
Saturday 28 June 2025
Sunday 29 June 2025
13:00
Bootcamp
Bootcamp
13:00 - 16:30
Contributions
13:00
Bootcamp: Monte Carlo, thermostats, random numbers and general considerations
-
Joost de Graaf
(
Utrecht University
)
14:45
Bootcamp: Active particles and analysing simulation data
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Silke Henkes
(
Leiden University
)
16:30
16:30 - 17:30
Monday 30 June 2025
09:00
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions
09:00
Introduction
-
Joakim Stenhammar
(
Lund University
)
09:15
Active Brownian Particles
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Chantal Valeriani
11:00
Collective behavior of cells in animal development
-
Erika Tsingos
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
LAMMPS and Cellular Potts
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions
14:00
Run-and-tumble particles
-
Chantal Valeriani
16:00
Cell-based modelling approaches to animal development
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Erika Tsingos
17:30
Reception and Poster Session
Reception and Poster Session
17:30 - 19:30
Tuesday 1 July 2025
09:00
Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions
09:00
Vertex model for tissue mechanics
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Rastko Sknepnek
11:00
Continuum theories for active particles
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Benno Liebchen
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Vertex and Phase Field Models
Vertex and Phase Field Models
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions
14:00
Modelling active elastic membranes and sheets using triangulated surfaces
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Rastko Sknepnek
16:00
Pattern formation in phoretic active matter
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Benno Liebchen
18:30
Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
Theoretical Physics Walking Tour
18:30 - 20:00
Wednesday 2 July 2025
09:00
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions
09:00
Hydrodynamic interactions in Stokes flow
-
Gwynn Elfring
11:00
Lattice Boltzmann method: principles
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Timm Krueger
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
Stokesian Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Methods
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions
14:00
Active Stokesian Dynamics
-
Gwynn Elfring
16:00
Lattice Boltzmann method: suspensions and fluctuating hydrodynamics
-
Timm Krueger
19:30
School dinner
School dinner
19:30 - 22:00
Thursday 3 July 2025
09:00
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions
09:00
Immersed boundary methods: theory and implementation
-
Enkeleida Lushi
11:00
Theory of phase field models with and without hydrodynamics
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Davide Marenduzzo
(
School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh
)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Methods and Multi-phase Cahn-Hilliard Dynamics
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions
14:00
Immersed boundary methods: applications to active matter
-
Enkeleida Lushi
16:00
Tissue and cell monolayer modelling via phase fields
-
Davide Marenduzzo
(
School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh
)
Friday 4 July 2025
09:00
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Multi-Particle Collision Dynamics
09:00 - 12:30
Contributions
09:00
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers I: Multi-particle collision dynamics and squirmers
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Holger Stark
11:00
Multi-particle collision dynamics for active fluids
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Tyler Shendruk
(
University of Edinburgh
)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers and Conclusion
14:00 - 17:30
Contributions
14:00
Hydrodynamic Studies of Microswimmers II: Squirmer rods, E. coli bacteria, African trypanosomes, ...
-
Holger Stark
16:00
What have we learned?
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Ignacio Pagonabarraga