Field theories of Active and Driven matter
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Thursday, 2 May 2019 (09:00)
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Friday, 3 May 2019 (18:00)
Monday, 29 April 2019
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Thursday, 2 May 2019
09:30
Introduction
Introduction
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
10:00
John Toner, University of Oregon: Locusts, Chemical waves, and Active Bose-Einstein condensation
John Toner, University of Oregon: Locusts, Chemical waves, and Active Bose-Einstein condensation
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
11:30
Marzena Szymanska, University College London: Driven-dissipative quantum fluids of light
Marzena Szymanska, University College London: Driven-dissipative quantum fluids of light
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
13:30
Mike Cates, University of Cambridge: Active phase separation
Mike Cates, University of Cambridge: Active phase separation
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
14:30
14:30 - 16:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
16:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
16:30
Eric Bertin, Université Grenoble Alpes: Deriving non-linear field equations for ordering transitions in gases of active particles
Eric Bertin, Université Grenoble Alpes: Deriving non-linear field equations for ordering transitions in gases of active particles
16:30 - 17:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
17:30
Cristina Marchetti, University of California at Santa Barbara: Topology in active and living matter
Cristina Marchetti, University of California at Santa Barbara: Topology in active and living matter
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
19:30
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 22:30
Room: St Trinnean's
Friday, 3 May 2019
09:00
Lukas Sieberer, University of Innsbruck: Order by anisotropy in two-dimensional driven-open systems
Lukas Sieberer, University of Innsbruck: Order by anisotropy in two-dimensional driven-open systems
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
10:00
Rosalind Allen, University of Edinburgh: Phase transitions in the growth of bacterial biofilms, predicted by simulations
Rosalind Allen, University of Edinburgh: Phase transitions in the growth of bacterial biofilms, predicted by simulations
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
11:30
Julia Yeomans, University of Oxford: Modelling cells and bacteria as active materials
Julia Yeomans, University of Oxford: Modelling cells and bacteria as active materials
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
14:00
Ben Simons, University of Cambridge: A theory of branching morphogenesis
Ben Simons, University of Cambridge: A theory of branching morphogenesis
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
15:00
Ramin Golestanian, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization: Field theories for collective chemotaxis
Ramin Golestanian, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization: Field theories for collective chemotaxis
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
16:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room
16:30
Tanniemola Liverpool, University of Bristol: Non-equilibrium steady states in active matter
Tanniemola Liverpool, University of Bristol: Non-equilibrium steady states in active matter
16:30 - 17:30
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room