Name: Field theories of Active and Driven matter
Start: 2019-05-02T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-05-03T18:00:00+00:00
Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building

Field theories of Active and Driven matter

from Thursday, May 2, 2019 (9:00 AM) to Friday, May 3, 2019 (6:00 PM)

Monday, April 29, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019

9:30 AM Introduction
Introduction
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

10:00 AM 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 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

11:30 AM Marzena Szymanska, University College London: Driven-dissipative quantum fluids of light
Marzena Szymanska, University College London: Driven-dissipative quantum fluids of light
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

1:30 PM Mike Cates, University of Cambridge: Active phase separation
Mike Cates, University of Cambridge: Active phase separation
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

2:30 PM

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

4:30 PM 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
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

5:30 PM 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
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

7:30 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: St Trinnean's
Friday, May 3, 2019

9:00 AM 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
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

10:00 AM 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 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

11:30 AM 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 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

2:00 PM Ben Simons, University of Cambridge: A theory of branching morphogenesis
Ben Simons, University of Cambridge: A theory of branching morphogenesis
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

3:00 PM 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
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

4:30 PM Tanniemola Liverpool, University of Bristol: Non-equilibrium steady states in active matter
Tanniemola Liverpool, University of Bristol: Non-equilibrium steady states in active matter
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seminar Room

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