Fundamentals of Growing Active Matter

Contribution List

1. Introduction

Bartek Waclaw (University of Edinburgh)

25/03/2021, 09:30

2. Modelling confluent cell layers as active nematics

Prof. Julia Yeomans (University of Oxford)

25/03/2021, 09:45

Invited talk

10. The emergent physics of growing active matter

Robert Ross (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

25/03/2021, 10:30

Contributed talk

11. Learning the space-time phase diagram of bacterial swarm expansion

Hannah Jeckel (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)

25/03/2021, 11:00

Contributed talk

3. Growth mechanics – Coexistence and Evolution

Jens Elgeti (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

25/03/2021, 11:30

Invited talk

5. The geometry of colonisation

Luca Giomi (Leiden University)

25/03/2021, 13:00

Invited talk

12. Theoretical modelling of competitive microbial range expansion with heterogeneous mechanical interactions

Erik Maikranz (Saarland University )

25/03/2021, 13:45

Contributed talk

13. Escape from Flatland: Morphology of Three-Dimensional Bacterial Communities

Sujit Datta (Princeton University )

25/03/2021, 14:15

Contributed talk

4. Simulating the growth of bacterial biofilms: spatial structure formation and genetic diversity

Prof. Rosalind Allen (University of Edinburgh)

25/03/2021, 15:30

Invited talk

16. Poster Session

25/03/2021, 16:15

Jan Cammann
Boundary-interior principle for microbial navigation in geometric confinement

Mixon Faluweki
Quantifying the flexural rigidity of cyanobacteria

Jan Kirschbaum
Controlling biomolecular condensates via chemical reactions

Yuting (Irene) Li
Non-equilibrium phase separation with reactions

Helen Pringle
Pattern formation in the axon: Self-Assembly of Actin Rings

Liam...

17. Social Gathering

25/03/2021, 18:00

Informal session for all delegates

6. Growing actin networks

Rhoda Hawkins (University of Sheffield)

26/03/2021, 09:30

Invited talk

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

Silke Henkes (University of Bristol)

26/03/2021, 10:15

Invited talk

14. Emergent order and structure of growing biofilms

Philip Pearce (Harvard Medical School)

26/03/2021, 11:00

Contributed talk

15. Tackling embryogenesis with an Active Junction Model

Ilyas Djafer-Cherif (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw)

26/03/2021, 11:30

Contributed talk

8. Higgs Centre Colloquium

Emanuella Zaccarelli

26/03/2021, 13:00

In silico synthesis of microgels: structure, elasticity and effective interactions in bulk and at liquid-liquid interfaces

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9. Discussion & Closing remarks

26/03/2021, 14:00