Fundamentals of Growing Active Matter
from
Thursday, 25 March 2021 (09:30)
to
Friday, 26 March 2021 (17:00)
Monday, 22 March 2021
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Thursday, 25 March 2021
09:30
Introduction
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Bartek Waclaw
(
University of Edinburgh
)
Introduction
Bartek Waclaw
(
University of Edinburgh
)
09:30 - 09:45
09:45
Modelling confluent cell layers as active nematics
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Julia Yeomans
(
University of Oxford
)
Modelling confluent cell layers as active nematics
Julia Yeomans
(
University of Oxford
)
09:45 - 10:30
Invited talk
10:30
The emergent physics of growing active matter
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Robert Ross
(
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
)
The emergent physics of growing active matter
Robert Ross
(
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
)
10:30 - 10:55
Contributed talk
11:00
Learning the space-time phase diagram of bacterial swarm expansion
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Hannah Jeckel
(
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
)
Learning the space-time phase diagram of bacterial swarm expansion
Hannah Jeckel
(
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
)
11:00 - 11:25
Contributed talk
11:30
Growth mechanics – Coexistence and Evolution
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Jens Elgeti
(
Forschungszentrum Jülich
)
Growth mechanics – Coexistence and Evolution
Jens Elgeti
(
Forschungszentrum Jülich
)
11:30 - 12:15
Invited talk
12:15
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 - 13:00
13:00
The geometry of colonisation
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Luca Giomi
(
Leiden University
)
The geometry of colonisation
Luca Giomi
(
Leiden University
)
13:00 - 13:45
Invited talk
13:45
Theoretical modelling of competitive microbial range expansion with heterogeneous mechanical interactions
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Erik Maikranz
(
Saarland University
)
Theoretical modelling of competitive microbial range expansion with heterogeneous mechanical interactions
Erik Maikranz
(
Saarland University
)
13:45 - 14:10
Contributed talk
14:15
Escape from Flatland: Morphology of Three-Dimensional Bacterial Communities
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Sujit Datta
(
Princeton University
)
Escape from Flatland: Morphology of Three-Dimensional Bacterial Communities
Sujit Datta
(
Princeton University
)
14:15 - 14:40
Contributed talk
14:45
Afternoon break
Afternoon break
14:45 - 15:30
15:30
Simulating the growth of bacterial biofilms: spatial structure formation and genetic diversity
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Rosalind Allen
(
University of Edinburgh
)
Simulating the growth of bacterial biofilms: spatial structure formation and genetic diversity
Rosalind Allen
(
University of Edinburgh
)
15:30 - 16:15
Invited talk
16:15
Poster Session
Poster Session
16:15 - 17:15
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 Ruske Three-dimensional organisation and morphology of active droplets Roshan Shrestha Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticles in Model Bilayers: Lipid Phase Separation and Membrane Protein Interaction
18:00
Social Gathering
Social Gathering
18:00 - 19:00
Informal session for all delegates
Friday, 26 March 2021
09:30
Growing actin networks
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Rhoda Hawkins
(
University of Sheffield
)
Growing actin networks
Rhoda Hawkins
(
University of Sheffield
)
09:30 - 10:15
Invited talk
10:15
Flow, fluctuate and freeze: Epithelial cell sheets as soft active matter
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Silke Henkes
(
University of Bristol
)
Flow, fluctuate and freeze: Epithelial cell sheets as soft active matter
Silke Henkes
(
University of Bristol
)
10:15 - 11:00
Invited talk
11:00
Emergent order and structure of growing biofilms
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Philip Pearce
(
Harvard Medical School
)
Emergent order and structure of growing biofilms
Philip Pearce
(
Harvard Medical School
)
11:00 - 11:25
Contributed talk
11:30
Tackling embryogenesis with an Active Junction Model
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Ilyas Djafer-Cherif
(
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw
)
Tackling embryogenesis with an Active Junction Model
Ilyas Djafer-Cherif
(
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw
)
11:30 - 11:55
Contributed talk
12:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Higgs Centre Colloquium
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Emanuella Zaccarelli
Higgs Centre Colloquium
Emanuella Zaccarelli
13:00 - 14:00
In silico synthesis of microgels: structure, elasticity and effective interactions in bulk and at liquid-liquid interfaces zoom link/password in joining instructions email
14:00
Discussion & Closing remarks
Discussion & Closing remarks
14:00 - 15:00