Introduction

• Bartek Waclaw (University of Edinburgh)

Modelling confluent cell layers as active nematics

• Julia Yeomans (University of Oxford)

Invited talk

The emergent physics of growing active matter

• Robert Ross (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Contributed talk

Learning the space-time phase diagram of bacterial swarm expansion

• Hannah Jeckel (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)

Contributed talk

Growth mechanics – Coexistence and Evolution

• Jens Elgeti (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Invited talk

The geometry of colonisation

• Luca Giomi (Leiden University)

Invited talk

Theoretical modelling of competitive microbial range expansion with heterogeneous mechanical interactions

• Erik Maikranz (Saarland University )

Contributed talk

Escape from Flatland: Morphology of Three-Dimensional Bacterial Communities

• Sujit Datta (Princeton University )

Contributed talk

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

• Rosalind Allen (University of Edinburgh)

Invited talk

Poster Session 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

Social Gathering Informal session for all delegates

Growing actin networks

• Rhoda Hawkins (University of Sheffield)

Invited talk

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

• Silke Henkes (University of Bristol)

Invited talk

Emergent order and structure of growing biofilms

• Philip Pearce (Harvard Medical School)

Contributed talk

Tackling embryogenesis with an Active Junction Model

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

Contributed talk

Higgs Centre Colloquium

• Emanuella Zaccarelli

In silico synthesis of microgels: structure, elasticity and effective interactions in bulk and at liquid-liquid interfaces zoom link/password in joining instructions email

Discussion & Closing remarks