Biophysics Symposium on "Biological Active Matter". Click here for the Symposium Agenda and Registration Link.
Biophysics Symposium on "Biological Active Matter"
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2:00 - 2:05 pm: Introductory remarks
2:05 - 2:45 pm: Nikta Fakhri (MIT) Broken symmetries in living active matter
2:50 - 3:30 pm: Aaron Dinner (U Chicago) Toward a predictive model of cytoskeletal dynamics
3:35 - 4:15 pm: Alexandra Zidovska (NYU) The "self-stirred" genome: Dynamics, flows and rheology
4:20 - 5:00 pm: Michael Murrell (Yale University) Traction-independent cellular flows in cell aggregates
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Informal discussion and final remarks
Tuesday, October 6th (2 - 5 pm)
2:00 - 2:05 pm: Introductory remarks
2:05 - 2:45 pm: Meredith Betterton (U Colorado) Long-range coupling between kinesins regulates collective motor behavior
2:50 - 3:30 pm: Alex Mogilner (NYU) Assembly of mitotic spindle in prometaphase
3:35 - 4:15 pm: Daniel Reich (Johns Hopkins University) Dissecting fat-tailed fluctuations in the cytoskeleton with active micropost arrays
4:20 - 5:00 pm: Christoph Schmidt (Duke University) Mechanosensing in Drosophila: larval chordotonal organs
5:00 - 5:15 pm: Informal discussion and final remarks
Organizers:
Arpita Upadhyaya (arpitau at umd dot edu)
Garegin Papoian (gpapoian at umd dot edu)
Location: Zoom Meeting.