Mechanics of Life Workshop
from
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (8:00 AM)
to
Thursday, May 26, 2022 (4:50 PM)
Monday, May 23, 2022
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
9:00 AM
Insect Flight: Equations, Behavior, and Models
-
Jane Wang
(
Cornell University
)
Insect Flight: Equations, Behavior, and Models
Jane Wang
(
Cornell University
)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
9:30 AM
Coarse-grained Theories of Schooling Wings in Fast Flows
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Anand Oza
(
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
)
Coarse-grained Theories of Schooling Wings in Fast Flows
Anand Oza
(
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
10:00 AM
COFFEE
COFFEE
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
10:30 AM
Motor Guidance by Long-Range Communication on the Microtubule Lattice
-
Meredith Betterton
(
University of Colorado
)
Motor Guidance by Long-Range Communication on the Microtubule Lattice
Meredith Betterton
(
University of Colorado
)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:00 AM
The Physics of Highly Crosslinked Cytoskeletal Networks
-
Sebastian Fürthauer
(
Institut of Applied Physics, TU Wien
)
The Physics of Highly Crosslinked Cytoskeletal Networks
Sebastian Fürthauer
(
Institut of Applied Physics, TU Wien
)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:30 AM
Turnover and Mechanics of Dendritic Actin Networks
-
Dimitrios Vavylonis
(
Lehigh University
)
Turnover and Mechanics of Dendritic Actin Networks
Dimitrios Vavylonis
(
Lehigh University
)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
12:00 PM
LUNCH
LUNCH
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
1:00 PM
Nuclear Size Control by Osmotic Forces in S. Pombe
-
Thomas Fai
(
Brandeis University
)
Nuclear Size Control by Osmotic Forces in S. Pombe
Thomas Fai
(
Brandeis University
)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
1:30 PM
From 2D Patterns to 3D Structures in Morphogenesis
-
Stanislav Y. Shvartsman
(
Center for Computational Biology/Princeton University
)
From 2D Patterns to 3D Structures in Morphogenesis
Stanislav Y. Shvartsman
(
Center for Computational Biology/Princeton University
)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
2:00 PM
COFFEE
COFFEE
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
2:30 PM
Self-Organized Twisters Inside Drosophila Oocytes
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Reza Farhadifar
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Self-Organized Twisters Inside Drosophila Oocytes
Reza Farhadifar
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
3:00 PM
Symmetry-Informed Model Inference for Living Matter
-
Jörn Dunkel
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
Symmetry-Informed Model Inference for Living Matter
Jörn Dunkel
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
3:30 PM
Methods
-
Michael Shelley
(
Flatiron
)
Methods
Michael Shelley
(
Flatiron
)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
9:00 AM
Interphase Chromatin Undergoes a Local Sol-Gel Transition upon Cell Differentiation
-
Alexandra Zidovska
(
New York University
)
Interphase Chromatin Undergoes a Local Sol-Gel Transition upon Cell Differentiation
Alexandra Zidovska
(
New York University
)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
9:30 AM
Active Hydrodynamics of Interphase Chromatin: From Coherent Motion to Phase Separation
-
David Saintillan
(
University of California San Diego
)
Active Hydrodynamics of Interphase Chromatin: From Coherent Motion to Phase Separation
David Saintillan
(
University of California San Diego
)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
10:00 AM
COFFEE
COFFEE
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
10:30 AM
Mechanics of the Spindle
-
Daniel Needleman
(
Harvard University/Center for Computational Biology
)
Mechanics of the Spindle
Daniel Needleman
(
Harvard University/Center for Computational Biology
)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:00 AM
Centrosome Movements during Mitosis
-
Sarah Olson
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
Centrosome Movements during Mitosis
Sarah Olson
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:30 AM
COFFEE
COFFEE
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
12:00 PM
Swimming in Complex Fluids
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Saverio Spagnolie
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Swimming in Complex Fluids
Saverio Spagnolie
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
12:30 PM
Emergent Properties of Flagellar Waveforms in Vscoelastic Fluids
-
Becca Thomases
(
University of California Davis
)
Emergent Properties of Flagellar Waveforms in Vscoelastic Fluids
Becca Thomases
(
University of California Davis
)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
1:00 PM
LUNCH
LUNCH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
2:00 PM
Q-tensor Model for Undulatory Swimming in Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
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Tony Gao
(
Michigan State University
)
Q-tensor Model for Undulatory Swimming in Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
Tony Gao
(
Michigan State University
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
2:30 PM
Passive and Active Particles in a Lattice of Obstacles
-
Jean-Luc Thiffeault
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Passive and Active Particles in a Lattice of Obstacles
Jean-Luc Thiffeault
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
3:00 PM
COFFEE
COFFEE
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
3:30 PM
Transition vs. Cross-Over in Dilute Suspensions of Microswimmers
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Alexander Morozov
(
University of Edinburgh
)
Transition vs. Cross-Over in Dilute Suspensions of Microswimmers
Alexander Morozov
(
University of Edinburgh
)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
4:00 PM
Genes and the Mechanics of Early Cell Shape Change in the Drosophila Embryo
-
Eric Wieschaus
(
Princeton University
)
Genes and the Mechanics of Early Cell Shape Change in the Drosophila Embryo
Eric Wieschaus
(
Princeton University
)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
4:30 PM
RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION
-
Xiaoxuan Zhang
(
University of Michigan
)
Ercag Pince
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
Jay Zhang
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Alasdair Hastewell
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
Laurel Ohm
(
Princeton University
)
Adam Lamson
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Brato Chakrabarti
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Katherine Copenhagen
(
Princeton University
)
Tatyana Gavrilchenko
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Kathryn Link
(
University of California Davis
)
Surya Maddu
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Tatyana Gavrilchenko
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
XinXin Du
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Sebastian Gonzalez la Corte
(
Princeton University
)
Purvil Jani
(
Cornell University
)
Peter Foster
(
Brandeis University
)
Nikitas Kanellakopoulos
(
New York University
)
Nicholas Romeo
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
Lijie Ding
(
Brown University
)
Elizabeth Lawson-Keister
(
Syracuse University
)
Alexis Clavijo
(
New York University
)
Abby Pekoske Fulton
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
Sadjah Arzash
(
Syracuse University
)
RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION
Xiaoxuan Zhang
(
University of Michigan
)
Ercag Pince
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
Jay Zhang
(
University of Wisconsin-Madison
)
Alasdair Hastewell
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
Laurel Ohm
(
Princeton University
)
Adam Lamson
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Brato Chakrabarti
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Katherine Copenhagen
(
Princeton University
)
Tatyana Gavrilchenko
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Kathryn Link
(
University of California Davis
)
Surya Maddu
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Tatyana Gavrilchenko
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
XinXin Du
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Sebastian Gonzalez la Corte
(
Princeton University
)
Purvil Jani
(
Cornell University
)
Peter Foster
(
Brandeis University
)
Nikitas Kanellakopoulos
(
New York University
)
Nicholas Romeo
(
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
)
Lijie Ding
(
Brown University
)
Elizabeth Lawson-Keister
(
Syracuse University
)
Alexis Clavijo
(
New York University
)
Abby Pekoske Fulton
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
Sadjah Arzash
(
Syracuse University
)
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
7:00 PM
DINNER
DINNER
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: 11th Floor Dining Room
Thursday, May 26, 2022
8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
9:00 AM
Active Phases and Phase Transitions Drive Pattern Formation in Bacterial Populations
-
Joshua W. Shaevitz
(
Princeton University
)
Active Phases and Phase Transitions Drive Pattern Formation in Bacterial Populations
Joshua W. Shaevitz
(
Princeton University
)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
9:30 AM
On Growth and Form of Microbial Colonies
-
Sujit Datta
(
Princeton University
)
On Growth and Form of Microbial Colonies
Sujit Datta
(
Princeton University
)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
10:00 AM
COFFEE
COFFEE
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
10:30 AM
Inferring Biophysical Mechanisms of Intercellular Interactions
-
Krishna Garikipati
(
University of Michigan
)
Inferring Biophysical Mechanisms of Intercellular Interactions
Krishna Garikipati
(
University of Michigan
)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:00 AM
Connecting Cell Shape with the Spatial Pattern of Exocytosis in Tip-Growing Walled Cells
-
Min Wu
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
Connecting Cell Shape with the Spatial Pattern of Exocytosis in Tip-Growing Walled Cells
Min Wu
(
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
11:30 AM
COFFEE
COFFEE
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
12:00 PM
Multicellular Coordination of Forces in Collective Cell Migration
-
Jacob Notbohm
(
Princeton University
)
Multicellular Coordination of Forces in Collective Cell Migration
Jacob Notbohm
(
Princeton University
)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
12:30 PM
Microtubule-Driven Transitions to Swirling Flows
-
David Stein
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
Microtubule-Driven Transitions to Swirling Flows
David Stein
(
Center for Computational Biology
)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
1:00 PM
LUNCH
LUNCH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
2:00 PM
Swimming in Complex Flows
-
Paulo Arratia
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
Swimming in Complex Flows
Paulo Arratia
(
University of Pennsylvania
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
2:30 PM
From Molecules to Moduli : Thoughts on Bridging Experiment and Theory Together
-
Aparna Baskaran
(
Brandeis University
)
From Molecules to Moduli : Thoughts on Bridging Experiment and Theory Together
Aparna Baskaran
(
Brandeis University
)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
3:00 PM
COFFEE
COFFEE
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade
3:30 PM
A Field Theory for Plant Tropisms
-
Hadrien Oliveri
(
University of Oxford
)
A Field Theory for Plant Tropisms
Hadrien Oliveri
(
University of Oxford
)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium
4:00 PM
Mechanics of Colloidal Membranes
-
Thomas Powers
(
Brown University
)
Mechanics of Colloidal Membranes
Thomas Powers
(
Brown University
)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium