Name: Mechanics of Life Workshop
Start: 2022-05-24T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-05-26T16:50:00-04:00
Location: Flatiron Institute, Center for Computational Biology

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 ) Sebastian Gonzalez la Corte (Princeton University ) Purvil Jani (Cornell University ) Nikitas Kanellakopoulos (New York University ) Alexis Clavijo (New York University ) Peter Foster (Brandeis University ) XinXin Du (Center for Computational Biology) Tatyana Gavrilchenko (Center for Computational Biology) Surya Maddu (Center for Computational Biology) Kathryn Link (University of California Davis) Tatyana Gavrilchenko (Center for Computational Biology) Katherine Copenhagen (Princeton University) Brato Chakrabarti (Center for Computational Biology ) Adam Lamson (Center for Computational Biology) Laurel Ohm (Princeton University) Alasdair Hastewell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Sadjah Arzash (Syracuse University ) Jay Zhang (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Abby Pekoske Fulton (Worcester Polytechnic Institute ) Nicholas Romeo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) Elizabeth Lawson-Keister (Syracuse University ) Lijie Ding (Brown University ) Ercag Pince (University of Pennsylvania )
RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION
- Xiaoxuan Zhang (University of Michigan )
- Sebastian Gonzalez la Corte (Princeton University )
- Purvil Jani (Cornell University )
- Nikitas Kanellakopoulos (New York University )
- Alexis Clavijo (New York University )
- Peter Foster (Brandeis University )
- XinXin Du (Center for Computational Biology)
- Tatyana Gavrilchenko (Center for Computational Biology)
- Surya Maddu (Center for Computational Biology)
- Kathryn Link (University of California Davis)
- Tatyana Gavrilchenko (Center for Computational Biology)
- Katherine Copenhagen (Princeton University)
- Brato Chakrabarti (Center for Computational Biology )
- Adam Lamson (Center for Computational Biology)
- Laurel Ohm (Princeton University)
- Alasdair Hastewell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Sadjah Arzash (Syracuse University )
- Jay Zhang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Abby Pekoske Fulton (Worcester Polytechnic Institute )
- Nicholas Romeo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
- Elizabeth Lawson-Keister (Syracuse University )
- Lijie Ding (Brown University )
- Ercag Pince (University of Pennsylvania )
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