Active Matter and Liquid Crystals in Biological and Bio-Inspired Systems III

Presentations

• Active Surfaces and Defect-Mediated Morphogenesis

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 3:00 PM – March 15, 2021, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Ludwig A. Hoffmann

    • Leiden University

  Authors

  • Ludwig A. Hoffmann

    • Leiden University

  • Luca Giomi

    • Leiden University
    • Lorentz Institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University

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• Active Cell Divisions Generate Four-Fold Orientational Order in Living Tissue

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 3:12 PM – March 15, 2021, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Dillon Cislo

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Dillon Cislo

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Haodong Qin

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Fengshuo Yang

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Mark J Bowick

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
    • KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • University of California Santa Barbara

  • Sebastian Streichan

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Liquid-crystal organization of liver tissue

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 3:24 PM – March 15, 2021, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Friedrich

    • Tech Univ Dresden

  Authors

  • Hernan Morales-Navarette

    • MPI CBG, Dresden

  • Hidenori Nonaka

    • MPI CBG, Dresden

  • Andre Scholich

    • MPI PKS, Dresden

  • Fabian Segovia-Miranda

    • MPI CBG, Dresden

  • Walter de Back

    • Tech Univ Dresden

  • Kirstin Meyer

    • UCSF

  • Roman Bogorad

    • MIT, Cambridge

  • Victor Kotelianski

    • Skoltech

  • Lutz Brusch

    • Tech Univ Dresden

  • Yannis Kalaidizidis

    • MPI CBG, Dresden

  • Frank Julicher

    • Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems
    • Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
    • Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Noethnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    • MPI PKS, Dresden

  • Benjamin Friedrich

    • Tech Univ Dresden

  • Marino Zerial

    • MPI CBG, Dresden

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• No large-scale demixing due to differences in diffusivity in a model for confluent tissues

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 3:36 PM – March 15, 2021, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Erin McCarthy

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Erin McCarthy

    • Syracuse University

  • Ojan Damavandi

    • Syracuse University

  • M. Lisa Manning

    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University

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• A microbial hare and tortoise story: interactions between topological defects in biofilms favour bacteria that move more slowly

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 3:48 PM – March 15, 2021, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Oliver Meacock

    • Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield

  Authors

  • Oliver Meacock

    • Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield

  • Amin Doostmohammadi

    • Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

  • Kevin R. Foster

    • Department of Zoology, University of Oxford

  • Julia Yeomans

    • Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford

  • William M. Durham

    • Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield

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• Liquid crystal elastomer substrates with predesigned splay and bend to control growth and migration of fibroblast cells

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 4:00 PM – March 15, 2021, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Runa Koizumi

    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  Authors

  • Runa Koizumi

    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Mojtaba Rajabi

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Min-Ho Kim

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University

  • O Lavrentovich

    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Department of Physics, Materials Science Graduate Program, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics and Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Confinement Discerns Swarmers from Planktonic Bacteria

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 4:12 PM – March 15, 2021, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • WEIJIE CHEN

    • Brown University

  Authors

  • WEIJIE CHEN

    • Brown University

  • Jay X Tang

    • Brown University

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• Topological defects patterns in monolayers of cells

  Invited

  March 15, 2021, 4:24 PM – March 15, 2021, 5:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Francesca Serra

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Francesca Serra

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

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• Multi-scale multi-species modeling of emergent flows andactive mixing in confined bacterial swarms

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 5:00 PM – March 15, 2021, 5:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Cayce Fylling

    • Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Cayce Fylling

    • Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced

  • Arvind Gopinath

    • University of California, Merced
    • Bioengineering, University of California, Merced

  • maxime theillard

    • Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced

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• Interaction of active droplets with director gradients in nematic liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 5:12 PM – March 15, 2021, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Hend M. Baza

    • Department of Physics and Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  Authors

  • Hend M. Baza

    • Department of Physics and Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Yuhan Wang

    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • O Lavrentovich

    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Department of Physics, Materials Science Graduate Program, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics and Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Phase transitions in growing bacteria colonies at liquid interfaces

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 5:24 PM – March 15, 2021, 5:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Blake Langeslay

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Blake Langeslay

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Gabriel Juarez

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Space and time cluster tomography of active systems

  ORAL

  March 15, 2021, 5:36 PM – March 15, 2021, 5:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Matoz Fernandez

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Daniel Matoz Fernandez

    • Northwestern University

  • Sean Patrick Edblom Dougherty

    • Northwestern University

  • Brendan Blackwell

    • Northwestern University
    • Northwestern Univeristy

  • Michelle R Driscoll

    • Northwestern University
    • Northwestern Univeristy

  • Istvan Kovacs

    • Northwestern University

  • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

    • Northwestern University
    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

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