Program
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The preliminary program of the seminar weeks (5 - 9 September and 19 - 23 September) will be available soon.
The program will be updated continuously. Last update: 06/10/2011.
Focus Workshop "Dynamic Organization and Motility of Single Cells" (30/8 - 1/9 2011)
| Monday, 29 August | |
| 08:00 - 16:30 | Registration |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Welcome reception |
| Tuesday, 30 August | |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Scientific Coordinators |
| Opening | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Ewa Paluch (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden) |
| Mechanics and regulation of blebs and lamellipodia formation during cell migration | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Vic Small (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna) |
| Pushing with actin filaments in cell migration | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Olivier Pertz (University Basel) |
| PDGF-induced fibroblast cell migration | |
| 12:20 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Christian Schmeiser (University of Vienna) |
| Mathematical modelling of lamellipodium dynamics | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Eva Barbosa Pfannes (University Potsdam) |
| Mechanical stability and dynamics of WASP-inhibited motile cells | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Juliane Zimmermann |
| (Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin) | |
| Modeling the force-velocity relation of motile cells | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Karsten Kruse (Saarland University) |
| Spontaneous cytoskeletal waves | |
| 19:00 | Focus Workshop Dinner |
| Wednesday, 31 August | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Lutz Schimansky-Geier (Humboldt-University at Berlin) |
| Fluctuations and noise in models of active motion | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Holger Stark (Berlin Technical University) |
| Stochastic motion of autochemotactic walkers and trypanosomes | |
| 11:00 - 11:05 | Group photo |
| (to be published on the website) | |
| 11:05 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Gabriel Amselem (Harvard University, Cambridge) |
| Statistics of eukaryotic chemotaxis | |
| 11:50 - 12:50 | Sergio Alonso (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin) |
| Formation of static domains of high concentration of proteins at cellular membranes | |
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Future University Hakodate) |
| Contemplative amoeboid locomotion in Physarum plasmodium | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Erik Bernitt (Bremen University) |
| Dynamics of actin reorganization across Phyla | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Marcus Hauser (Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg) |
| Graph properties of the network of Physarum polycephalum | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Tetsuo Ueda (Hokkaido University, Sapporo) |
| Dynamic organization of the cell behavior by the Physarum plasmodia | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Markus Radszuweit |
| (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin) | |
| Modeling contraction patterns in protoplasmic droplets of Physarum polycephalum | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Wang Xi (IFW Dresden) |
| Single cell behaviour in 3D microtubular architecture | |
| 19:00 | Supper |
| Thursday, 01 September | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Josef Käs (University of Leipzig) |
| Origin and spatial distribution of forces in motile fish keratocytes | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Manfred Radmacher (Bremen University) |
| Direct measurement of protrusion forces by AFM | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Till Bretschneider (University of Warwick, Coventry) |
| Actin dynamics in dictyostelium | |
| 12:20 | Lunch |
Preliminary Seminar Program (05 - 09 September)
| Monday, 5 September | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
| Tuesday, 6 September | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Igor Aronson (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Pattern formation in model active systems - Overview of experimental systems: Vibrated granular rods, cytoskeleton, suspensions of swimmers | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Jean-François Joanny (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) |
| Hydrodynamics of active polar gels | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
| Wednesday, 7 September | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Igor Aronson (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Pattern formation in model active systems - Self-organization of microtubules and molecular motors: Simple collision rules and kinetic theory | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Jean-François Joanny (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) |
| Hydrodynamics of active polar gels | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
| Thursday, 8 September | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Igor Aronson (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Pattern formation in model active systems - Suspensions of swimming bacteria: Theoretical approaches and simulations | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Jean-François Joanny (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) |
| Hydrodynamics of active polar gels | |
| Lecture notes (pdf) | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
| Friday, 9 September | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Erwin Frey (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) |
| Patterns and phenotypic heterogeneity in bacterial populations | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
Preliminary Workshop Program (12 - 16 September)
| Sunday, 11 September | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Registration |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome reception |
| Monday, 12 September | |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Roderich Moessner (Director MPIPKS) & Scientific Coordinators |
| Opening | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Jacques Prost (ESPCI Paris) |
| Reflexions on active systems | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Christoph Schmidt (Göttingen University) |
| Non-equilibrium mechanics of cells and cell models | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Pawel Romanczuk (MPIPKS Dresden) |
| Collective motion of active Brownian particles | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Fernando Peruani (University Nice) |
| Cluster statistics and obstacles in systems of self-propelled particles | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Holger Stark (Technical University Berlin) |
| Active motion under gravity and in Poiseuille flow | |
| 14:45 - 16:00 | Poster presentations |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | DYNACT11 Colloquium (Chairperson: Stefan Kirchner) |
| Igor Aronson (Argonne National Laboratory) | |
| Active magnetic colloids: From self-assembled swimmers to simple robots | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Poster session (part I) |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Supper |
| 19:30 - 21:00 | Poster session (part II) |
| Tuesday, 13 September | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Masaki Sano (The University of Tokyo) |
| Individual and collective dynamics of self-propelled micro-swimmers | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Guy Theraulaz (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse) |
| A three-dimensional model of ant-nest construction | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Lev Tsimring (University of California, San Diego) |
| Ordering and instabilities in dense bacterial colonies | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Olivier Dauchot (CEA Saclay) |
| Collective motion of vibrated polar granular disks | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Cristián Huepe (MPIPKS Dresden) |
| Adaptive networks and effective forces in collective motion: From toy models to experiments | |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Julien Tailleur (Université Denis Diderot, Paris) |
| Statistical physics of run-and-tumble bacteria | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Lars Hufnagel (EMBL Heidelberg) |
| Biophysical aspects of tissue dynamics | |
| 19:30 | Conference Dinner |
| Restaurant ``Alte Meister'', Theaterplatz 1a | |
| Wednesday, 14 September | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Francesco Ginelli (Institute for Complex Systems, Rome) |
| Collective motion in active matter systems | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University) |
| Active jamming | |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Group photo |
| (to be published on the website) | |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Eric Bertin (ENS de Lyon) |
| Statistical description of systems of self-propelled particles | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | John Toner (University of Oregon) |
| The flocks in you: Liquid and crystalline flocking in cell membrane actin | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Excursion to Saxon Switzerland |
| bus transfer, easy hiking tour | |
| (appropriate shoes and clothing recommended) | |
| 20:00 | Supper (at MPIPKS) |
| Thursday, 15 September | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Frank Jülicher (MPIPKS Dresden) |
| Delayed coupling theory of vertebrate segmentation | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Tamás Vicsek (Eötvös University, Budapest) |
| Knowledge-based versus dominance hierarchy in groups of homing pigeons | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Nadine Peyriéras (CNRS-NED, Gif-sur-Yvette) |
| Cellular dynamics in animal morphogenesis | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | András Czirók (University of Kansas) |
| Vasculogenesis and collective movement of endothelial cells | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Thomas Guérin (University Paris 6) |
| Motion reversal of molecular motor assemblies due to weak noise | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Kyoung J. Lee (Korea University, Seoul) |
| Zigzag turning preference of freely crawling cells | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Alexander Morozov (University of Edinburgh) |
| Hydrodynamics of rotating bacterial clusters | |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Vincent Hakim (ENS Paris) |
| Collective cell motion | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Shashi Thutupalli (MPI for Dynamics and Self-organization, Göttingen) |
| Squirming droplets: Individual flow fields and collective behaviour | |
| 18:30 | Supper |
| Friday, 16 September | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Andreas Bausch (Technical University Munich) |
| Cytoskeletal pattern formation: Self organization of driven filaments | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Ludger Santen (Saarland University) |
| Motor-driven fluctuations of semi-flexible polymers | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Irene Giardina (Institute for Complex Systems, Rome) |
| Statistical mechanics models for flocks of birds | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Yuhai Tu (IBM, Yorktown Heights) |
| Tug of war: The dynamics of flagellar motor with multiple stators | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Supper |
Preliminary Seminar Program (19 - 23 September)
| Monday, 19 September | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Supper |
| Tuesday, 20 September | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Yutaka Sumino (Aichi University of Education) |
| Large scale vortex of self-propelled microtubules induced by local interaction | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 20:00 | Seminar Dinner |
| Restaurant "Villandry", Jordanstr. 8 & 10 | |
| phone: 8996724 | |
| Wednesday, 21 September | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Masaki Sano (The University of Tokyo) |
| Cell migration: Stress measurement and modeling | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Thursday, 22 September | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Carine P. Beatrici (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) |
| Differential velocities as a mechanism for cell segregation | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Friday, 23 September | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee & tea |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Cristián Huepe (MPIPKS Dresden) |
| Extending minimal models of collective motion: Motivation & preliminary results | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
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