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Scientific Program

 Three prizes for best poster and soundbyte sponsored by CASE/NYSTAR 

Prizes will be awarded to a student or postdoc in each of the two posters sessions for the most effective poster and in the soundbyte session for the most effective soundbyte. The criteria defining “most effective” poster/soundbyte are (1) quality of ideas presented and (2) how well the ideas are conveyed both visually and verbally. For the poster sessions, the verbal conveyance is the presentation of the poster. For the soundbyte, the visual conveyance is the slides.  The prize consists of a certificate and a cash award. Only students and post-docs are eligible. 

Winners of Poster and Soundbyte Prizes:

 

Poster Session I

Henry Fu (Brown University)
Theory of Swimming Filaments in Viscoelastic Fluids

 Poster Session II

Volker Schaller (Technische Universität München)
Self Organized Patterns in 2D Active Fluids

Soundbytes

First Prize Winner:
Kelly Burke (Case Western Reserve University and Syracuse Biomaterials Institute)
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Soft Shape Memory Networks

Honorable Mentions:
Valerie Cross (Cornell University)
Mechanisms of cell-cell communication within 3D collagen matrices during vascular network formation in vitro

 Xiaofan Luo (Syracuse Biomaterials Institute)
You CAN get blood from a plastic: A New Self-healing Polymer SystemHonorable Mentions

 
   

Sunday,  May 17

 

 

5:30-7:30 PM Registration and Welcoming Reception in the Milton Atrium of The Life Sciences Complex (LSC)
 

 

Monday, May 18

 

8:30-9:00 AM  Registration & Continental Breakfast, Milton Atrium, LSC

 

Session I
Chair:   Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts
Title:  Pattern Formation and Growth in Active Systems

Rm 105 LSC
 

9:00-9:10 AM  Welcoming Remarks, George Langford, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Syracuse University

9:10-9:55 AM  Swarming and Swirling: From Granular Rods to Bacterial Colonies, Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University, USA (invited talk)

9:55-10:40 AM  Active Emulsions, Seth Fraden, Brandeis University, USA (invited talk)

10:40-11:00 AM  Coffee Break  & Informal Discussion- Milton Atrium

11:00-11:45 AM  Mechanics of Tissue Growth, Jacques Prost, ESPCI, Paris, France (invited talk)

11:45 -12:00 PM  Soft Squishy Tissue: The Depth Dependent Mechanical Properties of Articular Cartilage, Itai Cohen, Cornell University, USA (contributed talk)

12:00-12:30 PM   Discussion

12:30-2:00 PM Lunch – Restaurants on Marshall Street or at SU

 

Session II
Chair:   Oleg Igoshin, Rice University
Title:  Bacterial Suspensions and Biofilms, Rm 105 LSC
 

2:00-2:45 PM  Collective Dynamics in Swimming E. Coli Bacteria, Mingming Wu, Cornell University, USA (invited talk)

2:45-3:30 PM  Genomics of Emerging Order Within a Biofilm, Roy Welch, Syracuse University, USA (invited talk)

3:30-4:15 PM  Coffee Break & Informal Discussion – Milton Atrium, LSC

4:15-5:00 PM  The Nonlocal Hydrodynamics of Swimming Cells, Eric Lauga, UC San Diego, USA (invited talk)

5:00-5:15 PM  Foraging Strategies for Starving and Feeding Amoeba, Simon Norrelykke, Princeton University, USA (contributed talk)

5:15-6:00 PM  Discussion
 

 

Tuesday, May 19
 
 

 8:30-9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast, Milton Atrium, LSC
 

Session III
Chair:   Itai Cohen, Cornell University
Title:  Collective Behavior of Animal Groups, Rm 001 LSC
 

9:00-9:45 AM  How Harvester Ant Colonies use Interaction Networks to Regulate Foraging, Deborah Gordon, Stanford University, USA (invited talk)

9:45-10:30 AM  Collective Motion and Decision Making in Animal Groups, Iain Couzin, Princeton University, USA (invited talk)

10:30-10:50 AM   Coffee Break & Informal Discussion - Milton Atrium, LSC

10:50-11:35 AM  Collective Motion: Some Models and Experiments, Tamas Vicsek, ELTE, Budapest (invited talk)

11:35-11:50 AM  Evolution of Collective Behavior in Animal Groups, Vishwesha Guttal, Princeton University, USA (contributed talk)

11:50 AM-12:05 PM  Self-propelled Particles with Nematic Interactions: From Simple Agent-Based Models to Experiments with Rod-shaped Bacteria, Fernando Peruani, CEA and Institute of Complex Systems, Paris, France (contributed talk)

12:05-12:30 PM  Discussion

12:30-2:00 PM  Lunch - Restaurants on Marshall Street or at SU

2:00-3:00 PM  Soundbytes, Rm. 001 LSC

3:00-4:00 PM Coffee Break & Poster Session I, Milton Atrium, LSC

4:15-5:15 PM  Breakout Panel Discussions, Physics Building, Rms 104, 202, 204

5:30 PM - Workshop Reception/Dinner – Milton Atrium, LSC

 

7:30-8:30 PM
Public Lecture Physics at Work in Cell Biology and Cancer, Jean -Francois Joanny, Institut Curie, FRANCE  and Jacques Prost, ESPCI, FRANCE, Life Sciences Complex Auditorium (Rm 001)

8:30 PM  Refreshments and informal discussion with speakers - Milton Atrium, LSC
 

 

Wednesday, May 20
 

 8:30-9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast, Milton Atrium, LSC
 

Session IV
Chair:   Jennifer Schwarz, Syracuse University
Title:  Active Mechanics in the Cell, Rm 105 LSC

9:00-9:45 AM   Assembling Contractile Actomyosin Bundles, Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago, USA  (invited talk)

9:45-10:30 AM Cell Dynamics and Active Gels, Jean -Francois Joanny, Institut Curie, France (invited talk)

10:30-10:50 AM  Coffee Break  & Informal Discussion - Milton Atrium, LSC

10:50 -11:05 AM   Out-of-equilibrium in vitro Actin Networks, Simone Koehler, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany (contributed talk)

11:05-11:20 AM   The Transportation System Inside a Living Cell, Clare Yu, University of California,  Irvine, USA (contributed talk)

11:20-11:35 AM  Theory of Filament Depolymerization by Motor Proteins, Meredith Betterton, University of Colorado,  Boulder, USA (contributed talk)

11:35-11:50 AM  Invasive Patterns of Malignant Brain Tumors, Evgeniy Khain, Oakland University, USA (contributed talk)

11:50-12:30 PM  Discussion

12:30-2:00 PM  Lunch– Restaurants on Marshall Street or at SU
 

Session V
Chair:   Clare Yu, UC Irvine
Title:  Collective Behavior of Active Suspensions, Rm. 105 LSC
 

2:00-2:45 PM  Growth Induced Ordering and Streaming in Dense Bacterial Populations, Lev Tsimring, UC San Diego, USA (invited talk)

2:45-3:30 PM  Self propelled Particles: From Microdynamics to Hydrodynamics, Aparna Baskaran, Syracuse University, USA (invited talk)

3:30-3:45 PM  Hydrodynamic Interactions of Linked-Sphere Swimmers, Gareth Alexander, University of Pennsylvania, USA (contributed talk)

3:45-4:00 PM  Hydrodynamics and Rheology of Active Polar Films, Luca Giomi, Syracuse University, USA (contributed talk)

4:00-5:00 PM  Coffee Break & Poster Session II - Milton Atrium, LSC

5:00–5:15 PM  Electrically Driven Dynamics of Small Particles in Liquid Crystals, Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University, USA (contributed talk)

5:15-5:30 PM  Velocity and Stress Correlations in Suspensions of Swimming Microorganisms: Theory and Simulation, Patrick Underhill, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (contributed talk)

5:30-6:00 PM   Discussion
 

 

Thursday, May 21
 

 8:30-9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast, Milton Atrium, LSC
 

Session VI
Chair:  Kristian Müller-Nedebock (Stellenbosch University)
Title:  The Mechanics of Cells Under Stress and on Surfaces, Rm. 105 LSC
 

9:00-9:45 AM  Dynamics of Active Cellular Response Under Mechanical Stress, Rumi De, Brown University, USA (invited talk)

9:45-10:30 AM  Endothelial Cell Network Assembly on Soft Subtrates, Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornell University, USA (invited talk)

10:30-10:50 AM  Coffee Break & Informal Discuss - Milton Atrium , LSC

10:50-11:35 AM  Response of Cells to Nonlinear Elastic Substrates, Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania, USA (invited talk)

11:35-11:50 AM  A Model for Surface Tension in Cell Aggregates, Lisa Manning, Princeton University, USA (contributed talk)

11:50-12:05 PM  Multi-cellular Substrate Deformation Guides Collective Migration, Thomas Angelini, Harvard University, USA (contributed talk)

12:05-12:20 PM  F-actin Dynamics in Human Skin Cells Directs Velocity of Cell Migration, Torsten Wöllert, Syracuse University, USA (contributed talk)

12:20-12:50 PM  Discussion

12:50-1:00 PM - Closing Remarks