DAMTP BioLunch


2009-02-26 13:00: Searching for homology in the eukaryotic flagellar apparatus (Giselle Walker, Earth Sciences, Cambridge)

2009-04-09 13:00: Current Problems in Embryology (Piraye Yurttas, Gurdon Institute)

2009-05-06 14:00: Optimizing Locomotion: From Biology to Robotics (Anette Hosoi, MIT)

2009-05-07 13:00: The magic of membranes - where differential geometry and biology meet (Timon Idema and Stefan Semrau, Leiden University)

2009-06-18 13:00: On fluctuations, dissipation and diffusion in external potentials (Professor Eugene Terentjev ( Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge))

2009-06-23 13:00: Fidelity and Target Location During Homologous Recombination (Prof. Joel Stavans, Weizmann Institute)

2009-10-20 16:00: Fluid Dynamics of Left-Right Symmetry-Breaking in Vertebrates (Kyosuke Shinohara, Osaka University)

2009-11-05 13:00: Deadly competition between sibling bacterial colonies (Avraham Be'er, CNLD, University of Texas at Austin)

2010-02-04 13:00: Self-Organization of Microtubules in Plants (Jun Allard, University of British Columbia)

2010-02-18 13:00: Scattering and anomalous diffusion of tracer particles in active suspensions (Jorn Dunkel, Oxford)

2010-10-14 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Jorn Dunkel, DAMTP)

2011-03-22 13:00: Marine Microfluidics: Chemotaxis and Gyrotaxis in the Ocean (Roman Stocker, MIT)

2011-05-05 13:00: Evolution of Photoreceptors in Multicellular Animals (Gordon Fain, UCLA)

2013-01-16 13:00: African trypanosomes: avoiding your host and self-cleaning plasma membranes (Professor Mark Carrington (Cambridge))

2015-02-04 13:00: The art of cell locomotion: flagellar swimming, steering and synchronization (Benjamin Friedrich, Max-Planck Institute, Dresden)

2015-02-12 13:00: Probing the mechanics of growth of a bacterial microcolony (Marie-Cecilia Duvernoy, ENS, Paris)

2015-02-19 13:00: Particle displacements by swimming organisms (Jean-Luc Thiffeault, University of Wisconsin)

2015-03-04 13:00: Physical ecology of swimming in plankton (Navish Wadhwa, Technical University of Denmark)

2015-04-20 13:30: Osmotic Self-Propulsion (Ehud Yariv, Israel Institute of Technology)

2015-04-28 13:30: Bubble dynamics in two extreme confinements: oscillations in micro-channels and cavitation in trees (Philippe Marmottant, Université Grenoble 1)

2015-05-14 16:00: Game Theory in Cancer at the Societal and Cellular Scale (Robert Austin, Princeton University)

2015-05-21 13:00: Thermal actuation of artificial microswimmers (Thomas Bickel, Université Bordeaux)

2015-07-16 13:00: Title to be confirmed (David Smith, University of Birmingham)

2015-09-24 13:00: Multiscale Modeling, Analysis, Simulations of stochastic processes in cell biology (David Holcman, IBENS Ecole Normale Superieure)

2015-10-01 13:00: Near-wall colloidal dynamics studied by evanescent wave light scattering (Maciej Lisicki, University of Warsaw)

2015-12-02 13:10: Instabilities of active biological gels: theory and in vivo experiments on actomyosin (Edouard Hannezo)

2015-12-09 13:10: A micro-swimmer in confinement: a swimmer captured in a droplet. (Shang-Yik Reigh (University of Cambridge))

2015-12-16 13:00: Phototaxis in the light of photoresponse (Kyriacos Leptos (University of Cambridge))

2016-01-13 13:00: Twists and Turns in the Tale (Kirsty Wan (University of Cambridge))

2016-01-20 13:00: Visualization of Blood Flow Ingested by a Female Mosquito (Kenji Kikuchi (Tohoku University))

2016-01-22 12:30: Prosthetic heart valves: ideas for improvement (Roberto Zenit, UNAM, Mexico City)

2016-01-27 13:00: Dynamics and statistics of micro-swimmers in flowing films (Arnold Mathijssen (University of Oxford))

2016-02-02 13:00: The Fluid Boundary (Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith (University of Cambridge))

2016-02-10 13:00: Stochastic aspects of choanoflagellates (Julius Bier Kirkegaard (University of Cambridge))

2016-02-17 13:00: Sensing the flow  (Francesco Boselli (University of Cambridge))

2016-02-24 13:00: An artificial cilium under a rotating magnetic field (Tamsin Spelman (University of Cambridge))

2016-03-09 13:00: Disentanglement and Swirling Transition at Low Reynolds Number (Gabriele De Canio (University of Cambridge))

2016-03-16 13:00: Two questions of shape (Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge))

2016-03-30 13:00: Cell Crawling, Cell Swimming and Cell Tumbling (Elsen Tjhung (University of Cambridge))

2016-04-13 13:00: Two taxes and one loop (Ottavio Croze (University of Cambridge))

2016-05-04 13:00: Phoretic motion, Volvox, and Ribbons and Sheets (Tom Montenegro-Johnson (University of Cambridge))

2016-05-11 13:00: Wrinkling and rippling in liquid crystal systems (Thomas Powers (Brown University))

2016-05-25 13:00: Two faces of phase separated lipid membranes  (Matt Blosser (University of Oxford))

2016-06-02 13:00: Bed of polydisperse viscous spherical drops under thermocapillary effects (Raja Sekhar (IIT-Kharagpur))

2016-06-15 13:00: The healthy voice: Developing an in silico basis for managing voice disorder (Pinaki Bhattacharya (University of Sheffield))

2016-06-29 13:00: Flows and fluxes in cell nanodomains and open collaborations (David Holcman ( IBENS Ecole Normale Superieure))

2016-06-30 13:00: Simple physical views on cell and embryo morphogenesis (Hervé Turlier (European Molecular Biology Laboratory))

2016-10-06 13:00: Swimming of flexible helices (Panayiota Katsamba (University of Cambridge))

2016-10-12 13:00: Artificial chemotaxis of phoretic swimmers (Maria Tătulea-Codrean (University of Cambridge))

2016-10-19 13:00: Gyrotaxis of Chlamydomonas in downward Poiseuille flow -- verifying existing models with experimental data (Di Jin  (University of Cambridge))

2016-10-26 13:00: Interactive Biophysics with Micro-swimmers: Cloud Experimentation, Programmed Swarms, Biotic Games, and Informal Education (Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse (Stanford University))

2016-11-02 13:00: Biological origami: tissue remodeling in insect embryos (Kristen Panfilio (University of Cologne))

2016-11-09 13:00: Diffusiophoresis: Continuum theory vs particle-based simulations (Shang-Yik Reigh (University of Cambridge))

2016-11-10 13:00: Phase transitions and the principle of detailed balance in living systems (Fred MacKintosh (Rice University))

2016-11-16 13:00: Rollin’ in the river (Maciej Lisicki (University of Cambridge))

2016-11-22 13:00: Earth System Dynamics and Mass Extinctions (Daniel H. Rothman (Lorenz Center, MIT))

2016-11-30 13:00: The evolution of silicon transporters (Alan Marron (University of Cambridge))

2017-01-11 13:00: Active flow networks for autonomous microfluidics (Francis Woodhouse (University of Cambridge))

2017-01-18 13:00: Electrohydrodynamics of particles and drops in strong electric fields (Debasish Das (DAMTP, University of Cambridge))

2017-01-25 13:00: Filterfeeding and navigation of microorganisms (Julius Bier Kirkegaard (University of Cambridge))

2017-02-01 13:05: Tracking nonequilibrium in living cells (Étienne Fodor (University of Cambridge))

2017-02-08 13:05: Squirmer's Adventures in Latticeland (Alex Chamolly (University of Cambridge))

2017-02-15 13:00: On the biophysics of cilia polarity (Francesco Boselli (University of Cambridge))

2017-02-22 13:00: Theory of margination in blood and other multicomponent suspensions (Michael D. Graham (University of Wisconsin-Madison))

2017-03-01 13:05: Two questions of shape (Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge))

2017-03-08 13:00: (Capillary) Bridge over Troubled Water: establishing the role of surfactants in increasing drag over superhydrophobic surfaces (François J Peaudecerf (University of Cambridge))

2017-03-16 13:00: Dynamic and Programmable Self-assembly of Micro-rafts at Air-water Interface (Wendong Wang (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems))

2017-03-22 13:00: Leading order Stokes flows near a corner (Justas Dauparas (University of Cambridge))

2017-03-29 13:00: Geometric tuning of the self-propulsion of catalytic particles (Sebastien Michelin (Ecole Polytechnique))

2017-04-05 13:00: Armoured microbubbles and an artificial cilium (Tamsin Spelman (University of Cambridge))

2017-04-26 13:00: Linking individual and collective dynamics in sperm suspensions (Eric Keaveny (Imperial College London))

2017-05-03 12:00: Determinism, stochasticity and cell communication – Vertebrate development is more than meets the eye (Anne Herrmann (University of Cambridge))

2017-05-11 13:00: Extensions on bundling & slip slender-body theory (Yi Man (University of Cambridge))

2017-05-17 13:00: Streaming and Sorting: Manipulating fluid and microparticles with oscillating interfaces (Sascha Hilgenfeldt (University of Illinois))

2017-05-18 13:00: Twirling and tilting: Bacteria tumble-to-travel transition (Emily Riley (University of Cambridge))

2017-05-22 13:00: Morphology and Mechanics of Cellular Matter: from Tilings to Tissues (Sascha Hilgenfeldt (University of Illinois))

2017-05-25 13:00: The near and far of capillary rafts (Lyndon Koens (University of Cambridge))

2017-06-01 13:00: Flapping Dynamics of Elastica at Low Reynolds Number (Gabriele De Canio (University of Cambridge))

2017-06-08 13:00: Swirling a glass: wine vs. beer (Frédéric Moisy (University Paris-Sud))

2017-06-14 12:30: Phage migration along bacterial flagella: A model for the nut-and-bolt mechanism (Panayiota Katsamba (University of Cambridge))

2017-08-16 13:00: Distribution of gyrotactic cells in complex three-dimensional flow (Li Zeng)

2017-10-12 13:00: Dynamics of a model microorganism in viscoelastic liquids (Marco De Corato (Imperial College))

2017-10-16 13:00: Playing Newton: Learning equations of motion from data (Ilya Nemenman (Emory University))

2017-10-19 13:00: Self-propulsion of catalytic conical micro-swimmer (Giacomo Gallino (University of Cambridge))

2017-10-26 13:00: Bacterial chemotaxis in antibiotic gradients. Yes they can! (Nuno Miguel Oliveira (University of Cambridge))

2017-11-02 13:00: Autophoretic motion in three dimensions (Maciej Lisicki (University of Cambridge))

2017-11-09 13:00: Complex Organisms and Complex Environments: a Progress Report (Hélène de Maleprade (University of Cambridge))

2017-11-16 13:00: Optimising network exploration in a crowded single-file world (Francis Woodhouse (University of Cambridge))

2017-11-23 13:00: Generic long-range interactions between bodies in an active fluid (Yongjoo Baek (University of Cambridge))

2017-11-30 13:00: Quantitative approaches to epithelial morphogenesis (Ruth Baker (University of Oxford))

2017-12-07 13:00: Computing the motor torque of a tethered bacterium using numerical simulations (Debasish Das (University of Cambridge))

2017-12-14 13:00: Two ways to evert a sock - Evolution of morphogenesis in Volvox (Stephanie Höhn (University of Cambridge))

2018-01-18 13:00: Dynamics of a degradable microswimmer (Alex Chamolly (University of Cambridge))

2018-01-25 13:00: Spinning and yawing: Dissecting the phototactic steering of a biflagellate (Kyriacos Leptos (University of Cambridge))

2018-02-01 13:00: Inverting Algae and Shape-Shifting Droplets (Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge))

2018-02-08 13:00:  Model-based image analysis of a tethered Brownian fibre for shear stress sensing  (Meurig Gallagher (University of Birmingham))

2018-02-15 13:00: Interkinetic nuclear migration as a stochastic process in the zebrafish retina (Anne Herrmann (University of Cambridge))

2018-02-21 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Tom Montenegro-Johnson (University of Birmingham))

2018-03-01 13:00: The cell-cycle dependence of alga motility and the collective motion under influence (Di Jin (University of Cambridge))

2018-03-09 13:00: The Fluttering and Tumbling of Mobius Bands (George Fortune (University of Cambridge))

2018-03-22 13:00: Stability and dynamics of a single Plateau border (Christophe Raufaste (Université Côte d'Azur, Nice))

2018-04-12 13:00: Live response of Xenopus ciliated ectoderm to exogenous flow (Francesco Boselli (University of Cambridge))

2018-04-19 13:00: A stochastic model for bacteria-driven micro-swimmers (Christian Esparza Lopez (University of Cambridge))

2018-04-26 13:00: Mathematical models for cell migration with real-time cell cycle dynamics ( Matthew Simpson (Queensland University of Technology))

2018-05-03 13:00: On the interaction of helical structures within bundles of bacterial flagella (Maria Tătulea-Codrean (University of Cambridge))

2018-05-17 13:00: Boundary integrals, slender bodies and a deforming gel microswimmer (Lyndon Koens (University of Cambridge))

2018-05-24 13:00: Active and driven liquid crystals (Elsen Tjhung (University of Cambridge))

2018-05-31 13:00: Diffusion of active particles in a complex environment strongly depends on boundary conditions (Samuel Bell (University of Cambridge))

2018-06-07 13:00: Flow-induced phase separation of active colloids is controlled by boundary conditions (Rajesh Singh (University of Cambridge))

2018-06-14 13:00: Microbial rheotaxis near a wall (Kenta Ishimoto (University of Tokyo))

2018-06-28 13:00: Gait changes in the motility of Euglena gracilis: theory and experiments on flagellar swimming and metaboly (Antonio DeSimone (SISSA))

2018-07-05 13:00: Coping with Mechanical Stress: Tissue dynamics in development and repair (Yanlan Mao (UCL))

2018-07-12 13:00: Rotating Paint Catenaries : Pollock's technique explained (Paul Robin (ENS, Paris) )

2018-08-07 13:00: Triggering light emission by mechanical stimulation: behaviour of a dinoflagellate (Antoine Dode (École Polytechnique))

2018-10-08 13:00: Active particles in complex fluids (Gwynn Elfring (University of British Columbia))

2018-10-18 13:00: Complexity is a Can of Worms (Nigel Franks (University of Bristol))

2018-10-25 13:00: Chaotic tumbling and steady drifting of bananas in shear flow (Ian Thorp (University of Cambridge))

2018-11-01 13:00: Fluid dynamics of bacterial biofilms (Nuno Miguel Oliveira (University of Cambridge))

2018-11-08 13:00: Phototactic swimming of multicellular microalgae (Hélène de Maleprade (University of Cambridge))

2018-11-15 13:00: Active particles powered by Quincke rotation in a bulk fluid (Debasish Das (University of Cambridge))

2018-11-22 13:00: Tales of tails. Swimming statistics of unicellular eukaryotes and dynamic buckling of elastic filaments (Maciej Lisicki (University of Cambridge))

2018-11-29 13:00: On Growth and Form: Gastrulation and Stem Cells Driving Axis Formation in Amniotes (Octavian Voiculescu (University of Cambridge))

2018-12-03 13:00: Simulation of Intimal Thickening in Arteries by Morphoelasticity (Pak-Wing Fok (University of Delaware))

2018-12-06 13:00: On a fish's eye development in 3D (Anne Herrmann (University of Cambridge))

2018-12-14 13:00: Sperm-driven biohybrid microswimmers (Veronika Magdanz (TU Dresden))

2019-01-17 13:00: Anomalous dynamics of snap-through instabilities (Michael Gomez (University of Cambridge))

2019-01-24 13:00: Deterministic lateral displacement for selective particle trapping (Alex Chamolly (University of Cambridge))

2019-01-31 13:00: Continuum Model for Collective Behaviour of Micro-Swimmers (Lloyd Fung (Imperial College London))

2019-02-07 13:00: Morphogenesis is stressful -  The challenges of measuring tension in a 3D dynamic cell sheet (Stephanie Höhn (University of Cambridge))

2019-02-14 13:00: Two questions of shape (Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge))

2019-02-28 13:00: Helices under the microscope: What geometry can tells us about the bundling and tangling of bacterial flagella (Maria Tatulea-Codrean (University of Cambridge))

2019-03-07 13:00: Synchronisation and alignment of mammalian motile cilia by hydrodynamic forces (Nicola Pellicciotta (University of Cambridge))

2019-03-14 13:00: Limits in stochastic cell biology (Glenn Vinnicombe (Engineering, University of Cambridge))

2019-03-21 13:00: E. coli chemotaxis, free and near surface swimming (Christian Esparza López (University of Cambridge))

2019-04-11 13:00: Theoretical tool bridging cell polarities with development of robust morphologies (Silas Boye Nissen (University of Copenhagen))

2019-04-25 13:00: Biological collectives (George Fortune (University of Cambridge))

2019-05-16 13:00: Bacterial magneto-convection (Albane Thery (University of Cambridge))

2019-05-23 13:00: The Subtle Road to Equilibrium in the FPUT Model (David K. Campbell (Boston University))

2019-05-28 14:00: Collective Microswimmer Motility in Complex Environments (Fabian Schwarzendahl (Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization))

2019-05-30 13:00: Modelling and analysis of the reorientation dynamics of phototactic biflagellates (Kyriacos Leptos (University of Cambridge))

2019-06-06 13:00: Light-driven dynamics of a deformable microgel spiral and synchronisation of cilia in strong confinement (Ivan Tanasijevic (University of Cambridge))

2019-06-13 13:00: Symmetry, Periodicity, and Reversibility: New DNA Puzzles for The Passionate Scientists  (Kirti Prakash (University of Cambridge))

2019-06-20 13:00: Biomechanics can provide a new perspective on microbiology (Takuji Ishikawa (Tohoku University))

2019-06-27 13:00: Fluid dynamics and development of orientational polarity in multiciliated tissues  (Francesco Boselli (University of Cambridge))

2019-07-11 13:00: Microbots: Propulsion and Control (Tom Montenegro-Johnson (University of Birmingham))

2019-08-22 13:00: Collective Motion: A mathematician goes on a field trip (George Fortune (University of Cambridge))

2019-08-29 13:00: Microalgal bioluminescence - a complex response to viscoelastic membane deformation (Nico Schramma (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization) )

2019-09-13 13:00: Left-right asymmetric cell intercalation drives directional collective cell movement in epithelial morphogenesis (Katsuhiko Sato (Hokkaido University))

2019-09-19 13:00: The mechanics of bacterial flagellar locomotion in viscous and viscoelastic fluids (Kenny Breuer (Brown University))

2019-09-24 14:00: Fluid mechanics of the eye (Rodolfo Repetto (University of Genoa))

2019-10-02 13:00: Fight-or-Flight Responses in Bacterial Biofilms (Nuno Miguel Oliveira (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-10 13:00: Decoding coordinated motion in the simplest multicellular algae (Hélène de Maleprade (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-17 13:00: Transition to bound states for bacteria swimming near surfaces (Debasish Das (University of Cambridge))

2019-10-24 13:00: The interplay between moving nuclei and membranes – interkinetic nuclear migration on the cell level (Anne Herrmann (University of Cambridge))

2019-11-07 13:00: Subpopulations and Stability in Microbial Communities (Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge))

2019-11-14 13:00: SPT: Slender Phoretic Theory of Chemically Active Filaments (Panayiota Katsamba (University of Birmingham))

2019-11-21 13:00: Active versus passive bundling, irreversible entrapment by rollers, and fundamental solutions to the Stokes equations (Alex Chamolly (University of Cambridge))

2019-12-05 13:00: Flicking dynamics of monotrichous bacteria (Michael Gomez (University of Cambridge))

2019-12-16 13:00: In silico microswimmers propelled by helical flagella: Modeling, Simulations & Analysis (Sookkyung Lim (University of Cincinnati))

2020-01-16 13:00: Bioluminescence Under Stress (Maziyar Jalaal (University of Cambridge))

2020-01-22 13:00: Regulation of form in multicellular choanoflagellates and the evolutionary cell biology of morphogenesis (Ben Larson (UC San Francisco))

2020-01-23 13:00: Active trapping of microswimmers in a foam (Florence Elias (Université Paris Diderot))

2020-01-30 13:00: Synchronisation of Rotating Helical Filaments  (Maria Tatulea-Codrean (Cambridge))

2020-02-06 13:00: Internal stresses show elastic behaviour of a dynamic cell sheet (Stephanie Höhn (Cambridge))

2020-02-13 13:00: A custom-designed microfluidic model allows production of biologically-relevant occlusive thrombi in vitro (Jessica Berry (Cambridge))

2020-02-26 13:00: The origin of animal morphogenesis: insights from choanoflagellates (Thibaut Brunet (UC Berkeley))

2020-02-27 13:00: Navigation on the microscale - how cells can sense the direction of external gradients (Ulrich Dobramysl (Cambridge))

2020-03-06 13:00: A model of an insect in pitcher plant's digestive fluid (Masha Dvoriashyna (Cambridge))

2020-03-12 13:00: Antagonistic motor protein dynamics in contractile ring structures (Adriana Dawes (Ohio State))

2020-03-19 13:00: Title to be confirmed ( Alfonso Martinez-Arias (Cambridge))

2022-07-18 13:00: Covariant Hydrodynamics of Membranes and Nematic Surfaces (Dr. Sami Al-Izzi (Postdoctoral Fellow, EMBL-Australia Node in Single Molecule Science and School of Physics, UNSW))

2022-07-20 15:00: Navigating the maze: transport through intracellular tubule networks (Prof Elena Koslover, UC San Diego)

2022-07-27 13:00: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics of Shape-shifting Multicellular Choanoflagellates (Adam Konkol (DAMTP) and Dr Lloyd Fung (DAMTP))

2022-10-13 12:30: Stable infinite-dimensional dynamical systems (Anand Srinivasan)

2022-10-27 12:30: Micro-locomotion near interfaces: studies on the motion of model micro-swimmers around obstacles and under confinement (Dr. Nikhil Desai (University of Cambridge))

2022-11-03 12:30: The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of micro-swimmers in channel flow (Smitha Maretvadakethope, University of Liverpool)

2022-11-10 12:30: DFD Practice Talks (Maria Tatulea-Codrean, Steven Htet, Weida Liao)

2022-11-17 12:30: Fluid mechanics and development of mosaic ciliated tissues (Francesco Boselli, University of Cambridge)

2022-11-24 12:30: Single cell-resolved topological defects of bacterial nematic phases in extreme confinement (Dr. Iago Grobas, University of Oxford)

2022-12-01 12:30: A hidden hydrodynamic phenomenon prevents collective motion of spontaneously spinning particles (Dr. Debasish Das, University of Strathclyde)

2023-02-02 12:30: Model of inverse bleb growth explains giant vacuole dynamics during cell mechanoadaptation (Dr Andrea Cairoli, DAMTP, University of Cambridge)

2023-02-09 12:30: Life as plankton: When fluid mechanics really matters  (Prof. Christophe Eloy, IRPHE Marseille)

2023-02-16 12:30: From sinking spheroids to chemotactic collapse: Continuum modelling of dilute active Brownian particle suspension (Dr Lloyd Fung, DAMTP, University of Cambridge)

2023-03-17 12:30: Improving Scientific Publishing (Dr Alessio Bolognesi (eLife))

2023-03-30 12:30: Improving Scientific Publishing (Dr Alessio Bolognesi)

2023-06-15 13:00: Bifurcation Analysis of Active Filament Models (Bethany Clarke, Imperial College London)

2023-06-22 13:00: Weakly nonlinear dynamics of self-propelling active droplets (Gunnar Peng, Imperial College London)

2023-06-29 13:00: Active Solids (Jack Binysh, University of Bath)

2023-09-07 13:00: Multiscale liquid crystal order in biological tissues (Luca Giomi)

2023-09-14 13:00: Self-organized flight formations disrupted by self-amplifying waves (Leif Ristroph, New York University)

2023-09-21 13:00: Chemical gardens in horizontal confined geometry: diffusion-controlled growth and osmotic lysis (Mingchuan Zheng)

2023-09-28 13:00: Snap, crack and pop: The dynamics of elastic instability (Dominic Vella, University of Oxford)

2023-10-05 13:00: Some consequences of phenotypic heterogeneity in living active matter (Philip Pearce, University College London)

2023-10-10 13:00: Active Caustics (Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science)

2023-10-19 13:00: How do RNAs fold, dynamically? (Julius Lucks, Northwestern University)

2023-10-26 13:00: Swimming loops and swelling beads: designing microscale functionality through fluid-structure interactions (Matthew Butler, University College London)

2023-11-02 13:00: Multiscale methods and microswimmer models (Ben Walker, University of Bath)

2023-11-09 13:00: Two emergent biophysical phenomena motivated by Turing and Jeffery (Mohit Dalwadi, University College London)

2023-11-13 13:00: Calcium signalling and mechanochemical modelling in fertilization and embryogenesis (Katerina Kaouri, Cardiff University)

2023-11-23 13:00: To stick or to swim: phenotypic plasticity in biofilms and its role in evolutionary rescue (Diana Fusco, University of Cambridge)

2023-11-29 13:00: Fishy fluid mechanics and impossible ecologies (Pierre Haas, Max Planck Institute of Complex Systems, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

2023-11-30 13:00: Undulatory Swimming in Suspensions and Networks of Flexible Filaments (Adam Townsend, Durham University)

2023-12-07 13:00: A hybrid computational approach for swimming in shear-thinning and viscoelastic fluids (Cara Neal, University of Liverpool)

2023-12-14 13:00: Affinity maturation of antibodies targeting HIV spikes (Mehran Kardar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2024-01-11 13:00: An application of Fast FCM: swimming with emergent cilia coordination (Hang Su, Imperial College London)

2024-01-18 13:00: Active Taylor dispersion with Fourier methods: biased swimming cells with absorbing boundaries (Hakan Galdag)

2024-01-25 13:00: Locomotion through viscoplastic fluids (Duncan Hewitt, University of Cambridge)

2024-02-08 13:00: Motility-induced patterning in signalling bacteria (Wesley Ridgway, University of Oxford)

2024-02-15 13:00: Self-organized patterning in complex fluids (Giulia Celora, UCL)

2024-02-22 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Alexander Mietke, University of Oxford)

2024-02-29 13:00: Ciliary coordination in marine invertebrate larvae (Rebecca Poon, University of Exeter)

2024-03-14 13:00: Dynamic Density Functional Theory: A Tool for Mathematical Biology? (Benjamin Goddard, University of Edinburgh)

2024-03-18 13:00: Undulatory swimmers – a tail of two tails  (Lisa Fauci)

2024-03-28 13:00: Active mixing in laminar flows:  How is a swimming microbe like a forest fire? (Tom Solomon, Bucknell University)

2024-04-25 13:00: Sticky feet: biophysical models for cell adhesion (Maria Tatulea-Codrean, University of Cambridge)

2024-05-02 13:00: How does a plant grow? A story across the scales!  (Euan Smithers, University of Cambridge)

2024-05-09 13:00: 3D modelling of intracellular active fibre networks for understanding plant development (Tamsin Spelman)

2024-05-16 13:00: Self-assembled active actomyosin gels spontaneously curve and wrinkle similar to biological cells and tissues (Anne Bernheim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

2024-05-30 13:00: Systematic design and control of biochemical reaction networks (Tomislav Plesa, University of Cambridge)

2024-06-13 13:00: The chiral core of the collagen microfibril (Mitya Pushkin, University of York)

2024-06-20 13:00: Mechanics of asymmetric cell division (Alexander Mietke, University of Oxford)

2024-06-27 13:00: Deformable bodies in anisotropic fluids: from activity to elasticity (Thomas Chandler)

2024-11-03 13:00: Puncture mechanics of soft solids: A theoretical perspective (Prof. Mattia Bacca, UBC)

2024-11-14 13:00: Ising spin model for directional decision-making on the move (Prof. Nir Gov, Weizmann Institute )

2025-01-20 14:00: Hydrodynamic singularities in soft matter flows (Vatsal Sanjay (University of Twente))

2025-02-06 13:00: Why Don’t Trees Lean South (Christophe Eloy (Centrale Marseille))

2025-02-13 13:00: Dynamical Complexity in Living Active Matter (Praneet Prakash (University of Cambridge, DAMTP))

2025-02-20 13:00: Hydrodynamic Hamiltonians of active two-dimensional fluids (Naomi Oppenheimer (Tel Aviv University))

2025-02-27 13:00: The ups and downs of budding yeast's transport of glucose (Peter Swain (University of Edinburgh))

2025-03-13 13:00: A general role of mechanical pre-patterning in tissue shape formation in embryos (Fengzhu Xiong (University of Cambridge, Gurdon Institute))

2025-03-27 13:00: Mechanically-Grown Morphogenesis of Voronoi-Type Materials (Zahra Hooshmand Ahoor (University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering))

2025-03-28 13:00: Recreational Biology: Topological puzzles hiding in cell biology (Prof Manu Prakash, Stanford University)

2025-05-01 13:00: Accurate Diffusion Estimation From Simulation and the Impacts on Temperature Dependent Modelling (Dr Andrew McCluskey (University of Bristol))

2025-06-19 13:00: Simulation of Drug Absorption in Airway Surface Liquid (Mohammad Hadi Sedaghat (University of Cyprus))

2025-07-03 13:00: Hydro-chemical interactions of swimming droplets (Sébastien Michelin (LadHyX -- Ecole Polytechnique))

2025-07-10 13:00: Mathematical Modelling of diffusive filaments: from active colloids to microplastic fibre pollutant release dynamics  (Panayiota Katsamba (The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus))

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