Professor Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi (Sharif U. of Technology and QLS Associate) will give a series of  three one-hour lectures, ranging from molecular motors to collective phenomena in the active matter.


Lecture 1 - Wed. 17 June 11h00-12h00

Molecular Machines/Motors
- An introduction to active particles and active matter in biology and physics
- Machines and Motors
- Chemical reactions
- Catalysts and Enzymes
- Macromolecules (proteins)
- Chemically driven Molecular Machines


Lecture 2 - Wed. 24 June 11h00-12h00

Active Particles
- Swimmers at Low Reynolds Numbers
- Chemotaxis
- Active Brownian Particles
- Run and Tumble


Lecture 3 - Wed. 1 July 11h00-12h00

Active Matter
- Interactions between Active Particles
- Collective behaviors in Active Matter
- Ordered and Disordered Phases
- Hydrodynamics of active matter
- Active Polymers