Conference and School on Modelling Elastic Manifolds: from Soft Condensed Matter to Biomolecules (School: 24-25 July; Conference: 26-29 July)

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Conference and School on Modelling Elastic Manifolds: from Soft Condensed Matter to Biomolecules (School: 24-25 July; Conference: 26-29 July) | (smr 1762)

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Monday, 24 July 2006

08:15 - 09:20 Registration and Administrative Formalities
- 08:15 Registration and Administrative Formalities 1h5'
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome
- 09:20 Welcome 10'

09:30 - 11:00 Statistical physics of biopolymers (Part 1)

09:30 Statistical physics of biopolymers (Part 1) 1h30'

Speaker:	Henri ORLAND (CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Material:	lecture notes

11:00 - 12:30 Glassy phases of disordered elastic media (Part 1)

11:00 Glassy phases of disordered elastic media (Part 1) 1h30'

Speaker:	Thierry GIAMARCHI (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'

14:00 - 15:30 Conformational correlations in proteins (Part 1)

14:00 Conformational correlations in proteins (Part 1) 1h30'

Speaker:	Burak ERMAN (Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Material:	lecture notes

15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
- 15:30 Coffee Break 20'
15:50 - 17:20 Introduction to glass physics (Part 1)
- 15:50 Introduction to glass physics (Part 1) 1h30'
  
  Speaker: Tomas GRIGERA (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

Tuesday, 25 July 2006
- 08:40 - 10:10 Introduction to glass physics (Part 2)
  - 08:40 Introduction to glass physics (Part 2) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Tomas GRIGERA
- 10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:10 Coffee Break 20'
- 10:30 - 12:00 Conformational correlations in proteins (Part 2)
  - 10:30 Conformational correlations in proteins (Part 2) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Burak ERMAN
- 12:00 - 13:40 Lunch Break
  - 12:00 Lunch Break 1h40'
- 13:40 - 15:10 Glassy phases of disordered elastic media (Part 2)
  - 13:40 Glassy phases of disordered elastic media (Part 2) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Thierry GIAMARCHI
- 15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break
  - 15:10 Coffee Break 20'
- 15:30 - 17:00 Statistical physics of biopolymers (Part 2)
  - 15:30 Statistical physics of biopolymers (Part 2) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Henri ORLAND

Wednesday, 26 July 2006

08:45 - 09:30 Modelling drops moving on chemically patterned and superhydrophobic surfaces
- 08:45 Modelling drops moving on chemically patterned and superhydrophobic surfaces 45'
  
  Speaker: Julia YEOMANS (University of Oxford, UK)
09:30 - 10:15 Inertial effects in viscous and viscoelastic fluids
- 09:30 Inertial effects in viscous and viscoelastic fluids 45'
  
  Speaker: Tanniemola LIVERPOOL (University of Leeds, UK)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break and Group Photograph on the Terrace
- 10:15 Coffee Break and Group Photograph on the Terrace 30'
10:45 - 11:30 Lines, interfaces and elastic media in random environments: exact ground state calculations
- 10:45 Lines, interfaces and elastic media in random environments: exact ground state calculations 45'
  
  Speaker: Heiko RIEGER (University of Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany)

11:30 - 12:15 Depinning of domain walls

11:30 Depinning of domain walls 45'

Speaker:	Thierry GIAMARCHI
Material:	lecture notes

12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'
14:00 - 14:45 Markovian network models for exploring communication paths and allostery in complex biomolecular systems
- 14:00 Markovian network models for exploring communication paths and allostery in complex biomolecular systems 45'
  
  Speaker: Ivet BAHAR (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

14:45 - 15:30 Collapse transition of two-dimensional flexible and semiflexible polymers

14:45 Collapse transition of two-dimensional flexible and semiflexible polymers 45'

Speaker:	Haijun ZHOU (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China)
Material:	lecture notes

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
- 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
16:00 - 16:45 To be announced
- 16:00 To be announced 45'
  
  Speaker: Henri ORLAND
16:45 - 17:30 On the inverse random walk problem
- 16:45 On the inverse random walk problem 45'
  
  Speaker: Remi MONASSON (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France)
18:30 - 20:30 Reception - Terrace, Adriatico Guesthouse
- 18:30 Reception - Terrace, Adriatico Guesthouse 2h0'

Thursday, 27 July 2006
- 08:45 - 09:30 Oscillatory dynamics of flux lines in high Tc superconductors
  - 08:45 Oscillatory dynamics of flux lines in high Tc superconductors 45'
    
    Speaker: Victoria BEKERIS (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 09:30 - 10:15 Out-of-equilibrium dynamics of flux lines in superconductors with random pinning
  - 09:30 Out-of-equilibrium dynamics of flux lines in superconductors with random pinning 45'
    
    Speaker: Daniel DOMINGUEZ (Centro Atomico Bariloche, Argentina)
- 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
  - 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:45 - 11:30 Natural classification of knots
  - 10:45 Natural classification of knots 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrzej STASIAK (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
- 11:30 - 12:15 Dynamics of fibers growing insider tethered vesicles
  - 11:30 Dynamics of fibers growing insider tethered vesicles 45'
    
    Speaker: Enzo ORLANDINI (University of Padova, Italy)
- 12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'
- 14:00 - 17:00 Free Afternoon/Excursion
  - 14:00 Free Afternoon/Excursion 3h0'

Friday, 28 July 2006

08:45 - 09:30 Mechanical instabilities and the glass transition
- 08:45 Mechanical instabilities and the glass transition 45'
  
  Speaker: Tomas GRIGERA

09:30 - 10:15 Physics of genome management

09:30 Physics of genome management 45'

Speaker:	Jane' KONDEV (Brandeis University, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
- 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
10:45 - 11:30 To be announced
- 10:45 To be announced 45'
  
  Speaker: Dave THIRUMALAI (University of Maryland, USA)
11:30 - 12:15 Statistical mechanics of proteins in the denatured state
- 11:30 Statistical mechanics of proteins in the denatured state 45'
  
  Speaker: Burak ERMAN
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:15 Lunch Break 1h45'
14:00 - 14:45 Fluctuations and their implications in random elastic media
- 14:00 Fluctuations and their implications in random elastic media 45'
  
  Speaker: Paul GOLDBART (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break
- 14:45 Coffee Break 30'
15:15 - 16:00 Dielectric and metallic manifolds
- 15:15 Dielectric and metallic manifolds 45'
  
  Speaker: Ramin GOLESTANIAN (Sheffield University, UK)

16:00 - 16:45 Quantum creep and variable range hopping in 1D electron system

16:00 Quantum creep and variable range hopping in 1D electron system 45'

Speaker:	Thomas NATTERMANN (University of Koln, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

Saturday, 29 July 2006

08:45 - 09:30 Single molecule force spectroscopy investigation of multimodular constructs
- 08:45 Single molecule force spectroscopy investigation of multimodular constructs 45'
  
  Speaker: Francesco VALLE (University of Bologna, Italy)
09:30 - 10:15 Inference of DNA sequences from mechanical opening experiments
- 09:30 Inference of DNA sequences from mechanical opening experiments 45'
  
  Speaker: Simona COCCO (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
- 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
10:45 - 11:30 DNA unzipping and helicase motion
- 10:45 DNA unzipping and helicase motion 45'
  
  Speaker: Somen BHATTACHARJEE (Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India)

11:30 - 12:15 Feeling force-force functional fixed points for pinned manifolds: why and how

11:30 Feeling force-force functional fixed points for pinned manifolds: why and how 45'

Speaker:	Alan MIDDLETON (Syracuse University, USA)
Material:	lecture notes