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School and Conference on Mathematics and Physics of Soft and Biological Matter | (smr 2235)
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  • Monday, 2 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (1)
      • 09:00 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (1)
      • 10:00 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (2)
      • 11:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (2)
      • 14:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Swimming micro-organisms (1)
      • 15:30 Swimming micro-organisms (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Powers (Brown University, Providence, USA)
        Material: Hand out
  • Tuesday, 3 May 2011
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Registration & Administrative formalities
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 08:30 Registration & Administrative formalities 1h30'
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (3)
      • 10:00 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (4)
      • 11:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Swimming micro-organisms (2)
      • 14:30 Swimming micro-organisms (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Powers (Brown University, Providence, USA)
        Material: Hand out
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (3)
      • 15:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
  • Wednesday, 4 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (4)
      • 09:00 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Swimming micro-organisms (3)
      • 10:00 Swimming micro-organisms (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Powers (Brown University, Providence, USA)
        Material: Hand out
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Swimming micro-organisms (4)
      • 11:30 Swimming micro-organisms (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Powers (Brown University, Providence, USA)
        Material: Hand out
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (5)
      • 14:30 Collective Dynamics of Active Matter (5) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (5)
      • 15:30 Elastomers, both classical and neo-classical - the ultimate soft solids (5) 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Thursday, 5 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Swimming micro-organisms (5)
      • 09:00 Swimming micro-organisms (5) 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Powers (Brown University, Providence, USA)
        Material: Hand out
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (1)
      • 10:00 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (2)
      • 11:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (3)
      • 14:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (4)
      • 15:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Friday, 6 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (1)
      • 09:00 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (1) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
        Material: slides
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (2)
      • 10:00 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (2) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
        Material: slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
      • 11:00 Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (5)
      • 11:30 Elasticity of fibrous networks and implications for cell mechanics (5) 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (3)
      • 14:30 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (3) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
        Material: slides
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (4)
      • 15:30 Cytoskeleton and cell motility (4) 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
        Material: slides
  • Monday, 9 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 09:10 Opening remarks by Professor F. Quevedo, ICTP Director
      • 09:00 Opening remarks by Professor F. Quevedo, ICTP Director 10'
    • 09:10 - 10:10 Active stabilization of cytoskeletal networks
      • 09:10 Active stabilization of cytoskeletal networks 1h0'
        Speaker: F. MacKintosh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    • 10:10 - 11:10 Interplay between actin dynamics and membrane tension shapes moving cells
      • 10:10 Interplay between actin dynamics and membrane tension shapes moving cells 1h0'
        Speaker: K. Keren (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
    • 11:10 - 11:40 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 11:10 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:40 - 12:40 Cytoskeleton dynamics in the crawling C. elegans sperm cell
      • 11:40 Cytoskeleton dynamics in the crawling C. elegans sperm cell 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Plastino (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Mesoscopic model of Actin-based propulsion
      • 14:30 Mesoscopic model of Actin-based propulsion 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Mogilner (University of California, Davis, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Mechanical self-organization of growing actin networks and implications for cell motility
      • 15:30 Mechanical self-organization of growing actin networks and implications for cell motility 1h0'
        Speaker: A. De Simone (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Reception and Poster Session
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 17:00 Reception and Poster Session 1h0'
  • Tuesday, 10 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Defects in nematic shells
      • 09:00 Defects in nematic shells 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Virga (Università di Pavia, Italy)
        Material: slides
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Modeling the dynamics of liquid crystal systems
      • 10:00 Modeling the dynamics of liquid crystal systems 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Palffy-Muhoray (Kent State University, USA)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 From over-charging to like charge attraction
      • 11:30 From over-charging to like charge attraction 1h0'
        Speaker: X. Xing (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China)
        Material: slides
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Supersoft elasticity in polydomain nematic elastomers
      • 14:30 Supersoft elasticity in polydomain nematic elastomers 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Warner (Cambridge University, UK)
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony 
      ICTP's 2010 Ramanujan Prize has been awarded to Professor Yuguang Shi of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University. The prize is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the geometry of complete (noncompact) Riemannian manifolds, specifically the positivity of quasi-local mass and rigidity of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. 

The prize is also in acknowledgement of the substantial contribution that Professor Shi has made to mathematics in China through over 15 years of teaching and research.
      • 16:00 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony 1h0'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Ramanujan Prize Reception
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 17:00 Ramanujan Prize Reception 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 11 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Transport phenomena in a suspension of swimming micro-organisms
      • 09:00 Transport phenomena in a suspension of swimming micro-organisms 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Ishikawa (Tohoku University, Japan)
        Material: slides
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Microswimmers, nanoswimmers and microfluidic mixers: The role of hydrodynamic interactions and fluctuations
      • 10:00 Microswimmers, nanoswimmers and microfluidic mixers: The role of hydrodynamic interactions and fluctuations 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Golestanian (University of Oxford, UK)
        Material: slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Dynamics and pattern formation in bacterial suspensions
      • 11:30 Dynamics and pattern formation in bacterial suspensions 1h0'
        Speaker: D. Marenduzzo (University of Edinburgh, UK)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Recent results on collective swimming
      • 14:30 Recent results on collective swimming 1h0'
        Speaker: H. Chate (CEA, Gif sur Yvette, France)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Motor powered alignment of cytoskeletal filaments
      • 15:30 Motor powered alignment of cytoskeletal filaments 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Khan (LUMS-SSE, Lahore, Pakistan)
        Material: slides
  • Thursday, 12 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Constructing tools for tissue dynamics
      • 09:00 Constructing tools for tissue dynamics 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Prost (ESPCI, Paris, France)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Pattern formation in active fluids
      • 10:00 Pattern formation in active fluids 1h0'
        Speaker: F. Juelicher (Max-Planck Inst. for Physics of Complex Systems, Gemany)
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Modelling cell adhesion and re-organisation in tumour growth
      • 11:30 Modelling cell adhesion and re-organisation in tumour growth 1h0'
        Speaker: L. Preziosi (Politecnico di Torinio, Italy)
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Stents with controlled drug release rates
      • 14:30 Stents with controlled drug release rates 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Biscari (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
        Material: slides
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Active clustering at the cell surface. Spatiotemporal regulation of chemical reactions.
      • 15:30 Active clustering at the cell surface. Spatiotemporal regulation of chemical reactions. 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Rao (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India)
  • Friday, 13 May 2011
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Dynamic heterogeneity and anomalous diffusion of membrane-bound lipids and proteins in living cells
      • 09:00 Dynamic heterogeneity and anomalous diffusion of membrane-bound lipids and proteins in living cells 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Tong (Hong Kong Univ. Science & Technology)
        Material: slides
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Defect-driven structures for self-assembly
      • 10:00 Defect-driven structures for self-assembly 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Bowick (Syracuse University, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Self-diffusiophoresis in the advection dominated regime
      • 11:30 Self-diffusiophoresis in the advection dominated regime 1h0'
        Speaker: G.P. Alexander (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
        Material: slides
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Biomechanics of axons
      • 14:30 Biomechanics of axons 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Pullarkat (Raman Research Ins., Bangalore, India)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 DNA packaging in viral capsids: a computational approach
      • 15:30 DNA packaging in viral capsids: a computational approach 1h0'
        Speaker: C. Micheletti (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)