Virtual Networking Event: Beginner Scientists at the Interface of Physics and Biology
Event date:
Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 - Thursday, Sep 15, 2022 Export event
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This event aims to discuss the common hurdles encountered by PhD students and postdocs working in projects involving both theory (Physics/Math) and experiment (Biology) due to interdisciplinary nature of their work. We aim to bring out the most important skills or approaches to succeed in such projects from experiences of the speakers. We also aim to bring out the most important compatibilities to succeed in such projects.
This event occurred on September 15, 2022 from 9 am - 1 pm EST. Time zone converter.
This event was organized by BPS members Deb Banerjee, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Rituparno Mandal, University of Goettingen, Germany,.
Event Speakers
Thomas Lecuit (Aix-Marseille Université and CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Centre for Living Systems, and Collège de France, France)
Kabir Husain (James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, USA)
Darius Koester (Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School, UK)
Akankshi Munjal (Duke University School of Medicine, USA)
Edouard Hannezo (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
Ricard Alert (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
Katherine Copenhagen (Princeton University, Princeton, USA)
Kate Cavanaugh (UCSF, USA)
Michael Staddon (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
Event Schedule
Session 1: Keynote Talk
9:00 - 9:30 am
Encoding shape with genetics, mechanics and geometry
Thomas Lecuit (Aix-Marseille Université and CNRS, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Turing Centre for Living Systems, and Collège de France, France)
Q&A: 5 minutes
Session 2
9:35 - 10:15 am
"Crunching genes: Flexibility and rigidity in molecular evolution"
Kabir Husain (James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, USA)
and
"Cringing networks: a study of non-equilibrium contractile actomyosin networks"
Darius Koester (Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick Medical School, UK)
Q&A: 5 minutes
Session 3
10:20 - 11:00 am
Talk title TBD
Akankshi Munjal (Duke University School of Medicine, USA)
and
"Interplay between fate, curvature and mechanics"
Edouard Hannezo (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
Q&A: 5 minutes
Session 4
11:05 - 11:45 am
"From topological defects to fruiting bodies in bacterial colonies"
Ricard Alert (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
and
Katherine Copenhagen (Princeton University, Princeton, USA)
Q&A: 5 minutes
Session 5
11:50 am - 12:30 pm
"A molecular clutch underlies asymmetric adherens junction contraction"
Kate Cavanaugh (UCSF, USA)
and
Michael Staddon (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany)
Q&A: 5 minutes
Breakout rooms for extended discussions
12:35 - 1:00 pm