SOFT MATTER AND PHYSICS OF LIVING SYSTEMS GROUP
@ The Weizmann Institute
8:45 - 9:00
Coffee and light refreshments
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Remarks
chair
Roy Bar-Ziv
9:10-9:35
Yaron Antebi, Department of Molecular Genetics.
Integration of signals during cell fate determination.
9:35-10:00
Oren Raz, Department of Complex Systems.
Can laser solve very difficult problems in computer science?
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45
Amit Kumar, Sam Safran Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics.
Size and shape fluctuations of mesoscale domains in non-equilibrium liquid-liquid phase separation.
10:45-11:00
Gonen Golani, Sam Safran group, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics.
Size scaling of phase-separated domains and mesoscale clusters that precede liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS): theory and experiment.
11:00-11:25
Eyal Karzbrun, Department of Molecular Genetics, Wis
Tubular morphogenesis in a dish.
11:25-11:50
Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Hillel Aharoni
11:50-12:20
Tabea heckenthaler and Ivan Sevostianov, Ofer Feinerman, Department of Complex Systems
Group of Ants: More Than Just the Sum of Their Parts?
12:20-12:35
Noa Avidan, Bar Ziv group, Chemical and Biological physics Department
Ribosome synthesis in an artificial system - a bottom-up approach.
12:35-12:50
Joshua Ricouvier, Bar Ziv Group, Chemical and Biological physics Department
Large-scale-integration and collective modes of artificial cells on a biochip.
12:50-13:15
Di Jin and Yu Zhang, Jacob Klein Group, Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science.
Lipid bilayers under transmembrane fields.
13:15-14:30
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Ofer Feinerman
14:30-14:45
Einav Berin, Hillel Aharoni Group, Department of Complex Systems.
Patch-based inverse design of grid-like smart materials.
14:45-15:00
Daniel Castro, Hillel Aharoni Group, Department of Complex Systems.
Geometry and mechanics of ribbon gridshells.
15:00-15:15
David Scheerer, Gilad Haran Group, Chemical and Biological Physics Department.
Substrate Inhibition of an Enzyme: Are Ultrafast Motions Affecting Catalytic Activity?
15:15-15:30
Remi Casier, Gilad Haran Group, Chemical and Biological Physics Department.
Probing individual events of protein translocation by a molecular machine.
15:30-17:00
Posters and Beers
16:50
Poster winners announcement