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Workshops and Seminars: Next in the row

Workshop

New frontiers in out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics

Scientific Coordinators: Marín Bukov, David Huse, Christopher Laumann

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Workshop

Strong-field Physics Encounters Quantum Electro Dynamics

Scientific coordinators: Marcelo Ciappina, Maciej Lewenstein, Paraskevas Tzallas

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Public Outreach

Our public outreach program aims to make scientific results accessible to the general public. Active scientists speak about their recent work and explain it to a lay public with an interest in natural sciences, or to school children of different ages.

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Talks

Specificity and tolerance of the immune T cell repertoire

 Prof. Mehran Kardar (MIT)

28 Jul 2025, 04:30 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

Topological mechanics

 L. Mahadevan (Harvard University)

29 Jul 2025, 02:00 PM Seminarroom 1+2

Multiscale methods and microswimmer models

 Ben Walker (University College London)

30 Jul 2025, 02:00 PM Seminarroom 4

Talks

Highlights

Publication Highlights

Activity-enhanced elasticity in entangled polymer solutions

One of the key achievements of equilibrium polymer physics is the prediction of…

Publication Highlights

New random walk model elucidates hidden spatiotemporal patterns in complex systems

Recent experiments tracking organelles in biological cells or financial-market…

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