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Workshop

Phases of Collective Cellular Behavior: Rheology, Order & Feedback

Scientific coordinators: Silke Henkes, Matthias Merkel, Marko Popović

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Workshop

Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges

Scientific Coordinators: Leiming Chen, Frank Jülicher, Chiu Fan Lee

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The institute offers various opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty members.

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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

How might quantum platforms reshape many body physics?

 Prof Shivaji Sondhi (University of Oxford)

21 Sep 2026, 03:30 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

AI, Genetic Engineering and the Post-Human Future

 Shivaji Sondhi (Oxford)

22 Sep 2026, 03:00 PM Seminarroom 1+2+3

From Many Models, One: Forecasting with Reservoir Ensembles

 Giovanni Ballarin (University of St. Gallen)

24 Sep 2026, 11:00 AM Seminarroom 4

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Highlights

Publication Highlights

The Price of Information: How Cells Balance Sensing and Energy

How can a sensing system balance the information it gains against the energy it…

Awards and Honors

Marko Popović awarded the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize

Marko Popović has received the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize, awarded as a part…

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