Seminars
Biological Physics: Seminars
Monday 11:00 - 12:00, Seminar Room 1D1 (if not given otherwise in the table)
| Mo, 05.01.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Kshitij Deshpande, MPI-PKS 2. Kartik Chhajed, MPI-PKS | 1. BAF arrests DNA peeling to preserve genome integrity 2. Glassy dynamics in a Gillespie vertex model |
| Mo, 12.01.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Carl Modes, MPI-CBG 2. Matteo Ciarchi | 1. Shape Programming and Morphogenesis with Competing, Layered Sheets 2. A hierarchy of temporal scales in DNA methylation dynamics |
| Mo, 19.01.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Ivan Di Terlizzi, MPI-PKS 2. John Treado, PoL, TU Dresden | 1. Kinetic inference of Entropy production 2. Hydraulics of Active Tissues |
| Mo, 26.01.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 02.02.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Maryam Setoudeh, MPI-PKS 2. Lars Hubatsch, MPI-PKS | 1. Continuum Mechanics of Cell Intercalation in Tribolium 2. Transport Kinetics Across Phase Boundaries II: When should we stop experimenting? |
| Mo, 09.02.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Peter Hampshire, MPI-PKS 2. Boyi Wang, MPI-PKS | 1. Rippling on myxobacterial colonies modelled as surface waves on an active nematic 2. Edge currents shape condensates in chiral active matter |
| Mo, 16.02.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Philip Suhrcke, MPI-CBG 2. Leif Peters, MPI-PKS | 1. Active fluids in deforming geometries - a numerical challenge 2. The impact of particle shape for (self-)diffusiophoresis |
| Mo, 23.02.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 02.03.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Sifan Yin, MPI-PKS 2. Mirko Residori, MPI-PKS | 1. Active chiral fluid surface model for cell cortex 2. Disorder-induced persistent random motion and trapping of microswimmers |
| Thu, 05.03.26 14:00 - 15:00 SR 4 | External Seminar Talk Etienne Fodor University of Luxembourg | Contraction waves in biological tissues: Insights from pulsating active matter |
| Mo, 09.03.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | No Group Seminar | 2026 DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden |
| Mo, 16.03.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Linge Li, MPI-PKS 2. Pierre Haas, MPI-PKS | 1. Charge regulation in phase behavior of biomolecular condensates 2. A mechanical bifurcation constrains the evolution of cell sheet folding in the family Volvocaceae |
| Mo, 23.03.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 30.03.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Marko Popovic, MPI-PKS 2. Yanis Baouche, MPI-PKS | 1. How cell divisions influence the rheology of biological tissues? 2. Optimizing the arrival of active Brownian particles with stochastic resetting |
| Mo, 06.04.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Easter Monday | Public Holiday |
| Mo, 13.04.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Patrick McCall, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden 2. Chandraniva Guha Ray, MPI-PKS | 1. Local RNA/protein stoichiometry tunes the physical microenvironment inside multicomponent condensates 2. Discontinuous buckling transition in epithelial monolayers |
| Mo, 20.04.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Wed, 22.04.26 14:00 - 15:00 SR 4 | External Seminar Talk Julien Brémont Collège de France | The memory of geometry in random explorations : From self-interacting walks to universal flip statistics |
| Mo, 27.04.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Ryota Takaki, MPI-PKS 2. Shiheng Zhao, MPI-PKS | 1. Fluctuation-Response Theory of Non-Equilibrium Complex Fluids 2. Nonlinear isotropic odd elasticity |
| Mo, 04.05.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks 1. Hanno Hennighausen, MPI-PKS 2. Rocio Milagros Besana, MPI-PKS | 1. An Active Wetting Transition between Total and Partial Wetting 2. Title t. b. a. |
| Wed, 06.05.26 14:00 - 15:00 SR 4 | Extra Seminar Talk Etienne Boulais MPI-PKS | Title t. b. a. |
| Mo, 11.05.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 18.05.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 25.05.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Whit Monday | Public Holiday |
| Mo, 01.06.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 08.06.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 15.06.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 22.06.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 29.06.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Wed, 08.07.26 14:00 - 15:00 SR 4 | External Seminar Talk Maria Bruna University of Oxford | Title t. b. a. |
| Mo, 06.07.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 13.07.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 20.07.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| 27.07.26 - 21.08.26 | SUMMER BREAK | |
| Mo, 24.08.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 31.08.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talk | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 07.09.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 14.09.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 21.09.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 28.09.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 05.10.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 12.10.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talk | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 19.10.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talk | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 26.10.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 02.11.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 09.11.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | No Group Seminar | Workshop “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges (HAAM26)” |
| Mo, 16.11.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 23.11.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 30.11.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Journal Scan | Screening of recently published articles |
| Mo, 07.12.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |
| Mo, 14.12.26 11:00 - 12:00 SR4 | Internal Seminar Talks | Internal Group Seminar Schedule |