ICTP – SAIFR » School on Active Matter

Date: September 30 – October 4, 2024
Venue: IFT-UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
Active matter describes systems whose constituent elements consume energy locally in order to move or to exert mechanical forces. As such, active matter systems are intrinsically out of thermodynamic equilibrium. Examples include flocks or herds of animals, collections of cells, components of the cellular cytoskeleton and even artificial microswimmers. Active matter is a rapidly growing field involving diverse scientific communities in physics, biology, computational sciences, applied mathematics, chemistry, and engineering. Numerous applications of active matter are constantly arising in biological systems, smart materials, precision medicine, and robotics.

This school is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in the physics of active matter. The lectures will cover well-tested and successful theoretical approaches as well as a discussion of experimental results. To achieve this purpose, leading experts will present lectures on fundamental aspects of active matter and a pedagogical exposition of its recent trends.

Applicants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Lecturers:
  • Julia M Yeomans (University of Oxford, UK): From Active Nematics to Mechanobiology
  • Rodrigo Soto (Universidad de Chile, Chile): Computational Modeling of Active Systems
  • Aparna Baskaran (Brandeis University, USA): Theoretical Foundations of Active Matter: Lessons from Ideal Microscopic Models
  • Francesco Ginelli (University of Insubria, Italy): Physics of Flocking
Application deadline: July 27, 2024