Topological Defects in Soft/Active/Biological Matter I

FOCUS · W34 · ID: 2154211

Presentations

  • Topological defects in cell monolayers controlled by topography

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: K. Kayirbekov, K. D. Endresen, K. Sullivan, Z. Zheng, Y. Chen, F. Serra, B. A. Camley. Migration and division in cell monolayers on substrates with topological defects, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci 120, e2301197120 (2023)

    Presenters

    • Francesca Serra

      University of Southern Denmark, University of Southern Denmark (also Johns Hopkins Univ)

    Authors

    • Francesca Serra

      University of Southern Denmark, University of Southern Denmark (also Johns Hopkins Univ)

    • Kirsten D Endresen

      Johns Hopkins University

    • Aniruddh Murali

      University of Southern Denmark

    • Prasoon Awasthi

      University of Southern Denmark

    • Kurmanbek Kaiyrbekov

      Johns Hopkins University

    • Brian A Camley

      Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics & Astronomy and Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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  • Boundary geometry drives three-dimensional defect transitions in a polar fluid

    ORAL

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    Publication: "Boundary curvature drives three-dimensional defect transitions in a polar fluid", P. C. Guruciaga, T. Ichikawa, T. Hiiragi, and A. Erzberger (in preparation)

    Presenters

    • Pamela C Guruciaga

      European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

    Authors

    • Pamela C Guruciaga

      European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

    • Takafumi Ichikawa

      Kyoto University

    • Takashi Hiiragi

      Hubrecht Institute

    • Anna Erzberger

      European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University

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  • Chaotic control of active nematics

    ORAL

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    Publication: Topological chaos in active nematics, Amanda J. Tan, Eric Roberts, Spencer Smith, Ulyses Alvarado, Jorge Arteaga, Sam Fortini, Kevin Mitchell, and Linda S. Hirst, Aug 5th, NATURE PHYSICS (2019)
    Submersed Micropatterned Structures Control Active Nematic Flow, Topology and Concentration Kristian Thijssen, Dimitrius Khaladj, S. Ali Aghvami, Mohamed Amine Gharbi, Seth Fraden, Julia M. Yeomans, Linda S. Hirst, Tyler N. Shendruk, PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. 118 (38) (2021)
    Using Curved Fluid Boundaries to Confine Active Nematic Flows D.A. Khaladj and L.S. Hirst, FRONT. PHYS. vol 10, (2022)
    "Controlling chaos: Periodic defect braiding in active nematics confined to a cardioid" Fereshteh L. Memarian, Derek Hammar, Mainul M. Sabbir, Kevin A. Mitchell*, and Linda S Hirst, submission planned Fall 2023

    Presenters

    • Linda S Hirst

      University of California Merced, University of California, Merced, Department of Physics

    Authors

    • Linda S Hirst

      University of California Merced, University of California, Merced, Department of Physics

    • Kevin A Mitchell

      University of California, Merced

    • Fereshteh L Memarian

      University of California, Merced

    • Derek Hammar

      University of California Merced

    • Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir

      University of California, Merced

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  • Self-organized dynamics of viscous drops with surface nematic activity

    ORAL

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    Publication: M. Firouznia, D. Saintillan, Self-organized dynamics of viscous drops with interfacial nematic activity, in preparation.

    Presenters

    • Mohammadhossein Firouznia

      Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute

    Authors

    • Mohammadhossein Firouznia

      Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute

    • David Saintillan

      University of California, San Diego

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  • Acoustically powered active liquid crystals

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Andrey Sokolov

      Argonne National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Andrey Sokolov

      Argonne National Laboratory

    • Alexey Snezhko

      Argonne National Laboratory

    • Jaideep Katuri

      National HIgh Magnetic Field Laboratory, FSU-FAMU College of Engineering

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  • Probing active nematics with in-situ microfabricated elastic inclusions

    ORAL

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    Publication: Preprint posted to arxiv:
    https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.11587

    Presenters

    • Jordi Ignés-Mullol

      University of Barcelona

    Authors

    • Jordi Ignés-Mullol

      University of Barcelona

    • Pau Guillamat

      Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

    • Francesc Sagues

      University of Barcelona

    • Ignasi Vélez-Cerón

      Universitat de Barcelona

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  • Spatiotemporal control of active topological defects

    ORAL

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    Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00666

    Presenters

    • Suraj Shankar

      University of Michigan

    Authors

    • Suraj Shankar

      University of Michigan

    • Luca V Scharrer

      University of Chicago

    • Mark J Bowick

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • M Cristina Marchetti

      University of California, Santa Barbara

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