Collective Behaviors in Active and Living Matter

Presentations

• Tension-Induced Nematic Ordering Organizes Epithelial Morphogenesis

  ORAL · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: 1. Pérez-Verdugo, F., Maniou, E., Galea, G. L., & Banerjee, S. (2024). Anisotropic Cell Shape and Motion Coordinate Hindbrain Neuropore Morphogenesis. bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2024.11.21.624679.
  2. Maniou, E., Staddon, M. F., Marshall, A. R., Greene, N. D., Copp, A. J., Banerjee, S., & Galea, G. L. (2021). Hindbrain neuropore tissue geometry determines asymmetric cell-mediated closure dynamics in mouse embryos. PNAS, 118(19), e2023163118.

  Presenters

  • Shiladitya Banerjee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Shiladitya Banerjee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Individual contributions to collective intelligence: spontaneous role specialization in synchronous fireflies

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Nolan R Bonnie

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Nolan R Bonnie

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Owen Martin

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Daniel B Larremore

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Orit Peleg

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Flow and fabricate: morphogenesis of termite shelter-tube networks

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Atanu Chatterjee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Atanu Chatterjee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Kukhyun Lim

    • Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA

  • Nan-Yao Su

    • Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Data-driven inference reveals nonreciprocal interactions driving collective cell migration.

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Publication: Currently writing Paper: "Data-driven inference reveals nonreciprocal interactions driving collective cell migration"

  Presenters

  • Bram Hoogland

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Bram Hoogland

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • Tom Brandstätter

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • Emily Brieger

    • LMU Munich

  • Joachim Rädler

    • LMU Munich

  • Chase P Broedersz

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• Self-propelling particles create virtual funnels to penetrate narrow constrictions

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Pushkar Lele

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  Authors

  • Pushkar Lele

    • Texas A&M University College Station

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• Emergent Synchronization and Locomotion in Softly Confined Active Matter

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Golam Sobahani

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Golam Sobahani

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Varda F Hagh

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Self-contracting vascular networks

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Martin Brandenbourger

    • CNRS, Aix-Marseille University

  Authors

  • Ludovic Jami

    • CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université

  • Martin Brandenbourger

    • CNRS, Aix-Marseille University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM

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• From Local Rules to Global Behavior: A Bottom-Up Framework for Directing Emergent Behavior in Autonomous Systems

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Varda F Hagh

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Varda F Hagh

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM

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• Three-dimensional odd elastic metamaterials

  ORAL

  March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Yuan Zhou

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Yuan Zhou

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Rupesh Mahore

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Corentin Coulais

    • University of Amsterdam

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