Soft Matter in Active Fluids

Presentations

• Deformation of slender bodies in active nematics

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  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Thomas Chandler

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Thomas Chandler

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Active Mechanics of Human Mitotic Spindles

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Needleman

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Daniel Needleman

    • Harvard University

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• Self-organization in active nematic surfaces

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: - Mohammadhossein Firouznia & David Saintillan, (2025). Self-organized dynamics of viscous drops with interfacial nematic
  activity, Physical Review Research, 7(1), L012054.
  
  - Sanchita Chakraborty, Scott Weady, & Mohammadhossein Firouznia, (2025). Inclusion-induced self-organization in nematic
  shells, in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Mohammadhossein Firouznia

    • Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  Authors

  • Mohammadhossein Firouznia

    • Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

  • David Saintillan

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Sanchita Chakraborty

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Scott Weady

    • Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

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• Instabilities and coarsening in active binary fluids

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Guillaume Duclos

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Guillaume Duclos

    • Brandeis University

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• Active mechanics of nuclear envelope deformation and cytoskeletal force generation in closed mitosis

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  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Publication: Begley, M. A. et al. Mechanical Coupling With the Nuclear Envelope Shapes the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mitotic Spindle. Cytoskeleton n/a, (2025).

  Presenters

  • Meredith Betterton

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Meredith Betterton

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Mary Elting

    • North Carolina State University

  • Sharonda LeBlanc

  • Wilson Lough

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Daniel Steckhahn

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Marcus Begley

  • Taylor Couture

    • North Carolina State University

  • Parsa Zareiesfandabadi

  • Christian Pagán-Medina

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