Emergent Dynamics in Nonlinear Flow Networks

Presentations

• Optimal, self-organized, behaviors in the living plasmodial network, Physarum polycephalum

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  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Marcus Roper

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Marcus Roper

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Junmin Zhu

  • Karen Alim

    • TU Munich

  • Alexander Mayer

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Spontaneous Emergence of Solitary Waves in Nonlinear and Active Flow Networks

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  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: [1] Martínez-Calvo, A., et al. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 3121.
  [2] Ruiz-García, M., & Katifori, E. (2021). Phys. Rev. E, 103, 062301.
  [3] Fernández-Quevedo, R., et al. (2025). arXiv:2511.13448.

  Presenters

  • Miguel Ruiz-Garcia

    • Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  Authors

  • Miguel Ruiz-Garcia

    • Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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• Transport and Mixing through Dynamic Mitochondrial Networks

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  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: Holt, Keaton B., et al. "Diffusive Spreading Across Dynamic Mitochondrial Network Architectures." arXiv:2506.05643 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Elena Koslover

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Elena Koslover

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Keaton Holt

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Physical Networks of Complex Nodes and Edges

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  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Adilson Motter

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Adilson Motter

    • Northwestern University

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• How waves of mycorrhizal fungi build and operate fluid-flow networks for underground nutrient trade

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  March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08614-x
  https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.12.653230v1

  Presenters

  • Thomas Shimizu

    • AMOLF

  Authors

  • Thomas Shimizu

    • AMOLF

  • Corentin Bisot

    • AMOLF

  • Simon van Staalduine

    • AMOLF

  • Filipe Henrique

    • Princeton University

  • Achille Joliot

    • AMOLF

  • Howard Stone

    • Princeton University

  • Toby Kiers

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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