Past Events
November 19, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
Thomas Gibnaud, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Title: " Yielding Dynamics of a Colodial Gel"
November 12, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
Daniel Reeves, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Title: " Effect of rapid rebinding on biochemical rates: Theory and single molecule experiments"
October 22, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
Chris Henley, Cornell University (visting Boston University)
MRSEC Seminar
Title: " Possible Mechanisms for Initiating Macroscopic Left-Right Symmetry in Animals and Plants"
October 15, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
Oren Elrad, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Title: " Dynamic Encapsidation of Polymers by Icosahedral Viruses"
October 10, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Lemberg Academic Center, Room 180
Zvonomir Dogic, Brandeis University
Ce'sar A. Hidalgo, Harvard University
Christian Santangelo, UMass, Amherst
Patrick T. Underhill, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Seminar
Title: "11th Annual greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting"
October 1, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
Patrick T. Underhill, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MRSEC Seminar
Title: "Correlation in Suspensions of Swimming Microrganisms: Theory and Simulation"
September 18, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Shapiro Theatre, Brandeis University
Complex Fluid Workshop
Jeremy Agresti, Harvard University - Aparna Baskaram, Syracuse University - Chris Santangelo, UMass Amherst - Wesley Wong, Rowland Institute@Harvard
Topics: active matter, droplet microfluids, self-folding origami, protein folding with laser tweezers
Thursday, Sep 03, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Rumi De, Brown University
Title: "Dynamics of Cellular Response to Mechanical Stress"
Thursday, Aug 14, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
J.F. Joanny, Institut Curie, Paris
Title: "Active Gels"
Thursday, Aug 13, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Stephen Hicks, Cornell University
Title: "Two Stories of Virus Assembly"
Thursday, Aug 6, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Joshua Blouwolff
Staff Scientist, US Genomics
Title: Us Genomics Direct Linear Analysis: DNA Mapping Using Microfluidic-Based, Single-Molecule Detection"
Host: Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, July 30, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Jorge Delgado
Brandeis University
Title: Simple Theories further away in wormlike micelles under shear
Host: Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, July 20, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Thibaut Divoux
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
Title: On Creeping Flows in Complex Fluids
Host: Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, July 16, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Catherine Klapperich
Boston University
Title: Molecular Diagnostics in Plastic Microfluidics
Host: Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, May 21, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Eric Akkermans
http://physics.technion.ac.il/~eric
Yale University
Title: Dicke superradiance and Anderson localization of photons
Host: Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, May 14, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Jeffrey W . Ruberti
Northeastern University
Smart Matrix Theory. Is collagen a brilliant string or a dumb rope?
Host: Seth Fraden
Friday, May 8, 2009
12:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 229, Brandeis University
MRSEC meeting
Schlumberger reps. meeting with Brandeis MRSEC Investigators
Host: Bulbul Chakraborty
Thursday, May 7, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
Monthly MRSEC Meeting
Groups: Samadani, Dogic, Kondev
Subject: Confined Polymers
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Sean Calvo, Leif Jentoft
Olin College
"Automated Imaging Platform for Microfluidic Applications"
Host: Dongshin Kim
Thursday, April 30, 2009
5 p.m.
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Eli Sloutskin
Harvard University
"Entropy in Crystal Nucleation of Hard Spheres"
Host: Seth Fraden
Thursday, April 23, 2009
5 p.m..
Room: Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
Wesley P. Wong
Harvard University
"Probing Single-molecule Kinetics with Optical Tweezers Techniques"
Host: Zvonomir Dogic
Friday, March 13, 2009
4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 229, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
David Lacoste
Laboratoire PCT, ESPCI (France)
"Active fluctuations in biology: single actin/microtubules filaments and active membranes"
Host: Bulbul Chakraborty
Thursday, March 12, 2009
4 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
Monthly MRSEC Meeting
Subject: "Chiral Assembly"
Tuesday , March 3, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
"Response and Fluctuations in Active Systems"
Andy Lau, Florida Atlantic University
Thursday , February 26, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
"Vibrational dynamics and heat conduction in amorphous solids."
Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday , February 24, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
"Bacteria as a fluid: Applying the materials physics paradigm to biology"
Aparna Baskaran, Syracuse University
Friday, February 13, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 229, Brandesis University
"Defective ground states of toroidal crystals"
Luca Giomi, Syracuse University
Thursday, February 12, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Room: Abelson 131, Brandeis University
"Swimming in viscoelastic fluids and gels"
Henry Fu, Brown University
Thursday, February 5, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Abelson 131, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"Frustrated phenomena in physics and biology: From supercooled liquids and glasses to protein folding dynamics."
Gregg Lois
Thursday, December 18, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"A thermodynamic mechanism for the agglomeration of DNA-looping proteins"
Sumedha Sumedha, Brandeis University
Friday, December 12, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Abelson 229, Brandeis University
MRSEC Journal Club
"Senior Design Project: Microfluids Imaging Systems--Concept Design"
Leif Jentoft, Oilin College of Engineering
Thursday, December 11, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Journal Club
"About the Parrondo's Paradox"
Rafael "Phoenix Waterman" Aguade, Brandeis University
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Abelson 131, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"Self-assembly of rod-like polyelectrolytes: from materials to cystic fibrosis"
Erik Luijten, University of Illinois
Thursday, December 4, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Abelson 229, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"Examination of Nonliquidlike Behaviors in Molten Polymer Films"
Ophelia K.C. Tsui, Boston University
Monday, November 24, 2008
Noon
Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"Modeling, Crowding, and Confinement: Toward a quantitative understanding of cellular environments"
Huan-Xiang Zhou, Florida State University
Friday, November 21, 2008
3:00 p.m.
Abelson 229, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar/Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
"Active Fluids, Films, and Filaments"
Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Thursday, November 20, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Abelson 333, Brandeis University
MRSEC Seminar
"Self Assembly of Colloidal Particles of Small Numbers"
Guangnan Meng, Harvard University