Workshops
May 18-21, 2009
"Soft Active Materials: From Granular Rods to Flocks, Cells, and Tissues"
Syracuse University
The Workshop aims to bring together junior and senior researchers working on the emergent properties of soft active matter. It will focus on nonequilibrium collective behavior and locomotion in active systems, including mixtures of cytoskeletal filaments and motor proteins, the cell cytoskeleton, bacteria colonies, collections of cells in elastic matrices or living tissues, plankton in the ocean, insects or animal groups, and vibrated granular layers. By bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines we hope to stimulate new interactions and ideas in this rapidly evolving field.