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Physics Next: Physics of Living Matter Agenda

April 24-27, 2018

Hyatt Place Long Island hotel, Riverhead, NY

Wednesday, April 25

(Sea Star Ball Room)

Time Speaker(s) Title Moderators Rapporteur(s)
8:45 - 9:00 AM Hugues Chaté and Ramin Golestanian Introductory Remarks    
9:00 - 10:30 AM Nigel Goldenfeld Is there universality in biology? Joshua Shaevitz and Irene Chen Anne Bernheim
10:30 - 11:00 AM   Coffee Break    
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Kunihiko Kaneko Is a macroscopic description of biological systems possible? Leihan Tang and Berenike Maier Olga Dudko
12:30 - 2:00 PM   Lunch in a restaurant at walking distance    
2:00 - 4:00 PM   Free format discussion at restaurant at back to conf. site    
4:00 - 5:30 PM William Bialek Criticality and optimality in biology Mehran Kardar and Kunihiko Kaneko Joshua Shaevitz
5:30 - 6:30 PM Michael Thoennessen + APS Editors Brief talk/speech + panel    
7:00 - 9:30 PM   Meet the Editor Drinks + Dinner    
Thursday, April 26

(Riverfront Room in Aquarium)

Time Speaker(s) Title Moderators Rapporteur(s)
9:00 - 10:30 AM Yuhai Tu Adaptation and Design Principles Thierry Emonet and Leihan Tang Karsten Kruse
10:30 - 11:00 AM   Coffee Break    
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Silvia Da Monte and Corina Tarnita Ecology and Evolution of Collective Behavior Robert Austin and Barbara Drossel Ilya Nemenman
12:30 - 2:00 PM   Lunch    
2:00 - 3:30 PM Stephan Grill and Frank Julicher Physics of morphogenetic processes Jennifer Curtis and Jacques Prost Berenike Maier
3:30 - 4:00 PM   Coffee Break    
4:00 - 5:30 PM Sriram Ramaswamy New physics in Active Matter Cristina Marchetti and Anne Bernheim Alessandro Torcini
6:00 - 8:00 PM   Dinner    
8:00 - 9:30 PM N/A Discussion session only: Theory for biological systems William Bialek & Yves Couder and Karsten Kruse & Jacques Prost Hugues Chaté and Ramin Golestanian
Friday, April 27

(Sea Star Ball Room)

Time Speaker(s) Title Moderators Rapporteur(s)
9:00 - 10:30 AM Fred Wolf TBA Alessandro Torcini and Ilya Nemenman Cristina Marchetti
10:30 - 11:00 AM   Coffee Break    
11:00 - 12:30 PM Ala Trusina and Armita Nourmohammad Immunology Ilya Nemenman and Andrea Liu Jennifer Curtis
12:45 - 2:00 PM   Lunch Boxes    

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