Session Code: AQ
Minisymposium Title: Soft Matter and Complex Biological Systems
Minisymposium Description: The purpose of this minisymposium is to bring together active researchers in the field of soft matter materials whose research activities are closely related to various complex biological phenomena, mechanisms and functionality. In recent years, various complex biological systems have been successfully modeled using soft matter models like cell motility, biological gels, ion channel modeling etc.. The Siam Materials Meeting provides an opportunity for people with diverse background to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations. You are all experts in various related fields involving soft matter modeling, experiments and simulations. It would be ideal to have such a group to discuss current issues and predict future directions in this active interdisciplinary research field.
Minisymposium Organizer: Qi Wang, M. Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Jia Zhao
Speakers:
Alejandro D. Rey, McGill University, Canada-Surface Nanowrinkling in Biological Plywoods
M. Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA-Modeling Dynamics of Mucous Flows
Chun Liu, Pennsylvania State University, USA-Transport of Charged Particles in Biological Environments
Qin Nie, University of California, Irvine, USA-Stochastic and Multi-Scale Dynamics of Stem Cells and Developmental Patterning
Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory, USA-Computational Model of Substrate-Based Cell Motility
Tanniemola Liverpool-Nonlinearities and Symmetry Breaking in Active Biological Matter
Qi Wang-Modeling Cell Oscillations Using Active Matter Models
Jia Zhao- Cytokinesis of Eukaryotes
Michael J. Shelley, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA-Modeling Dynamics of and Within the Mitotic Spindle
Dan Needleman-Active Mechanics of Spindle Positioning
Wanda Strychalski, University of California, Davis, USA-Rheology of Cytoplasm
Hui Zhang, Beijing Normal University, China-Confined Spherical Polymer Micelle in a Tube Tunnel
