Tom Lubensky
November 4-5, 2017
Laboratory for Research on
the Structure of Matter
3231 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hotel and Celebration Dinner:
The Study at University City
20 South 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
http://www.thestudyatuniversitycity.com
(215) 387-1400
Speakers:
Francoise Brochard
Paul Chaikin
Noel Clark
David Lubensky
Fred MacKintosh
Xiaoming Mao
David Nelson
David Pine
Jacques Prost
Leo Radzihovsky
Sriram Ramaswamy
Paul Steinhardt
John Toner
Mark Warner
David Weitz
SCHEDULE
| Saturday, November 4, 2017, LRSM Auditorium | |
| Chair: Youngah Park | |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Paul Steinhardt, “Natural Quasicrystals Redux” |
| 9:45 – 10:25 | Sriram Ramaswamy, “Confined and trapped active matter” |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | John Toner, “Birds, magnets, soap, and sandblasting: surprising connections in the theory of incompressible flocks” |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Xiaoming Mao, “Topological edge floppy modes in disordered fiber networks” |
| 12:15 – 12:55 | Leo Radzihovsky, “Quantum Indistinguishability in Chemical Reactions” |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| Chair: Arjun Yodh | |
| 2:00 – 2:40 | Françoise Brochard, “Mixture of dead and living matter: particles and cells” |
| 2:45 – 3:25 | David Weitz, “New Results for Old Physics: Critical Phenomena for Colloids in Microgravity” |
| 3:30 – 4:10 | David Lubensky, “Tissue response to mechanical stress, from fish to fibers” |
| 4:10 – 4:30 | Coffee |
| 4:30 – 5:10 | David Pine, “Self-Assembly of DNA-coated Colloids” |
| 5:15 – 5:55 | David Nelson, “Crumpling of Shells, Frames and Perforated Sheets” |
| 6:15 – 7:15 | reception at the Study (second floor) |
| 7:15 – 10:00 | dinner at the Study (second floor) |
| **should anyone have anything they would like to say publicly, there will be an opportunity to do so at the dinner** ***private comments can be made at any time in writing*** |
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| Sunday, November 5, 2017, LRSM Auditorium | |
| Chair: Doug Durian | |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Fred MacKintosh, “Critical behavior and anomalous normal stresses in fiber networks” |
| 9:45 – 10:25 | Mark Warner, “Topography from the flash of a lamp?” |
| 10:25 -10:45 | Coffee |
| 10:45 – 11:25 | Noel Clark, “Liquid Crystals and the origin of life” |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Jacques Prost, “Elementary contractile unit and the motor collection saga” |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Paul Chaikin, “Quantifying hidden order out of equilibrium” |
Organizers:
Douglas Durian
Randall Kamien
Andrea Liu
Arjun Yodh
Sponsors:
Penn MRSEC (LRSM) & Department of Physics and Astronomy