Living matter in a complex environment and morphogenesis

Symposium

On November 26, 2024

Through six talks by Laura Schaedel (Saarbrücken), Atef Asnacios, Marc Durand, Jonathan Fouchard (Paris), Angélique Stéphanou and Philippe Marmottant (Grenoble), we will consider the dynamics of living matter from the molecular scale of the cytoskeleton up to an entire organsim, in systems ranging from tumours to plants and with both experimental and numerical approaches.

The program of the day is detailed below. Please register as soon as possible if you're interested.

9am : cytoskeleton

Laura Schaedel, Physics dept, Univ Saarlandes
Microtubules: fragile, yet resilient
Atef Asnacios, Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Univ Paris Cité
Disentangling the contributions of stress fibres and the unbundled actin meshwork to the anisotropy of cortical tension in response to cell shape
–Discussion–

10.45am : tissue

Jonathan Fouchard, Lab Biologie du Développement, Sorbonne Univ, Paris
Reconstituted fibrous tissue mechanics
Philippe Marmottant, LIPHY, Grenoble

Two illustrations of the swelling of plant tissues: the dramatic bending of Spathiphyllum and the strong pressure of chickpeas
–Discussion–

12.15pm – Lunch

2pm : tissue

Marc Durand, Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Univ Paris Cité
Dynamics and self-organization of confluent cellular systems: a numerical investigation
Angélique Stéphanou, TIMC, Grenoble
Is tumor metabolism abnormal? Investigation through a multiscale model of tumor growth
–Discussion–

Date

On November 26, 2024

9:00

Localisation

LIPHY Seminar room