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Le colloque Aussois 2023 de l’Association MECAMAT a pour thème :
Grandes transformations : aujourd’hui… demain

Le colloque se tiendra du 23 au 27 Janvier 2023 au Centre CNRS Paul Langevin à Aussois.
Les informations relatives au colloque sont disponibles sur notre site : https://aussois2023.sciencesconf.org/ avec un programme alléchant ! (https://aussois2023.sciencesconf.org/program).

La date limite d’inscription est fixée au 31 Octobre 2022

A workshop in honour of Jean-François Joanny.

Over the last two decades, knowledge acquired on inert soft matter systems has led to spectacular progress in the development of a quantitative understanding of biological systems. These fundamentally out-of-equilibrium systems range from the molecular constituents of the living cell via cells and tissues to schools of fish and herds of wildebeest.

This research at the crossroad of soft-matter and biological physics gave birth to a new field in statistical physics, known as “active matter”. Active matter is characterized by its non-equilibrium nature originating from the microscopic constituents of the material themselves. Examples involve the collective behavior of bacteria swarms to bird flocks, enzyme activity and growing tissues, or the whiplike motion of the swimming sperms tail.

The search for generic theories and universal physical features, ranging from inert soft matter to biological systems, has been the hallmark of the distinguished scientific work of Jean-François Joanny.

In honor of his achievements, this workshop is organized with a focus on the physical properties of soft matter, active and biological systems.

Registration will be opened from October 25th to November 4th 2022

https://www.softtobio2023.com

Dear Colleagues,
Please find the link to a workshop interesting for the community, mixing up biology, soft matter physics and engineering.

https://insect-bioinspired-edinburgh-2022.org/

All the best
Prof. Jérôme Casas, 
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte
IRBI Tours

We are writing to let you know that course proposals, for the 2024 CISM programme, are welcome. Final decisions on courses for 2024 will be taken during the meeting of the Scientific Council on March 31, 2023.
The deadline for proposal submission for the academic year 2024, is March 1, 2023.

The proposals submission is available at www.cism.it/en/activities/Proposal/
All proposals should be sent to cism@cism.it

Active Matter (AM) is a new, fast growing interdisciplinary field at the interface between biology and statistical physics that aims to understand ensembles of active particles. The term “active” refers to the ability of the particle to convert energy into work, e.g. to self-propel. The ultimate goal of Active Matter is to develop a material science of living systems and shed light on highly relevant and diverse topics such as bacterial infections, cancer growth, tissue formation, and embryogenesis, as well as on the design and synthesis of biomimetic materials, which are likely to play a fundamental in medicine in the coming years.

Deadline registration: October 17, 2022

https://perso.u-cergy.fr/~pmperuani/activedays.html