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Active nematics, as a model for describing biological systems
The dynamics of a wide range of biological systems such as deformable cell layers, epithelial cells, bacterial colonies, and subcellular filaments can be described by the physics of active nematics. I will describe the main concepts used to build active nematic models and then highlight some of our work on how activity can build up orientational order, and lead to a state with continuous creation and annihilation of defects (locations in which the direction of cells is not well-defined). Finally, I will discuss some of our latest results on the role of activity in transitions from a 2D biological layer to 3D structures.
Date:
4 June 2021, 10:00
Venue:
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98348056970?pwd=Ykw1T1NVR0RyTzRGYXJGNERZa2I0dz09
Speaker:
Mehrana Raesian Nejad (Julia Yeomans Group, Oxford Physics)
Organising department:
Condensed Matter Physics
Organiser contact email address:
casey.adam@physics.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Biological Physics Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Casey Adam
