"From flowing complex fluids to multilayer networks of knotted nematic colloids”
Uros Tkalec, University of Maribor and Jozef Stefan Institute
Special Seminar - From viscous to elastic sheets: Dynamics of freely floating smectic films
Kirsten Harth, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
The dynamics of droplets and bubbles, particularly on microscopic scales, are of considerable importance in biological, environmental, and technical contexts. Soap bubbles, vesicles and components of biological cells…
Math-Bio Seminar: "Fluctuation and fixation in the Axelrod model"
Nicolas Lanchier, Arizona State University
The Axelrod model is a spatial stochastic model for the dynamics of cultures which includes two key social components: homophily, the tendency of individuals to interact more frequently with individuals who are…
Math-Bio Seminar: "The joint total tree length at linked loci in populations of variable size"
Matthias Steinrücken, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The inference of historical population sizes from contemporary genomic sequence data has gained a lot of attention in recent years. A particular focus has been on recent exponential growth in humans. This recent…