CURVOBIO 2021
DATE: 7th to 9th of April 2021
(Online)
Because of the ongoing travel restrictions due to the covid-19 situation, the upcomming CURVOBIO workshop will be held online.
Registration: The registration is free of charge. Six slots in the workshop are reserved for student talks. The talks will be selected based on the abstract submitted via the registration form. Registration deadline is March 14th.
Please click here to register.
Please don't hesitate to contact us in case there are questions: curvobio@mpikg.mpg.de
Exploring the links between geometry, biology, physics and materials science
Experimental and theoretical evidence indicate that surface curvature plays a role on the behaviour of living objects ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. Following up from our first meeting (6th - 8th Feb 2019), we are currently in the planning stage for the next CurvoBio conference.
This will be held from the 7nd to the 9th of April 2021 as an online format.
We intend to bring together a broad range of scientists interested in exploring the role of geometry on different biological phenomena in Nature. We are looking for participation from a wide range of disciplines ranging from biologists who explore systems in which curvature changes or plays a role in biological processes, to materials scientists who can make and design static and dynamically curved substrates, to mathematicians who can help describe such substrates, and to help understand the implications of geometry on processes on curved surfaces, and physicists who can understand and help model idealised biophysical processes under geometric constraints.
Preliminary Programm
A series of pre-recorded educational lectures covering mathematical, biological and computational basics will be provided before the conference to all registered participants.
Confirmed Speakers
Educational Lectures
Myf Evans
Technical University Berlin, Germany
Andy Sageman-Furnas
Technical University Berlin, Germany
Karine Anselme
Institut de Science des Materiaux de Mulhouse, CNRS, France
Heidi Pertl-Obermeyer
University of Salzburg, Austria
John Dunlop
University of Salzburg, Austria
Michaela Eder
Max Planck Institute of Collodis and Interfaces, Germany
Live Talks
Bastian Beyer
Matters of Activity, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Aleš Iglič
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ognyan Petkov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Anupam Sengupta
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ioannis Papantoniou
KU Leuven, Belgium
Michał Bykowski
Warschau University, Poland
Maxie Schneider
Design School Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
Jacob Kirkensgaard
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Martine Ben Amar
Ecole Nationale Supérieure, Paris, France
André Castro
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Liesbet Geris
KU Leuven, Belgium
Sarah Waters
University of Oxford, U.K.
Amir Zadpoor
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
CÉCILE BIDAN
Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
RICARDO ZIEGE
Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Germany
CO-ORGANISERS & SPONSORS
the workshop is organized with the support of:
JOHN DUNLOP
Co-Organiser
MorphoPhysics Group, Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Austria
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CARL ZEISS AG
BARBARA SCHAMBERGER
Co-Organiser
MorphoPhysics Group, Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Austria
ANDREAS
ROSCHGER
Co-Organiser
MorphoPhysics Group, Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Austria
JOACHIM HERZ STIFTUNG
PREVIOUS EVENTS
CURVOBIO 2nd September 2020, Online Discussions & Update
CURVOBIO 2019: 06 to 08 February 2019, Salzburg, Austria
