New statistical physics in living matter: non equilibrium states under adaptive control
SPL
3 July 2023 to 20 December 2023
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Programme theme
Buddho, Silke, Tannie and Tomohiro.
Understanding biological physics in detail requires one to not only explore the complex, multiscale structures of biological materials but also to understand their emergent properties that arise out of their being in a nonequilibrium steady state. The cytoskeleton, for example, is a complex assemblage of filaments, their bundles, and various proteins which interact with them. But the mechanics and biological utility of this structure are not determined merely by their structural elements, but by their nonequilibrium state, characterized by endogenous motor activity and the polymerization and depolymerization of the constituent filaments. Consequently, recent developments in the areas of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics are of critical importance to the physical foundations of living matter, but these ideas remain incomplete and, in most cases, have not penetrated into the biological physics and biology communities.
The proposed programme aims to bring together researchers in mathematics and statistical physics specializing in the fundamental properties of fluctuations and response in nonequilibrium states with researchers in biological physics. We expect the work to enable new collaborations and cross-fertilization of ideas. In short, we expect that understanding the living world will provide challenges that will stimulate new fundamental thinking in statistical physics while current research in this field will help to structure our ever-expanding knowledge of living matter as a nonequilibrium dynamical system. One example of how the living world can introduce new ideas into statistical physics is found in the studies of a large class of nonequilibrium steady-states that are under some form of homeostatic control. In these systems, the energy input maintaining the nonequilibrium state itself depends on the current (or recent) state of the system. While there has been great progress in understanding the statistical physics of driven systems, this new feature of feedback-based control, which is endemic to biology, has received comparatively little attention.
We believe that the time is ripe for a programme to bring together biologists and biophysicists at the cutting edge of these investigations with physicists and mathematicians studying nonequilibrium statistical physics. The potential for collaborative breakthrough is strong: not only are more abstract mathematical ideas from statistical physics necessary to interpret these data, but also these experiments will point out new areas for theoretical research in a variety of tightly regulated nonequilibrium systems.
Workshops
Building a bridge between non-equilibrium statistical physics and biology
3 July 2023 to 7 July 2023
Active mechanics, from single cells to cell layers, tissues and development
4 September 2023 to 8 September 2023
Biological condensates: cellular mechanisms governed by phase transitions
9 October 2023 to 13 October 2023
Viral self-assembly and replication
13 November 2023 to 17 November 2023
Organisers
- Buddhapriya Chakrabarti University of Sheffield
- Silke Henkes Universiteit Leiden
- Alex Levine University of California, Los Angeles
- Tanniemola Liverpool University of Bristol
- Fred MacKintosh Rice University
- Tomohiro Sasamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Christoph Schmidt Duke University
Participants
- Simon Alberti Technische Universität Dresden
- Ricard Alert Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden
- Karen Alim Technische Universität München
- Martine Ben Amar CNRS - Ecole Normale Superieure Paris; Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris
- Rachel Bennett University of Bristol
- Thierry Bodineau IHES
- Fridtjof Brauns University of California, Santa Barbara
- Chase Broedersz Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Mike Cates University of Cambridge
- Guillaume Charras University College London
- Hugues Chaté CEA/Saclay
- Rosana Collepardo Guevara University of Cambridge
- Moumita Das Rochester Institute of Technology
- Bernard Derrida Collège de France; École Normale Supérieure
- Abhishek Dhar International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
- Benjamin Doyon King's College London
- Jorn Dunkel Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Douglas Durian University of Pennsylvania
- Clément Erignoux INRIA
- Martin Evans University of Edinburgh
- Cristian Giardina Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
- Luca Giomi Universiteit Leiden
- Ramin Golestanian Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamics and Self-Organisation; University of Oxford
- Isabella Guido University of Surrey; Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organisation
- James Harden University of Ottawa
- Rosemary Harris University College London
- Rhoda Hawkins African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS); University of Sheffield
- Martin Howard John Innes Centre, Norwich
- Timon Idema Delft University of Technology
- Sosuke Ito University of Tokyo
- Robert Jack University of Cambridge
- Jean-Francois Joanny Collège de France; Institut Curie
- Mehran Kardar Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Andrej Košmrlj Princeton University
- Karsten Kruse Université de Genève
- Manas Kulkarni International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
- Anupam Kundu International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
- Pierre LeDoussal ENS - Paris
- Chiu Fan Lee Imperial College London
- Hebert Levine Northeastern University
- Andrea Liu University of Pennsylvania
- David Lubensky University of Michigan
- Ananyo Maitra CY Cergy Paris University
- Kirone Mallick CEA/Saclay; École Polytechnique
- Marco Mazza Loughborough University
- Matthias Merkel Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille
- Alexander Mietke University of Bristol
- Kristian Muller-Nedebock Stellenbosch University
- David Nelson Harvard University
- Monica Olvera de la Cruz Northwestern University
- Sriram Ramaswamy Indian Institute of Science
- Guillame Salbreux University of Geneva
- Jennifer Schwarz Syracuse University
- Udo Seifert Universität Stuttgart
- Boris Shraiman University of California, Santa Barbara
- Pascal Silberzan Institut Curie; CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)
- Ben Simons University of Cambridge
- Rastko Sknepnek University of Dundee
- Kazumasa Takeuchi University of Tokyo
- Evelyn Tang Rice University
- Eugene Terentjev University of Cambridge
- Matthew Turner University of Warwick; Kyoto University
- Julia Yeomans University of Oxford
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