Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2015

Volume 60, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2015; San Antonio, Texas

Session Index

Session S49: Focus Session: Migration of Cells, Droplets, and Particles on Substrates: Mostly Active Nematics	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: GSOFT DBIO Chair: Scott Milner, Pennsylvania State University Room: 217D

Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:00AM - 8:12AM		S49.00001: Collisions of deformable cells lead to collective migration Igor Aranson, Jakob L\"ober, Falko Ziebert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:12AM - 8:24AM		S49.00002: A self-propelled particle model with experimentally quantified cell polarization Giuseppe Passucci, Megan E. Brasch, Nicholas O. Deakin, Christopher E. Turner, James H. Henderson, M. Lisa Manning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:24AM - 8:36AM		S49.00003: Modeling traction forces in collective cell migration Juliane Zimmermann, Markus Basan, Ryan L. Hayes, Wouter-Jan Rappel, Herbert Levine Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:36AM - 9:12AM		S49.00004: Mimicking the Interfacial Dynamics of Flowing White Blood Cells Invited Speaker: Maria Santore Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 9:12AM - 9:24AM		S49.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 9:24AM - 9:36AM		S49.00006: Long Range Order of Motile Defects in Active Nematic Liquid Crystals Stephen DeCamp, Gabriel Redner, Michael Hagan, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 9:36AM - 9:48AM		S49.00007: Defect-Stabilized Phases in Extensile Active Nematics Gabriel Redner, Stephen DeCamp, Zvonimir Dogic, Michael Hagan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 9:48AM - 10:00AM		S49.00008: Worms on a plane: simulation studies of an active nematic phase of flexible chains Michael Varga, Mohammad Najafi, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:00AM - 10:12AM		S49.00009: Instabilities and patterns in an active nematic film Pragya Srivastava, Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:12AM - 10:24AM		S49.00010: Dynamics of an overdamped active nematic liquid crystal Elias Putzig, Aparna Baskaran Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:24AM - 10:36AM		S49.00011: The geometry and topology of turbulence in active nematics Luca Giomi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:36AM - 10:48AM		S49.00012: Instabilities and boundary effects in a droplet of active polar liquid crystal Carl Whitfield, Rhoda Hawkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:48AM - 11:00AM		S49.00013: Interacting active elastic dimers: Two cells moving on a rigid track Moumita Das, David Mayett, J. M. Schwarz Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2015

Volume 60, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2015; San Antonio, Texas

Session Index

Session S49: Focus Session: Migration of Cells, Droplets, and Particles on Substrates: Mostly Active Nematics

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