Seminars

PMMH’s weekly seminar is held every Friday at 11 am (map)

Contact :
Stéphane Perrard
Etienne Reyssat
Virgile Thiévenaz
responsables-seminaires (arobase) pmmh.espci.fr

PMMH
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Tel : (33) 1 40 79 45 22


Séminaire PMMH - Joseph d’Alessandro

Vendredi 13 novembre 2020 de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1

Eukaryotic cells as interacting living particles

Cells move. They propel themselves using an internal machinery which endows them with the characteristics of active particles. At the same time, they interact dynamically with their environment and with neigbouring cells, by adhering, exerting forces and exchanging biochemical signals. In this talk, we will first show, on two model eukaryotic systems, that this can lead to microphase separation, collectively enhanced or reduced diffusion and pattern formation over large scales. Then we will focus on an effect of the coupling of cell migration to the substrate's dynamics. Indeed, by studying the long-term migration of isolated cells, we find that they exhibit path reinforcement, which entails very specific transport properties. Finally, in light of those results, we will discuss the perspectives offered by an active matter view on the emergence of collective migration in eukaryotic cell assemblies.

Eukaryotic cells as interacting living particles

Cells move. They propel themselves using an internal machinery which endows them with the characteristics of active particles. At the same time, they interact dynamically with their environment and with neigbouring cells, by adhering, exerting forces and exchanging biochemical signals. In this talk, we will first show, on two model eukaryotic systems, that this can lead to microphase separation, collectively enhanced or reduced diffusion and pattern formation over large scales. Then we will focus on an effect of the coupling of cell migration to the substrate's dynamics. Indeed, by studying the long-term migration of isolated cells, we find that they exhibit path reinforcement, which entails very specific transport properties. Finally, in light of those results, we will discuss the perspectives offered by an active matter view on the emergence of collective migration in eukaryotic cell assemblies.

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Seminars  (4)

  • Séminaire PMMH - Francesca Borghi Università degli Studi di Milano
    Vendredi 20 juin de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    REPROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE FOR DATA PROCESSING AT THE EDGE : A NEW COMPUTING PARADIGM BASED ON NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS
    The brain's ability to perform efficient and fault-tolerant data processing is strongly related with its peculiar interconnected adaptive architecture, based on redundant neural circuits interacting at different scales. By emulating the brain's processing and learning mechanisms, computing technologies strive to (…)
  • Séminaire PMMH - Francesca Borghi Università degli Studi di Milano
    Vendredi 20 juin de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    REPROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE FOR DATA PROCESSING AT THE EDGE : A NEW COMPUTING PARADIGM BASED ON NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMS
    The brain's ability to perform efficient and fault-tolerant data processing is strongly related with its peculiar interconnected adaptive architecture, based on redundant neural circuits interacting at different scales. By emulating the brain's processing and learning mechanisms, computing technologies strive to (…)
  • Séminaire PMMH - Salvatore Federico (University of Calgary, Canada)
    Vendredi 4 juillet de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    Continuum Mechanics of Hydrated Fibre-Reinforced Soft Tissues
    Biological tissues can be represented as bi-phasic continua, with a porous solid phase saturated by an interstitial fluid and reinforced by collagen fibers. This lecture will give an overview of the modelling techniques for fibre-reinforced porous composite materials with statistical orientation of the fibers. Both (…)
  • Séminaire PMMH - Salvatore Federico (University of Calgary, Canada)
    Vendredi 4 juillet de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    Continuum Mechanics of Hydrated Fibre-Reinforced Soft Tissues
    Biological tissues can be represented as bi-phasic continua, with a porous solid phase saturated by an interstitial fluid and reinforced by collagen fibers. This lecture will give an overview of the modelling techniques for fibre-reinforced porous composite materials with statistical orientation of the fibers. Both (…)

Information for the speakers

The audience is composed of people with rather heterogeneous backgrounds including specialists in solids, fluids, granular flows, statistical physics... so the idea is to keep your talk understandable by people not necessarily working in your field... The seminar time slot runs from 11am to noon so the best is to make the talk last around 45 minutes to leave some time for discussion.

Link to cofee seminar (internal, every Thursday)


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Practical information

Laboratoire : 01 40 79 45 22
Directeur : Ramiro GODOY DIANA
Codirecteur : Laurent DUCHEMIN
Administratrice : Frédérique AUGER (01 40 79 45 22)
Gestionnaire : Claudette BAREZ (01 40 79 58 53)
Courriel : dir (arobase) pmmh.espci.fr