Molecular Motors and (Nano) Mechanical Machines: Stochastics, Nonlinearity and Complexity - POSTPONED
Invited Lecturers
- Christian Beck (University of London , London, Great Britain)
- 3 lectures on: "Super-statistical techniques (novel methodologies) for (inhomogeneous) complex systems (pattern forming systems, etc)".
- Fabio Biscarini (Istituto Studio Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR), Bologna, Italy)
- 5 lectures on: "Unconventional fabrication of multifunctional materials (bottom-up approach): from nanostructures to field effect transistors and label-free sensors and other cases of interest”.
- Werner Ebeling (Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany )
- 4 lectures on: "Active Brownian motors (ratchets and molecular motors, rotating and step motors, etc)."
- Gregoire Nicolis (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
- 4 lectures on: "Fluctuations in nonlinear systems out of equilibrium (master equations, role of geometry, meta-stability, information-theoretic approach, fluctuation theorems and dynamical entropies)".
- Cecile Sykes (UMR168 Institut Curie/CNRS)
- 5 lectures on: "Building cell movements step by step (cyto-skeletal polymers, cyto-skeletal motor proteins, cell movements, actin-generated forces and their modulation, etc)".
- Manuel G. Velarde (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain)
- 4 lectures on: "Surface/molecular forces (DLVO theory) role on wetting and spreading" and "Nonlinear mechanical vibrations in model molecular wires and wave-mediated transport”.
- Francesco Zerbetto (Università di Bologna, Italy)
- 5 lectures on: "Can molecules mimic the functions of macroscopic tools?" (numerous cases).