Speakers
Pietro Cicuta
Pietro Cicuta
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
5 lectures on:
Ciliated tissues. Open questions in ciliated tissues with a focus on lung epithelia, the state of the art in tissue culture methods for studying cilia, and imaging techniques used to observe ciliary behaviour within epithelial tissue. Also covers experimental model systems at colloidal scale.
Ciliated tissues. Open questions in ciliated tissues with a focus on lung epithelia, the state of the art in tissue culture methods for studying cilia, and imaging techniques used to observe ciliary behaviour within epithelial tissue. Also covers experimental model systems at colloidal scale.
Douglas Brumley
Douglas Brumley
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
Australia
School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
Australia
5 lectures on:
Fluid flows and mass transport by ciliary arrays. Singularity solutions for modelling cilia in various geometries, mass transport by beating cilia in flow, three-dimensional flows and oxygen transport in coral cilia, and collective microbial dynamics.
Fluid flows and mass transport by ciliary arrays. Singularity solutions for modelling cilia in various geometries, mass transport by beating cilia in flow, three-dimensional flows and oxygen transport in coral cilia, and collective microbial dynamics.
Christophe Eloy
Christophe Eloy
IRPHE, Centrale Méditerranée, Marseille
France
IRPHE, Centrale Méditerranée, Marseille
France
5 lectures on:
Active and passive responses to flow. Hydrodynamics of flow sensing and its use for detection and navigation, how soft bodies respond passively and actively to surrounding flow, and the design principles underlying optimal hydrodynamic response.
Active and passive responses to flow. Hydrodynamics of flow sensing and its use for detection and navigation, how soft bodies respond passively and actively to surrounding flow, and the design principles underlying optimal hydrodynamic response.
Benjamin Friedrich
Benjamin Friedrich
Technical University of Dresden
Germany
Technical University of Dresden
Germany
5 lectures on:
Cilia synchronization: within a single cilium and between many cilia. Mechanisms of ciliary beating, cilia as noisy oscillators, cilia responding to flow, and synchronization via the noisy Adler equation, the noisy Kuramoto model, and spatially extended systems.
Cilia synchronization: within a single cilium and between many cilia. Mechanisms of ciliary beating, cilia as noisy oscillators, cilia responding to flow, and synchronization via the noisy Adler equation, the noisy Kuramoto model, and spatially extended systems.
Eva Kanso
Eva Kanso
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
United States
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
United States
5 lectures on:
Cilia Across Scales. Organization, Function, and Evolution of Eukaryotic Life. External vs internal ciliary organization, modelling cilia from point forces to elastic filaments and porous media, and roles of cilia in multicellularity and symbiosis.
Cilia Across Scales. Organization, Function, and Evolution of Eukaryotic Life. External vs internal ciliary organization, modelling cilia from point forces to elastic filaments and porous media, and roles of cilia in multicellularity and symbiosis.
Marco Polin
Marco Polin
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA), Mallorca
Spain
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA), Mallorca
Spain
5 lectures on:
Cilia beyond the beat. Structural organization of the axoneme, the mechanical properties of cilia, how cilia sense and respond to mechanical cues through mechanosensitivity, signalling, and the cellular processes underlying ciliary assembly and growth.
Cilia beyond the beat. Structural organization of the axoneme, the mechanical properties of cilia, how cilia sense and respond to mechanical cues through mechanosensitivity, signalling, and the cellular processes underlying ciliary assembly and growth.
Kirsty Wan
Kirsty Wan
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
5 lectures on:
Control of ciliary coordination from single cells to animals. Microswimming fundamentals, gaits and waveforms of single ciliated cells, emergence of metachronal waves across ciliary arrays, and neural control mechanisms coordinating cilia.
Control of ciliary coordination from single cells to animals. Microswimming fundamentals, gaits and waveforms of single ciliated cells, emergence of metachronal waves across ciliary arrays, and neural control mechanisms coordinating cilia.