2012
- 11/21/2012 – New article on “Controlling cell-matrix traction forces by extracellular geometry” by S. Banerjee and M. C. Marchetti published in New Journal of Physics. 15, 035015 (2013)
- 10/18/2012 – New manuscript by A Mertz et al on “Cadherin-Based Intercellular Adhesions Organize Epithelial Cell-Matrix Traction Forces” in collaboration with the Dufresne Lab at Yale published in PNAS 110, 842-847 (2012). The article was also recommended as being of special significance in its field by Deborah Leckband from the F1000 Faculty.
- 11/15/2012 – Nature News & Views article by Cristina Marchetti on work by the Dogic’s Lab at Brandeis.
- 11/4/2012 – Graduate student Shiladitya Banerjee will present his work in an invited talk at the 2013 APS March Meeting in Baltimore.
- 8/23/2012 – Cristina Marchetti speaks at ILCC 212, the 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference, in Mainz, Germany.
- 8/9/2012 – Cristina Marchetti gives a plenary presentation at DDAP7 Dynamics Days Asia Pacific 7, held in Taipei, Taiwan, August 5-9, 2012. Group photo
- 8/9/2012- Shiladitya Banerjee gives an invited seminar at the newly funded TIFR Hyderabad, India.
- 7/12/2012 – Cristina Marchetti speaks at the Workshop on Tissue Growth and Morphogenesis: from Genetics to Mechanics and Back, July 22-27, 2012, Banff, Canada. Watch video of talk.
- 7/11/2012 – Review article on Soft Active Matter completed and submitted to Reviews of Modern Physics.
- 6/29/2012 – Cristina Marchetti speaks at IBEC, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Spain.
- 6/15/2012 – The paper Pattern formation in self-propelled particles with density-dependent mobility by Farrell et al. has appeared in Physical Review Letters.
- 6/8/2012 – The paper Athermal Phase Separation of Self-Propelled Particles with No Alignment by Yaouen Fily and M. Cristina Marchetti has appeared in Physical Review Letters.
- 6/8/2012 – Cristina Marchetti speaks at the Topical Research Meeting of the IOP on Swimming and Complexity at low Reynolds number, June 7-8, 2012, London, UK.
- 5/11/2012 – Graduate student Xingbo Yang to attend the 2012 Boulder School on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- 5/18/2012 – Cristina Marchetti speaks at the Active Jammed Systems Conference at the New York Academy of Sciences, May 26-28, New York.
- 5/10/2012 – Postdoc Silke Henkes speaks at Réunion thématique du GDR PHENIX Particules actives, May 9-10 2012, ENS Lyon.
- 5/8/2012 – The paper Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Adherent Cell Colonieson work in collaboration with the experimental group of Eric Dufresne at Yale has appeared in Physical Review Letters and has been selected as an “Editor’s Suggestion”.
- 2/28/2012 – Two invited talks by group members at the 2012 APS March Meeting in Boston:
Silke Henkes, Z43.00005 : Active Jamming: Self-propelled particles at high densityM. Cristina Marchetti, H20.00003: Polar Patterns in Active Fluids.
2011
- 12/1/2011 – Graduate Student Shiladitya Banerjee chosen as one of five GSNP Student Prize Award finalists at the 2012 APS March Meeting in Boston.
- Yaouen Fily accepts a postdoctoral position at Brandeis University (February 2012). He will start there in Fall 2012.