Lecture Series (first week)

Cell membrane elasticity and dynamics, molecular motors, physics of biopolymers (actin, microtubules), physics of active polymer networks and cell cytoskeleton, collective cell dynamics, etc. No prior knowledge of biology is assumed, but a good background in basic physics is required to get the most out of the lectures.

Hands-on Modules (second week)

Optical Tweezers, Traction Force Microscopy, Micropipette Aspiration, Atomic Force Microscopy, Image Analysis, Stretchable Substrates, Microfluidics, In-Vitro Systems, Simulation of Active Brownian Particles, etc. PhD students and post-docs interested in interdisciplinary research can apply for this part of the programme.

Speakers

• Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India
• Pierre Sens, Institut Curie, France
• Jean-Francois Joanny, École Supérieur de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville Paris (ESPCI), France
• Gautam Menon, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), India
• Rhoda Hawkins, University of Sheffield, U.K.
• Stephan Grill, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
• Thomas Lecuit, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille (IBDM), France
• Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France
• Daniel Rivelin, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et cellulaire (IGBMC), France
• Frank Jülicher, Max Planck Institut - Physik Komplexer Systeme (MPI-PKS), Germany
• Kinneret Keren, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
• Bidisha Sinha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER), India
• Gautam Soni, Raman Research Institute (RRI), India
• Pramod Pullarkat, Raman Research Institute (RRI), India
• Franziska Lautenschläger, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
• Namrata Gundiah, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India
• Richard Morris, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), India

For full details, please visit the EMBO webpages.