Scope
From the largest animals to the smallest single-cell organisms, motility is a fundamental characteristic of life. Cell swimming, in particular, underpins a wide range of fundamental biological phenomena, including microbial grazing that fuels the base of the food webs, inter-microbial communication, animal reproduction, and parasitic infection—including severe diseases like malaria trypanosomiasis. Motile microorganisms are among the most important life-forms on earth, not only because of their abundance, but also because of their vital functions, e.g., in symbiosis with mammals or in ecosystems. Unravelling the basic principles of their propulsion mechanisms is essential for the development of novel strategies in the treatment of diseases, to understand microbial transport like the migration of marine phytoplankton in aquatic environments, and ultimately to open avenues for control of biological systems and the design of artificial nanomachines.
Topics
- Motility and Sensing
- Collective Motion
- Geometry and Motility
Invited speakers (confirmed)
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse (University of Arizona, Tucson)
Lisa Fauci (Tulane University, New Orleans)
Teresa Lopez-Leon (ESPCI, Paris)
Kirsty Wan (University of Exeter)
All PHYMOT projects will be presented
Organization
Scientific Organization
Anke Lindner (ESPCI, Paris)
Eric Clement (ESPCI, Paris)
Roberto Di Leonardo (University Rome La Sapienza)
Thomas Kiørboe (Technical University Denmark)
Gerhard Gompper (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Local Organization
Anker Lindner & Eric Clement
PHYMOT management
G. Gompper & G. Vliegenthart
Fees
The conference fee includes coffee-breaks, lunch breaks, buffet/finger-food at the poster session and the conference dinner. Accommodation is not included in the fee. For suggestions for hotels go to the section “links” below.
Student early (before Aug. 12, 2022): 125 euro
Student late: 175 euro
Other early (before Aug. 12, 2022): 175 euro
Other late: 225 euro
Important Dates
Early registration/abstract deadline: Aug. 12, 2022
Late registration and abstract submission: Sept. 9, 2022
Notification of accepted abstracts: Sept. 16, 2022
Payment deadline: Oct. 14, 2022
Invoices will be send mid-August earliest.
Registration
Please follow the registration procedure as indicated:
- Register first, you will receive a 4-digit registration number by email. Use the registration number for the submission of your abstract.
- Please use the correct billing address and email address in order to avoid cancellation and reissuing the invoice.
- Download the template (Tex/Word) for the abstract here.
- Submit your abstract as a .zip file (max 10Mb). With your submission include the Tex/Doc file as well as the Figures in PDF, PNG, JPG,…
For registration, you will be asked to provide
- Name
- member of PHYMOT group or PHYMOT partner Y/N
- Affiliation as on badge
- Billing address (check with your institution)
- Invited speaker Y/N
- Dietary restrictions
Go here to register
You can submit your abstract here
Covid 19
Please take notice of the regulations for travel to and in France on the website of the French ministries of foreign affairs and internal affairs.
In case of COVID related restrictions on travel and in person meetings we may decide to hold the meeting online. Please check this website regularly.
Information for speakers
Invited talks: 30 minutes including discussion
PHYMOT talks: 20 minutes including discussion
Contributed talks: 20 minutes including discussion
Technical boundary conditions require your presentation to be uploaded to a fixed computer in the conference room. Please check your presentation in the break before your session.
Information for poster presenters
Posters are presented in a single poster session Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 18.00. The order of posters is by registration number and a list of posters can be found in the book of abstracts or as a separate list to be downloaded below.
Poster boards are A0 in portrait format.
You are kindly asked to remove your poster at the end of the poster session.
Program for download
You can download the program here
You can download the list of posters here
You can download the book of abstracts here
Program
Venue
The workshop will take place at the Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes at 6 Rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris.
The closest Metro stations are “Censier – Daubenton” and “Place Monge” line 7.
Please be aware of pickpocketers during travel by public transport.
Information about the conference dinner will appear here soon.