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Physics of Life Symposium 2024

M. Lisa Manning, Ph.D.

Keynote Speaker

When

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. PT

Where

San Francisco, CA
(and limited virtual livestream)

Living systems span multiple scales and levels of organization and display phenomena that often have no analog in the inanimate world. But for the last 500 years, physics has been focused on non-living matter. The physics of living systems is emerging as a new field, promising not only to reveal new insights about the inner workings of living systems, but also to push the limits of physics itself in the context of, for example, non-equilibrium physics and active matter research.

The Physics of Life Symposium aims to bring together researchers interested in leveraging the tools, approaches, and style of inquiry of physics to the complex and beautiful phenomena of life. Our objective is to nucleate a diverse and vibrant community of physical biologists in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the CZ Biohub SF as the convergence point for the exchange of ideas in an atmosphere that fosters collaborative research.

View videos from the first Physics of Life Symposium held in January 2023 here.

Please register by Monday, September 16.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

M. Lisa Manning, Ph.D.

Lisa Manning is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Prof. Manning’s research uses simulations and theory to model the emergent properties of biological tissues

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LEAD ORGANIZERS

Adrian Jacobo, Ph.D.

Group Leader, Quantitative Tissue Morphogenesis at CZ Biohub SF

Hernan Garcia, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biophysics, Genetics, Genomics and Developmental Biology at UC Berkeley

Scientific Organizing Committee

Akilandeswari Balasubramanian

CZ Biohub SF

Griffin Chure

Stanford University

Hernan Garcia, Ph.D.

UC Berkeley

Andrea Herman

UC Berkeley

Adrian Jacobo, Ph.D.

CZ Biohub SF

Manasa Kesapragada

UC Santa Cruz

Charlie Lang

Stanford University

Brandon Schlomann

UC Berkeley

Deepika Sundarraman

CZ Biohub SF

PROGRAM

ALL TIMES IN PACIFIC TIME

WED WEDNESDAY

SEPTEMBER 25

Registration

8:00 am

Registration opens

8:00–9:15 am

Breakfast available

Welcome remarks

9:20–9:30 am

Keynote address

9:30–10:15 am

M. Lisa Manning, Ph.D., Syracuse University

“Predicting mechanics of 3D epithelia in vertebrate embryonic development”

Coffee break

10:15–10:45 am

Submitted 15-minute talks (TBA)

10:45–12:15 pm

Lunch

12:15–1:45 pm

Submitted 15-minute talks (TBA)

1:45–3:30 pm

Coffee break

3:30–4:00 pm

Submitted 3-minute lightning talks (TBA)

4:00–4:50 pm

Closing remarks

4:50–5:00 pm

Poster session & social hour

5:00–6:00 pm

SUBMITTED TALKS AND POSTERS

Students, postdocs, and early career researchers (non-PIs) are encouraged to share their work via a 15-minute talk or 3-minute lightning talk, and all attendees are encouraged to present a poster. More details and the submission process are included during registration. The talk abstract submission window closed Thursday, August 15. Posters abstracts will be accepted through September 16.