From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Tue Mar 3 16:37:37 2026 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 16:37:37 +0100 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 6 Mar 2026 Message-ID: <1C61A15A-3B34-4127-805D-A970D1A22A5F@fuw.edu.pl> Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 6 March 2026 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar, during which Jonasz S?omka (FUW) will give a talk How encounters at the microscale prime microbial interactions Abstract Microbial interactions often critically depend on the rate of physical cell-cell or cell-resourceencounters. In a liquid environment, many prominent examples include encounters amongphytoplankton in the ocean that lead to the formation of marine snow, the formation of living aggregates by cyanobacteria, bacterial chemotaxis towards leaky phytoplankton, and horizontal gene transfer between bacteria. Microscale encounters are nearly always quantified as encounters between inanimate spheres, borrowing from the physics of gases, coagulating colloids, and rain formation. However, these classical approaches often fail to account for important traits of microorganisms, such as cell elongation, motility, or gradient sensing. Even more importantly, experimental assays typically do not control cell-cell encounters. In my talk, I will outline how more realistic models of encounters at the microscale can contribute to our understanding of fundamental ecological processes controlled by microbes, from active aggregation through chemotaxis to gene exchanges. I will close by presenting our recent experimental evidence that encounters driven by fluid shear strongly control the rates of horizontal gene transfer between bacteria. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). 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Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Wed Mar 18 18:03:53 2026 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:03:53 +0100 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 20 Mar 2026 Message-ID: <4C97945D-4C68-4024-92CD-A4FED89B38BA@fuw.edu.pl> Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 20 March 2026 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar, during which Rafa? B?aszkiewicz (FUW) will give a talk Unsteady Effects in Cilia-Mediated Transport and Microscale Mixing Abstract Cilia are key drivers of fluid transport in biological systems, from single-celled organisms to human tissues. Traditional models often treat ciliary flows as steady, yet ciliary beating is inherently unsteady, generating flows that evolve on timescales comparable to viscous diffusion. In this work, we use a time-dependent linear Stokes framework with Green?s functions and memory kernels to model flows generated by individual and coordinated cilia motion, represented by point-like ?Pufflets.? Combining theory, simulations, and experiments, we examine how unsteady actuation affects particle trajectories and flow structures. Our results show that unsteady effects can modify transport pathways and influence mixing at the microscale, particularly when multiple cilia interact. These findings highlight important differences between steady and unsteady Stokes flows and provide insight into the mechanisms underlying cilia-mediated fluid transport. Co-authors of the work: Margot Young?, Albane Th?ry?, Talia Becker Calazans?, Arnold J.T.M. Mathijssen?, Maciej Lisicki? ?University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ?University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA The full study is available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.11020 We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.zukowski at uw.edu.pl Thu Mar 19 13:39:49 2026 From: s.zukowski at uw.edu.pl (=?UTF-8?B?U3RhbmlzxYJhdyDFu3Vrb3dza2k=?=) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:39:49 +0100 Subject: [Soft-matter] Warsaw Symposium "Patterns: On Growth and Form", May 26, 2026 Message-ID: Dear all, We would like to warmly invite you to participate in the Warsaw Symposium "Patterns: On Growth and Form" . The symposium aims to promote knowledge exchange among like-minded researchers working in seemingly disparate fields: soft matter, fluid dynamics, biophysics and more. The event will take place on *Tuesday, May 26, 2026* at the *University of Warsaw's Ochota Campus*. Attendees and presenters are kindly requested to register here before April 17, 2026. There is no registration fee. We look forward to welcoming you! Kind regards, Stanis?aw ?ukowski on behalf of the organizers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Tue Mar 24 13:59:04 2026 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:59:04 +0100 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 27 Mar 2026 Message-ID: <38539D28-7039-4CF5-81BD-C5B63B266C87@fuw.edu.pl> Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 27 March 2026 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar, during which Marcin Napi?rkowski (FUW) will give a talk Bose-Einstein condensation: an ongoing mathematical challenge Abstract Proving Bose-Einstein condensation in the thermodynamic limit remains a major open problem in mathematical physics. In my talk, I will explain the content of the conjecture and review recent progress in the study of bosonic many-body systems. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). 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An International Conference on Advances in Biomineralization Research to be held in Ch?ciny, the Holy Cross Mountains (G?ry ?wi?tokrzyskie), Poland on September 17th to 20th 2026 (Thursday to Sunday): https://biomineralia.pl/ The conference is dedicated to bringing together researchers working across the broad field of biomineralization. Biomineralization is a rapidly developing field that focuses on processes related to the formation of mineral structures by living organisms. The growing interest in biominerals stems from their importance as archives of environmental and physiological information, as well as from their potential to inspire the design of novel materials. What makes the BioMineralia conference unique is its effort to connect perspectives that are essential for understanding the origin and functioning of biomineralization processes and structures: those interpreted from the geological past, observed in modern organisms, and envisioned for future bio-inspired technologies. Topics covered in the conference program include: ? Biomineralization in time (geological) and space (e.g. in relation to environmental conditions), including questions concerning the origin of biomineralization and the reliability of environmental and physiological signatures recorded in biominerals; ? The dynamics and mechanisms of biomineralization processes, the characteristics of the environments in which these processes occur, and the resulting architecture of biomineral structures; ? Advanced techniques and methodological approaches in biomineralization research; ? The fabrication of new bio-inspired materials (biomimetics) and the current frontiers and limits of knowledge. All of these issues lie at the intersection of multiple scientific disciplines, and are addressed through observational, experimental, and in silico approaches. Many well-known scientists have agreed to give invited talks, as listed at: https://biomineralia.pl/program/ Important dates Conference dates: 17?20 September 2026 Registration closes: 30 June 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2026 Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2026 The conference is organized by Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland together with Wroc?aw University of Science and Technology, Poland, and Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. The participants will be accommodated at the European Center for Geological Education (https://www.eceg.uw.edu.pl/en/), situated near the medieval Ch?ciny Castle, right in the heart of an extinct quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains. This area is considered a perfect research environment for geologists. Registration will be on the first-come first-served basis. Our goal is to provide an informal, creative atmosphere and highly interactive nature of this meeting, thus the number of participants is limited to ca. 100 persons. You can already register and find more information on our website: https://biomineralia.pl/ We also encourage you to follow updates and announcements on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585080509378 You are welcome to circulate this announcement to your co-workers and anybody who may be interested. We apologise for any possible multiple postings. 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