Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 12:00 pm
Location:
Zoom
Audience:
A free lecture open to the public.
Speaker(s):
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor(s):
CPBF an NSF PFC

Active processes in living systems create a novel class of non-equilibrium material composed of many interacting parts that individually consume energy and collectively generate motion or mechanical stress. In this talk, I will discuss experimental tools and conceptual frameworks we develop to uncover laws governing order, phase transitions and fluctuations in systems in which individual components break time reversal symmetry.