Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) Courses

Tissue Fluidification in Pathophysiology: Contact Percolation Sets Phase Transitions - Lecture

Explore tissue fluidification in cancer progression, focusing on unjamming transitions, cell motility, and the impact of contact percolation on collective cell behavior and gene expression.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Brittle and Ductile Yielding in Soft Materials

Explore the physics of yielding in soft materials, focusing on brittle and ductile behaviors. Learn how the 'brittility factor' impacts material deformation and yielding rates across various rheological protocols.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Topological Origins of Yielding in Soft Glassy Materials

Explore topological failure points in soft glassy materials during yielding, using network science tools to predict and understand plastic events in colloidal gels.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cell Shape Variability and Its Implications in Epithelial Monolayers

Explore cell shape variability in epithelial monolayers, its universal distribution, origins, and implications for tissue dynamics and biological functions.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nonequilibrium Response Theory for Soft and Active Matter

Explore nonequilibrium statistical physics for colloidal suspensions and active particles using the ITT framework. Examine stochastic processes, nonlinear response, and applications in shear and microswimmers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Active Matter Model of Multicellular Tissue Dynamics

Explore active matter models for multicellular tissue dynamics, examining non-equilibrium processes in physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bacterial Biofilms: Part II

Explore advanced concepts of bacterial biofilms, focusing on non-equilibrium processes in physics and biology. Gain insights from cutting-edge research in this specialized field.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Active Nematics and Mechanobiology

Explore active nematics and mechanobiology in this comprehensive lecture, delving into non-equilibrium processes in physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Potential Energy Landscape Perspective on Plasticity and Flow - Part II

Explore the mechanisms of plasticity and flow in amorphous solids and supercooled liquids, focusing on recent advances in understanding irreversible deformations and event-event correlations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bacterial Biofilms: Part I

Explore bacterial biofilms' formation, structure, and impact on various environments in this comprehensive lecture on microbial communities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Theoretical Modeling of Passive and Active Particle Dynamics in Shear Flow

Explore theoretical models of particle dynamics in shear flow, covering both passive and active systems in physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Vertex Model for Tissue Mechanics - Part I

Explore vertex models for tissue mechanics, focusing on fundamental concepts and applications in biological systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Physics of Highly Crosslinked Cytoskeletal Networks

Explore the physics of highly crosslinked cytoskeletal networks in this graduate-level lecture, delving into non-equilibrium processes in physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Potential Energy Landscape Perspective on Plasticity and Flow - Part I

Explore recent advances in microscopic stress autocorrelation in amorphous solids, examining power-law tails, material isotropy, and stress fluctuations in fragile and strong glasses.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Microscopic, Experiment-Based View of the Yielding Transition - Part II

Explore microscopic perspectives on yielding transitions through experimental insights, advancing understanding in non-equilibrium physics and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video