Program

1. Jul 20 (Tue) 10 AM KST Hyunggyu Park (KIAS)

              Title: Brief sketch of stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems, and thermodynamic                                                           uncertainty relations     Abstract     

2. Jul 22 (Thur) 10 AM KST Paul Chaikin (NYU): Jul 21 (Wed) 9 PM in New York time

                   Title: Artificial Life, Self-replication, Exponential growth, Mutations, Evolution, Colloidal Architecture,                                      and DNA Activated Colloidal Machines.     Abstract    

3. Jul 27 (Tue) 10 AM KST Yongjoo Baek (SNU)

                    Title: Introduction to statistical field theories for active matter     Abstract     

4. Jul 29 (Thur) 4 PM KST Pierre Gaspard (U Bruxelles): Jul 29 (Thur) 9 AM in Bruxelles time

                    Title: Kinetics and thermodynamics of molecular information processes     Abstract     

5. Aug 3 (Tue) 10 AM KST Kate Adamala (U Minnesota): Aug 2 (Mon) 8 PM in Minnesota time

                    Title: The life of our Last Universal Common Ancestor     Abstract     

6. Aug 5 (Thur) 4 PM KST Erez Braun (Technion U): Aug 5 (Thur) 10 AM in Israel time

                    Title: The physics of morphogenesis     Abstract     

7. Aug 10 (Tue) 10 AM KST Tetsuya Yomo (East China Normal U): Aug 10 (Tue) 9 AM in Shanghai time

                    Title: Synthesis and experimental evolution of a protocell     Abstract     

8. Aug 12 (Thur) 4 PM KST Ulrich Gerland (TUM): Aug 12 (Thur) 9 AM in Munich time

                    Title: Self-replication of informational polymers in non-equilibrium environments: The fidelity issue                                          Abstract     

9. Aug 17 (Tue) 4 PM KST Ramin Golestanian (MPI/ Oxford U): Aug 17 (Tue) 8 AM in London time

                    Title: Chemically Active Matter     Abstract     

10. Aug 19 (Thur) 10 AM KST Irene Chen (UCLA): Aug 18 (Wed) 6 PM in LA time

                    Title: Emergent by-products of evolution     Abstract     

11. Aug 24 (Tue) 10 AM KST Nicholas Hud (Georgia Tech): Aug 23 (Mon) 9 PM in Georgia time

                    Title: Self-Assembly and Alternative Solvents as Key Contributors to the Origins of Life     Abstract