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Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics
Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies...
New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics

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2026

Monday, Jun 08, 2026

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:30AM Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments

    • Orkun Soyer (Univ. of Warwick) Self-Regulation of Cell Metabolism via Cofactor Dynamics
  • Simons Amphitheater 12:15PM Blackboard Lunch

    • Sergei Maslov (Univ. of Illinois) When Evo Met Eco in Microbial Communities
  • Simons Amphitheater 01:30PM New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics

    • All participants () Participant Informal Introduction
    • Todd Gingrich (Northwestern) About tensor networks