KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Day of Jul 27, 2026
Day of Jul 27, 2026
2026
Monday, Jul 27, 2026
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Anne Lise Routier Kierzkowska (U. de Montréal) The apical hook paradox: how to make an organ grow while keeping its shape
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Anna Dawid (Leiden Univ.) Interpretable machine learning for quantum simulators
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Adrian Jacobo (CZ Biohub) How do cells count? Cell number control in a regenerating organ.
- Alessandro De Simone (Univ. of Geneva) Signaling dynamics and bone morphogenesis in regenerating zebrafish scales
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Anne Lise Routier Kierzkowska (U. de Montréal) The apical hook paradox: how to make an organ grow while keeping its shape
-
Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Anna Dawid (Leiden Univ.) Interpretable machine learning for quantum simulators
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Adrian Jacobo (CZ Biohub) How do cells count? Cell number control in a regenerating organ.
- Alessandro De Simone (Univ. of Geneva) Signaling dynamics and bone morphogenesis in regenerating zebrafish scales
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Matteo Rauzi (Univ. Côte d'Azur) Composite morphogenesis: how can a tissue fold and extend at the same time
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Ehsan Khatami (SJSU) Exploring the Fermi-Hubbard Model with AI Tools
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Sidney Shaw (Indiana) Microtubule pattern specification in axially growing plant cells
- Allison Kann (Harvard) De novo organ regeneration requires coordinated multi-tissue morphogenesis
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Alexis Maizel (Univ. Heidelberg) On growth, form and polarity in plants
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Victor Albert (QuICS) Research in the AI age: first experiences
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Danelle Devenport (Princeton) Establishing tissue-scale polarity in an expansive epithelium
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Francis Corson (ENS Paris) The geometric basis of morphogenesis
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Matija Medvidovic (ETH Zurich) Variational and supervised learning of effective electronic potentials
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Dillon Cislo (Rockefeller Univ.) Shaping Fate: Geometric Methods for Cell Fate Transitions, Tissue Patterning, and Morphogenesis
- Akankshi Munjal (Duke) Under Pressure: How a developing tissue achieves robust form
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
02:00PM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- group discussion (), Frank Jülicher (MPI-PKS), Danelle Devenport (Princeton) Polarity Discussion
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Manu Prakash (Stanford) Information propagation in structured environments: From biomineral lattices to ecological scale patterns
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Laura Rustarazo Calvo (EMBL Heidelberg) Different roads to tissue rigidity: How mechanical phase transitions impact morphogenesis
- Yusuke Mori (Duke) TBA
- Susie Wopat (UCSB) Stationary and germ layer–specific tissue flows shape the vertebrate embryo
- Matt Lefebvre (UCSB) DV Patterning Directs Morphogenesis During Drosophila Gastrulation
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Simons Amphitheater
12:15PM Blackboard Lunch
- Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska (Montréal) "How to shape an organ? A physics journey, from ears to flowers."
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Week of Jul 27 - Aug 02, 2026
Week of Jul 27 - Aug 02, 2026
2026
Monday, Jul 27, 2026
2026
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026
2026
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026
2026
Thursday, Jul 30, 2026
2026
Friday, Jul 31, 2026
2026
Saturday, Aug 01, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Sunday, Aug 02, 2026
No talks scheduled.
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Week of Aug 03 - Aug 09, 2026
Week of Aug 03 - Aug 09, 2026
2026
Monday, Aug 03, 2026
2026
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Wednesday, Aug 05, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Thursday, Aug 06, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Friday, Aug 07, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Saturday, Aug 08, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Sunday, Aug 09, 2026
No talks scheduled.
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Month of July, 2026
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