Euromech 422 on "Pattern Formation by Swimming Micro-Organisms and Cells" is being held at the University of Leeds on 3rd-5th December, 2001. It is timed to function partly as a Satellite Meeting to the Newton Institute Programme at the University of Cambridge entitled "From Individual to Collective Behaviour in Biological Systems" which runs from 10th September to 19th December, 2001.
 

This meeting is a Euromech Colloquium and will cover recent research on the behaviour and pattern formation by populations of micro-organisms, (e.g. bacteria, algae and slime moulds), as well as by motile cells (such as leukocytes and endothelial cells) which are parts of higher organisms and form structures during growth and in disease. The meeting will promote the sharing of ideas and techniques between the groups, both mathematical and experimental, working in these different areas. Common themes are expected to be

• the mechanics of locomotion by pattern forming cells, on a substrate or swimming freely, and
• the use of random walk theory to describe individual trajectories and derive continuum models.

The topics will include:

1. Pattern formation by micro-organisms on gels, e.g. the swarming of bacteria.
2. Bioconvection, i.e. pattern formation by suspensions of swimming micro-organisms.
3. Patchiness in oceanic plankton populations.
4. Slime moulds.
5. Physiological pattern formation, e.g. angiogenesis and chemotaxis of leukocytes.

The meeting is supported by grants from the London Mathematical Society and the Isaac Newton Institute.
Support: Funds have been earmarked for the support of UK Research Students, young researchers under the age of 35 and for participants from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Partial support may also be available to help other participants with travel and subsistence costs.

  There will be no conference fee. Please follow this link for more information on fees, the European Mechanics Society and related issues.
 
 
 
 

Local Organising Committee:  Dr NA Hill (Leeds) Chairman  Dr MA Bees (Surrey) Co-chairman  Prof J Brindley (Leeds)  Dr M Holmes (Leeds)  Dr JW Pitchford (York)  Prof BD Sleeman (Leeds)

Scientific Committee:  Dr MA Bees (Surrey)  Prof J Brindley (Leeds)  Dr NF Britton (Bath) Dr NA Hill (Leeds)  Dr PF Jones (Leeds)  Prof T.J. Pedley (Cambridge)  Prof BD Sleeman (Leeds)  Dr A Stevens (MIS, Leipzig)  Prof VA Vladimirov (Hull)

For further information and an invitation to participate in the meeting, please apply to

The closing date for applications is 31st August, 2001.
 
 

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