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Monday, April 20, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 12:00 - 13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Welcoming remarks | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Data driven modelling | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Characterizing the behavioral complexity of locomotion dynamics across scales - Alasdair Hastewell, National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Geometric Perspectives on Structure in Complex Systems - Alexandra Jurgens, Inria-Bordeaux | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | › Biophysical generative modeling of cell fate decision-making with single-cell omics - Victor Chardès, Harvard University, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Flatiron Institute | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Poster session | (+) |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Phase transition in statistical inference of spatial information from single-cell sequencing data - Alican Saray, The Ohio State University [Columbus] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Hydraulics, Flux and Microlumina in Active Multicellular Systems - Jack Treado, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Applying Fluctuation Dissipation Relations to Active Systems - Martin Johnsrud, Max Planck Institute of Dynamics and Self-organization | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Flow manipulation in mechanical ecology - Hunter King, Rutgers University [Camden] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Collective motion and ordering of polydisperse microswimmers - Jakub Trzaska, Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Morpho flight study: wing kinematics and deformation - Camille Aracheloff, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › 1st Year PhD on Modelling and Quantifying Parallelism in Community Evolution - Tristan Barata, IBENS | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Emergence of inter-individual behavioral variability in unpredictable environment - Rémi GAUTIER, Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › From order to topology - Birte Geerds, Université de Genève = University of Geneva | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Anticipatory agents view their trajectories as polymers: a space-time analogy for decision-making - Alexis Raulin-Foissac, Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Control of contractile active materials using optically-induced force generation - Sasha Toole, Brandeis University | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Equal Partitioning of the Min Proteins at Cell Division - Natan Dominko Kobilica, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics [München] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Modeling the dynamics of T lymphocytes performing reverse haptotaxis using data-driven methods - Reya Negi, Aix-Marseille University | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › How to escape the Red Queen? Towards nonlocal mutations in travelling wave descriptions of immune-viral coevolution - Max Zayas Orihuela, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Development of the human bronchial airway network - Ivan Lobaskin, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics [Cambridge], Gurdon Institute | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Novel Phase Coexistence in a Multi-Species Vicsek Model - Eloise Lardet, Imperial College London | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Super-resolved anomalous diffusion: deciphering the joint distribution of anomalous exponent and diffusion coefficient - Yann Lanoiselée, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Welcome drinks |
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Non-equilibrium systems | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | › Synchronisation and topological defects in 2D systems - Ylann Rouzaire, University of Barcelona, UBICS (Uni. Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems) | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | › Information and chirality: emergent response from nonequilibrium bath - Rémi Goerlich, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | › Escaping Cahn-Hilliard: Active Model B- from Three-Component Reaction Diffusion - Beatrice Nettuno, University of Munich (LMU) | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Cells and tissues | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Morphogenesis across scales: the role of single-cell mechanics in regulating tissue fluidity during gastruloid development - Marta Urbanska, University of Cambridge [Cambridge, UK] | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Shaping fate: geometric methods for cell fate transitions and tissue patterning in stem cells and organoids - Dillon Cislo, Rockefeller University [New York] | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Cells and tissues | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Self-assembly of three-dimensional particles with complex interactions - Vincent Ouazan-Reboul, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | › Cell shape-shifting across the tree of life - Anđela Šarić, Institute of Science and Technology [Klosterneuburg, Austria] | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Poster session | (+) |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › A Novel Perspective on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Analysing Behavioural and Neuronal Dynamics in Zebrafish Models - Leonard Constien, Fondation ICM | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Inference from Biological Data: Undersampling and Multiple Scales - Milo Repossi, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Exploring collective cell dynamics in the subconfluent regime with asymmetric subcellular cues - Clarisse Pierre, Laboratoire Physique des Cellules et Cancer UMR168, Institut Curie | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Learning the equations that govern collective motility in bacteria colonies - Tanju Cakar, University of Sheffield [Sheffield] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › The spontaneous emergence of spatial structure in microbial communities - Jan Kocka, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Curvature and its effects on tissue morphology. - Paula Belska, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg = Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Exploring the Principles of Self-Assembly with Tunable and Flexible Colloidal Particles - Lisa Shafroth, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogènes | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Collective dynamics of active particles with memory - Alexis Poncet, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Modélisation empirique de systèmes complexes - Nicolas Brodu, Centre Inria de l'Université de Bordeaux | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Information-optimal mixing at low Reynolds number - Luca Cocconi, University of Cambridge [UK], Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Density–Velocity Relation is Scale-Dependent in Epithelial Monolayers - Hengdong Lu, Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen], EPFL | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Statistical Field Theory approach for inference on a stochastic molecular circuit - Mathéo Aksil, Laboratoire Jean Perrin | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Cytoskeletal oscillations drive large-scale flows and nuclear organization in early embryonic systems. - Lara Koehler, Physics of Life - TU Dresden | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Density mean back relaxation: Detecting activity from passive observations in many-particle systems - Laila Henkes, University of Göttingen | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › The 3-Components Problem - Davide Toffenetti, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Nonreciprocal collective dynamics in a mixture of phoretic Janus colloids - Gennaro Tucci, MPIDS | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Anisotropic hierarchy decides the fate of an amorphous droplet - Pietro Caracciolo di Torella, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Physics of morphogenesis via synthetic mechano-chemical couplings - Nicolas LOBATO-DAUZIER, Laboratoire Jean Perrin | |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | IL Y A DES TROUPEAUX DANS LE LABO ! Physique de la matière active - Alexandre Morin |
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Non-equilibrium systems | (+) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Learning and cognition in single cells - David Jordan - University of Cambridge [Cambridge, UK], The living physics lab | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Career session | (+) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | › PhD: valuable skills, invisible value? - Bastien Marguet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, PhD outreach ambassador | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Publication in the Nature Portfolio - Anjali Sharma, Nature publishing group | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Quantitative hedge funds, a (short) primer - Riccardo Marcaccioli, Capital Fund Management | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Career round table | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 - 19:00 | Hike or beach time - For persons wishing to explore the area around Cargese, we will hike to Punta d'Omigna. Alternatively, conference members may wish to take advantage of the institute's beach. |
Thursday, April 23, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Active matter | (+) |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | › Taming Collective Activity to Crystallize an Oscillator Gas - Alexandre Morin, Leiden University | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Active matter | (+) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | › The physical consequence of sperm gigantism - Brato Chakrabarti, International Center for Theoretical Sciences | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Controlling microalgae populations by phototactic memory - Gianni Jacucci, Physics Department, University of Calabria, Rende 87036, CS, Italy | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › Can bacteria get tied up? Modelling microbial mechanics under large deformations - Albane Théry, University of Warwick [Coventry] | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Animal behaviour | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Whole-body flow sensing and center-of-mass referenced computations for motor control - Lunsford Elias, Institut du Cerveau (ICM) | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › From tower building to eco-evo dynamics: how tiny worms overcome physical constraints to disperse - Siyu Serena Ding, Max Plank Institute of Animal Behavior | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | › Information-Theoretic Constraints on the Combinatorial Chemo-sensation of the Octopus - Hugo Le Roy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica e Ambientale [Genova] | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Poster session | (+) |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › ERK signaling waves encode a local-to-global transition in epithelial cell death patterns - Maciej Dobrzynski, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › A new method for inverse problems at arbitrary densities - Davide Paolino, Gulliver (UMR 7083) | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Run and chase dynamics in turbulent flows - Mattia Scandolo, University of Chicago, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Abundance Fluctuations in Metapopulations with Coloured Random Multiplicative Growth - JAMES HENDERSON, University College London | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Joint evolution of hardware and artificial neural networks - Sébastien Billès, Laboratoire Jean Perrin | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Non-Equilibrium Catalysis-Driven Phase Separation in Metabolic Pathways - Varsha Traynor, Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Resource-mediated interactions shape diversity predictions and functional patterns in microbial communities - Prajwal Padmanabha, Department of Fundamental Microbiology [Lausanne] | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › The spontaneous patterning of feather arrays: a mechanical perspective - Alessandro Chiappori, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Active nematics on complex curved substrates - Violeta Marcen, Matière et Systèmes Complexes | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Mutual MultiLinearity of Network Currents - Pedro Harunari, Aix Marseille Université | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › 3D confinement reshapes RNA folding and enhances circularisation in the Zika virus - Yavor Novev, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Shape and consequent motion of topological defects in active nematics - Giacomo Marco La Montagna, CY Cergy Paris Université | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Effective binary models of multicomponent phase separation - Henri Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Learning stochastic models from partially observed time series - Joao Pedro Valeriano Miranda, Aix-Marseille Université | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Structural Investigation of Human Low Density Lipoprotein - Madalena Branco, Université Grenoble Alpes - UFR Physique, Ingénierie, Terre, Environnement, Mécanique, Institut de biologie structurale | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Work minimizing closed-loop protocols for active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles with initial position measurements - Lars Stutzer, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Maze-solving with density-driven swarms - Esther María ZAMORA SÁNCHEZ, Laboratoire Jean Perrin | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | › Phototactic Decision making by micro algae - Shantanu Raikwar, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Conference dinner and prize giving |
Friday, April 24, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Transport across scales | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | › Biophysics of the environment regulates tube formation during vasculogenesis - Lakshmi Balasubramaniam, University of Cambridge [Cambridge, UK] | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | › A modelling framework for non-Gaussian transport in complex media - Vittoria Sposini, Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Ecology & evolution | (+) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | › From molecular interactions to emergent properties: quantifying the dynamics of multispecies biofilms - Simon Van Vliet, Biozentrum, University of Basel | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | › Microbial communities in context: A stepwise approach to complexity - Hannah Jeckel, California Institute of Technology | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | › When interactions change: Resolving temporal dynamics of bacterial interactions across metabolic conditions - Anna Weiss, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf], Department of Environmental Systems Science [ETH Zürich] | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | › Findability bias can strongly impact protein evolution - Andrei Papkou, ALLOX Bio | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | AI and machine learning | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | › Emergent Adaptive Behavior from Simple Synaptic Learning Rules - Chenguang Li, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | › Normalizing Flows for Atomistic Simulations of Condensed Matter Systems - Alessandro Coretti, Universität Wien = University of Vienna | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | › Where do the electrons go in atomistic ML? - Jigyasa Nigam - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Q&A session | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | End of conference drinks in Cargese village |
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