1st Workshop on Finite Elements for Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis

7:30 - 9:00 (1h30)

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Technical Session

Salle Descartes

Chaired by Christophe Godin

› [Keynote] Modeling cell growth - Anja Geitmann, McGill University 09:00-09:40 (40min)

› Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis - Hadrien Oliveri, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Plant morphogenesis across scales - Arezki Boudaoud, École Polytechnique 10:00-10:30 (30min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:10 (1h10)

Technical Session

Salle Descartes

Chaired by Arnold Reusken

› Bulk-surface evolving FEM setup for the simulation of dendritic spines growth on realistic geometries - Alessandro Contri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Shape evolution of fluid deformable surfaces under active geometric forces - Axel Voigt, Institute of Scientific Computing, TU Dresden 11:20-11:50 (30min)

› A conservative Eulerian finite element method for transport and diffusion in moving domains - Henry Von Wahl, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena 11:50-12:10 (20min)

12:30 - 15:30 (3h)

Lunch + Free Time + Discussion

15:30 - 16:40 (1h10)

Technical Session

Salle Descartes

Chaired by Sara Zahedi

› Navier-Stokes equations on surfaces: Analysis and numerical simulations - Arnold Reusken, IGPM, RWTH Aachen 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Cellular systems on curved surfaces - from curvotaxis, coordinated motion and cell-dependent surface deformation - Lea Happel, Institute of Scientific Computing, TU Dresden 16:00-16:20 (20min)

› Modelling and Simulation of Intracellular Signalling Pathways: Coupling Chemical Processes and Mechanical Properties - Sofie Verhees, Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences 16:20-16:40 (20min)

16:40 - 17:10 (30min)

Coffee break

17:10 - 17:40 (30min)

Technical Session

Salle Descartes

Chaired by Sara Zahedi

› Fluidic two-phase biomembranes: Numerical analysis and computations - Robert Nürnberg, University of Trento 17:10-17:40 (30min)

17:40 - 19:00 (1h20)

Joint discussion around focus topics

Salle Descartes

Discussion and Q&A about the focus topics of the workshop (Cell/tissue large deformations and growth, Meshing/Remeshing challenges and topology changes, Coupled surface-bulk dynamics, Mechanochemical couplings, Multiscale modelling of morphogenesis and Acceleration techniques).

19:30 - 21:00 (1h30)

Dinner

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