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Tuesday 07 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
Two puzzles in the statistical physics of life (and a small step towards studying one of them)
- 👤 Speaker: Wilson Poon (School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh) 🔗 Website
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 07 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: Center for Mathematical Sciences, Lecture room MR4
Abstract
While I was participating in the “New Statistical Physics of Life’ programme at the INI last year, I thought a lot about two puzzles in the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of living systems. In this seminar, my main purpose is to present these puzzles and explain why I think they are worthwhile challenges for statistical mechanicians. The first puzzle is about exactly how non-equilibrium a system has to be in order for it to be alive. The second puzzle is why biology ubiquitously couples dissipative self disassembly to (often near-equilibrium) self assembly. For the second puzzle, I’ll present some preliminary results from a collaborative study with EPFL colleagues using a very simple model system.
Series This talk is part of the DAMTP Statistical Physics and Soft Matter Seminar series.
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