Matthias Merkel, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, will present seminar. Professor Jim Sethna, host.

Seminar Title: Glassy dynamics in a model for confluent 3D tissues

Kin Fai Mak, Department of Physics, Penn State University, University Park, PA, will present seminar. Professor Paul McEuen, host. [NOTE: Different day for this seminar].

Seminar Title: Superconductivity in single-layer metals

Nancy Forde, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

Host: Michelle Wang

Uncovering the molecular basis for collagen mechanics

Zvonimir Dogic, Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, will present seminar. Professor Paul McEuen, host.

Seminar Title: Rafts in colloidal membranes

Brain prize winners, Winfried Denk, Ph.D. ’89, Karel Svoboda ’88, and David Tank, M.S. ’80, Ph.D. ’83, as well as award-winning Cornell faculty will share how they are exploring the brain using the most modern, innovative technologies.

Poster and Schedule

MONG FAMILY FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2016

CORNELL NEUROTECH

Alex MacKerell, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland

Host: Andrea Acevedo and Max Kushner.

Electronic Polarization in Macromolecular Structure and Dynamics: Development and Application of a Polarizable Force Field based on the Classical Drude Oscillator

Edward Yu, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

Host: Peng Chen

Bacterial multidrug efflux transporters

Seminar guest: Eva Kanso, Deparment of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, will present seminar. Professor Z. Jane Wang, host.

Seminar Title: Phonons in Confined Active Crystals

Stephen Levy, Department of Physics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, will present seminar. Professor Jim Sethna, host.

Seminar Title: Stretching and Relaxing Confined DNA Molecules

Vincenzo Vitelli, Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Professor Jim Sethna, host.

Seminar Title: Towards active metamaterials