Conference on Means, Methods and Results in the Statistical Mechanics of Polymeric Systems II

June 12 - 14, 2017, The Fields Institute

Location: Fields Institute, Room 230

Description

The main objective is to communicate the means, methods and results currently used to explore questions arising from modelling polymeric systems. Means and methods include multidisciplinary mathematical (from combinatorial to topological) and computational (from exact enumeration to Monte Carlo) approaches. Recent applications of results range from modelling: enzyme action on DNA, single molecule AFM experiments, to phase transitions in complex co-polymer systems. Through a combination of introductory and research-level talks, new researchers will be drawn to the field and new advances will develop; in so doing, the ongoing contributions of Stuart Whittington to the field will be celebrated.

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Abstract Submission (Deadline: May 26, 2017)

Schedule

Monday, June 12th, 2017
09:00 to 09:15	Coffee and Registration
09:15 to 09:30	Words of Welcome
09:30 to 10:00	An Introduction to Lattice Models of Polymers Chris Soteros, University of Saskatchewan
10:00 to 10:30	A Random Walk With Stu Whittington De Witt Sumners, Florida State University
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 to 11:30	Visualizing Vassiliev invariants using Linking = Writhe + Twist Mark Dennis, University of Bristol
11:30 to 12:00	CLE Exteme Nesting and Liouville Quantum Gravity Bertrand Duplantier, Paris-Saclay University
12:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	The Complexity of Bank Holding Companies: a topological approach Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
14:00 to 14:30	A Sumners-Whittington result for knot diagrams Harrison Chapman, Colorado State University
14:30 to 15:00	Methods for Identifying Knots in the Field Rob Scharein, Hypnagogic Software
15:00 to 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 to 15:45	Local unknotting moves Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University
15:45 to 16:15	Knot positioning in a copolymer with two different flexibilities Marco Baiesi, University of Padova
16:15 to 16:45	Physical links Enzo Orlandini, Universita' di Padova

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
09:15 to 09:45	Scaling behavior of random polygons and self-avoiding polygons with fixed knot Tetsuo Deguchi, Ochanomizu University
09:45 to 10:15	Decay of topology in open polymers Attilio Stella, University of Padova
10:15 to 10:45	Pore translocation of knotted DNA Cristian Micheletti, SISSA
10:45 to 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 to 11:30	Lattice knots and links confined in tube regions Koya Shimokawa, Saitama University
11:30 to 12:00	Higher-order multi-critical points in two-dimensional lattice polygon models Nils Haug, Queen Mary University of London
12:00 to 12:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	Sequence-Specific, Biologically Functional Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Hue Sun Chan, University of Toronto
14:00 to 14:30	Topological analysis and fluctuating hydrodynamics simulation of the roles of polymer entanglements in the viscoelastic responses of complex fluids Eleni Panagiotou, University of California Santa Barbara
14:30 to 15:00	Winding angle distributions of interacting polymers Thomas Prellberg, Queen Mary University of London
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee Break
15:15 to 15:45	The geometry of spherically confined random polygons Uta Ziegler, Western Kentucky University
15:45 to 16:15	Directed polymers on disordered trees with a defect branch Gokhan Yildirim, York University
16:15 to 16:45	Force signature of a zipping transition Andrew Rechnitzer, University of British Columbia

Wednesday, June 14th, 2017
09:15 to 09:45	How protein activity can enhance transport in the cell Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto
09:45 to 10:15	Endless, inverted, and timid walks Nathan Clisby, University of Melbourne
10:15 to 10:45	The role of three body interactions in polymer collapse in two dimensions Aleks Owczarek, University of Melbourne
10:45 to 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 to 11:30	Topological properties of lattice polymers in tubes Nicholas Beaton, University of Melbourne
11:30 to 12:00	Collapse transition of the 2-dimensional self-interacting prudent walk Nicolas Pétrélis, Université de Nantes
12:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	Exploring the connection between thermodynamics, frustration and folding dynamics in simple chain models of a protein Jeremy Schofield, University of Toronto
14:00 to 14:30	Lee-Yang and Fisher zeros in Adsorbing Self-Avoiding Walks EJ Janse van Rensburg, York University
14:30 to 15:00	Self-entangled surfaces Stuart Whittington, University of Toronto
15:00 to 15:15	Closing Remarks and Coffee

Invited Speakers

Name	Affiliation
Marco Baiesi	University of Padova
Nicholas Beaton	University of Melbourne
Hue Sun Chan	University of Toronto
Harrison Chapman	Colorado State University
Nathan Clisby	University of Melbourne
Mark Dennis	University of Bristol
Bertrand Duplantier	Paris-Saclay University
Claus Ernst	Western Kentucky University
Raymond Kapral	University of Toronto
Cristian Micheletti	SISSA
Aleks Owczarek	University of Melbourne
Eleni Panagiotou	University of California Santa Barbara
Nicolas Pétrélis	Université de Nantes
Rob Scharein	Hypnagogic Software
Koya Shimokawa	Saitama University
Jonathan Simon	University of Iowa
Attilio Stella	University of Padova
De Witt Sumners	Florida State University
Stuart Whittington	University of Toronto
Gokhan Yildirim	York University
Uta Ziegler	Western Kentucky University

Registered Participants

Name	Affiliation
Bijay Agarwalla	University of Toronto
Marco Baiesi	University of Padova
Nicholas Beaton	University of Melbourne
Hue Sun Chan	University of Toronto
Harrison Chapman	Colorado State University
Nathan Clisby	University of Melbourne
Tetsuo Deguchi	Ochanomizu University
Mark Dennis	University of Bristol
Bertrand Duplantier	Paris-Saclay University
Jeremy Eng	University of Saskatchewan
Claus Ernst	Western Kentucky University
Simon Fraser	University of Toronto
Hava Friedman	University of Toronto
Margarita Gladkikh	University of Toronto
Nils Haug	Queen Mary University of London
Mu-Jie Huang	University of Toronto
EJ Janse van Rensburg	York University
Raymond Kapral	University of Toronto
Michael Kilgour	University of Toronto
Roman Korol	University of Toronto
Cristian Micheletti	SISSA
Anqi Mu	University of Toronto
Enzo Orlandini	Universita' di Padova
Aleks Owczarek	University of Melbourne
Eleni Panagiotou	University of California Santa Barbara
Nicolas Pétrélis	Université de Nantes
Thomas Prellberg	Queen Mary University of London
Andrew Rechnitzer	University of British Columbia
Bryan Robertson	University of Toronto
Rob Scharein	Hypnagogic Software
Matthew Schmirler	University of Saskatchewan
Jeremy Schofield	University of Toronto
Dvira Segal	University of Toronto
Koya Shimokawa	Saitama University
Jonathan Simon	University of Iowa
Chris Soteros	University of Saskatchewan
Attilio Stella	University of Padova
De Witt Sumners	Florida State University
Michael Szafron	University of Saskatchewan
John Valleau	University of Toronto
Stuart Whittington	University of Toronto
Gokhan Yildirim	York University
Uta Ziegler	Western Kentucky University