EUTOPIA-1: First meeting of the European Topology interdisciplinary Initiative

Europe/Rome
Meeting room (ECT* - Villa Tambosi)

Meeting room

ECT* - Villa Tambosi

Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
Raffaello Potestio - ( University of Trento ) (UniTn - Physics Dept.), Franco Ferrari (University of Szczecin), Luca Tubiana (University of Vienna)
Description

EUTOPIA-1: First meeting of the European Topology interdisciplinary Initiative

The physical properties of many systems often crucially depend on those global features that cannot be ascribed to a particular geometry or arrangement, rather to a more abstract notion: topology. The latter manifests itself in the knotted state of proteins and artificial polymers, the intertwining among DNA rings, or the topologically distinct classes of defect lines that can be found in liquid crystals. A better understanding of the interplay between a system’s topological state, its three-dimensional structure, and its overall characteristics paves the way to an improved control of relevant natural molecules or human-made materials, with remarkable impact on fundamental science as well as high-tech applications. The aim of this meeting is to kick-off the scientific activity of the recently established European Topology Interdisciplinary Action (EUTOPIA COST Action) which gathers scientists from 22 different European countries and from fields ranging from mathematics to biology, physics and chemistry.

Main Topics (working groups):

  • WG1: Theory of topological entanglement in polymers and fibres.
  • WG2: Polymeric and fibrous topological materials
  • WG3: Entangled and self-entangled proteins
  • WG4: DNA, chromosomes, and other entangled genetic material
  • WG5: Topologically complex fluids

 

ECT*                                     FBK                              COST  

 

Secretariat - Ines Campo
    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration 30m Hall (ECT* rustico)

      Hall

      ECT* rustico

    • 09:00 10:30
      MC meeting: Part I. Meeting room

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      ECT* - Villa Tambosi

      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy

      Management committee meeting. First part.

    • 10:30 11:00
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

      Meeting room

      ECT* - Villa Tambosi

      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 11:00 12:30
      MC meeting: Part II. Meeting room

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      ECT* - Villa Tambosi

      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy

      Management committee meeting, part II

    • 12:00 12:30
      Registration non-MC member Meeting room

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      ECT* - Villa Tambosi

      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 14:00 14:30
      Opening ceremony: presentation and description of the event Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 14:30 15:00
      WG 1 introduction 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 15:00 15:30
      WG 2 introduction 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 15:30 16:00
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 16:00 16:30
      WG 3 introduction 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 16:30 17:00
      WG 4 introduction 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 17:00 17:30
      WG 5 introduction 30m Meeting room

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    • 17:30 19:30
      poster session Meeting room

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    • 19:30 21:30
      Social dinner Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 09:00 10:30
      WG 1 mini-workshop.: Part I. Meeting room

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      • 09:00
        General introduction to topology, strings, knots 40m
        Speaker: Alexei Morozov
      • 09:40
        Hopfions in superconductors 20m
        Speaker: Egor Babaev ­
      • 10:00
        Topological aspects of protein folding 30m
        Speaker: Nevena Ilieva ­
    • 10:30 11:00
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG 1 mini-workshop.: Part II. Meeting room

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      • 11:00
        Knots, knot invariants and knots in proteins 30m
        Speaker: Piotr Sulkowski ­
      • 11:30
        The analytical approach to topological structures in nature: challenges and new perspectives 30m
        Speaker: Franco Ferrari
      • 12:00
        Round table - forward look for WG 1 30m
    • 12:30 14:30
      lunch 2h Meeting room

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    • 14:30 16:00
      WG 2 mini-workshop: Part I. Topological effects in generic polymer systems, CG polymer models, Active polymers. Meeting room

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      • 14:30
        Polymer systems under topological constraints 15m
        Speaker: Andrey Milchev ­
      • 14:45
        Random knotting and linking 15m
        Speaker: Enzo Orlandini
      • 15:00
        5x5 minutes talks 30m
        • Jan Smrek, Non-equilibrium Thermally-Induced Phase Separation in Polymers

        • Emanuele Locatelli, Overview on Structural and Dynamical Properties of Active Polymers

        • Luca Tubiana, Polycatenanes and the Kinetoplast DNA

        • Davide Michieletto, Threadings in Systems of Ring and
          Tadpole Shaped Polymers

        • Mark Miller, Coarse-Graining Methods for Molecular and Colloidal Systems

      • 15:30
        Round table - forward look for WG 2 30m
    • 16:00 16:30
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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    • 16:30 18:15
      WG 2 mini-workshop: Part II. Polymeric gels, Characterization of biopolymer topological properties (linking number, torsion, writhe, etc...) Meeting room

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      • 16:30
        Patchy polymers: A bridge between synthetic polymers and biopolymers 15m
        Speaker: Ivan Coluzza
      • 16:45
        ­Experimental polymer design for drug delivery 20m
        Speaker: Kalina Peneva
      • 17:05
        4x5 minutes talks 25m
        • Felix Schacher, Modern Polymer Chemistry: From Tailor-made Materials to Lego(c) for Grown-Ups
        • Marina Scarpa, Cellulose Nanocrystals as Building Blocks of Entangled Materials
        • Pavlos Stefanou, Entanglement Effects in Polymer Melts and Solutions: Where We Stand and What Can Be Done
        • Angel Moreno, Simulations of Reversible and Irreversible Complex Polymer Networks: From Gels to Microgels
      • 17:30
        Round table - forward look for WG 2 30m
    • 09:00 10:30
      WG 3 mini-workshop: Part I. Meeting room

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      • 09:00
        WG 3 overview 30m

        State­ of­ the­ art, open problems according to the MoU, Possible cross­collaboration with the other WGs. Discussion

        Speaker: Joanna Sulkowska
      • 09:30
        Knotoids and Protein Structure: A primer on the mathematical theory and the available computational tools. 20m
        Speaker: Dimos Goundaroulis
      • 09:50
        Knots in intrinsically disordered proteins Discussion 20m
        Speaker: Marek Cieplak
      • 10:10
        Transferable coarse­grained potential for de novo protein folding and design 20m
        Speaker: Ivan Coluzza
    • 10:30 11:00
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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    • 11:00 12:30
      WG 3 mini-workshop: Part II. Meeting room

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      • 11:00
        Deterministic Knots in proteins 20m
        Speaker: Pawel­ Dabrowski­-Tumanski
      • 11:20
        Non­trivial lasso in proteins and polymers Discussion 20m
        Speaker: Bartosz Greń
      • 11:40
        Round table - forward look for WG 3 20m
    • 12:30 14:30
      Lunch 2h Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 14:30 16:00
      WG 4 mini-workshop: Part I. Meeting room

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      • 14:30
        TBA 10m
        Speaker: Eoin Hurley
      • 14:40
        DNA braids 10m
        Speaker: Giada Forte
      • 14:50
        DNA Unknotting via Topoisomerase 10m
        Speaker: Agnese Barbensi ­
      • 15:00
        Chromatin unknotting 10m
        Speaker: Andrzej Stasiak ­
      • 15:10
        Chromatin & TADs 10m
        Speaker: Dusan Racko
      • 15:20
        TBA 10m
        Speaker: Cristian Micheletti
      • 15:30
        Nonlinear dynamics of DNA and microtubules 10m
        Speaker: Slobodan Zdravkovic ­
      • 15:40
        TBA 10m
        Speaker: Bojana Lucic
      • 15:50
        TBA 10m
        Speaker: Noan Kaplan
    • 16:00 16:30
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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    • 16:30 18:00
      WG 4 mini-workshop: Part II. Round table: forward look for WG 4 Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 09:00 10:30
      WG 5 mini-workshop: Part I. Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 10:30 11:00
      coffee break 30m Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG 5 mini-workshop: Part II. Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy
    • 12:30 13:00
      Closing remarks Meeting room

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    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h Meeting room

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      Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 - Villazzano (TN) Italy