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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">This is a gentle reminder for today's SLAAM seminar beginning in approximately an hour. Please see below for seminar details including talk title, abstract, speaker bio and zoom link.</span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We are excited to announce that the next <a href="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/slaam" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/slaam" data-loopstyle="link">Soft
Living Active and Adaptive Matter (SLAAM)</a> seminar will be given by <b>Dr. </b></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pintu Patra</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (Heidelberg University)
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="color: black;">on <b>Monday, May 22nd, </b>at <b>9am Pacific/11am Central/12 noon Eastern time (US)</b>, with the title:</span></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">“</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The role of shape and mechanics in biological active matter”</span></b></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please join at the link below to attend:</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09">https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/92693607475?pwd=TnI5dDhRRnYvejNZK2xNN0s4M0R5UT09</a></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Zoom Meeting ID: 926 9360 7475 | Passcode: 223642</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">As usual, there will be a 15 min informal Q&A at the end of the hour. Graduate students will have an opportunity to interact with the speaker in an informal setting during the "Meet the speaker" timeslot just after
the talk. Please join if the time works for you. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Please see more info in the flyer<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/sites/physics.ucmerced.edu/files/documents/pintu_patra_slaam87.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://physics.ucmerced.edu/sites/physics.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fernando_caballero_slaam.pdf" data-loopstyle="link">here</a><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>and
in the text below:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Abstract</span></b></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">: Active matter refers to a collection of individuals, from animal groups to
micro-organisms to cytoskeletal filaments, that extract energy from their surroundings at a single-particle level to generate motion and forces. Active matter displays a wide range of emergent behaviors, such as coordinated migration, self-organization, phase
transitions, and self-assembly. Here we show that Plasmodium sporozoites, a crescent-shaped form of malaria parasites, provide a unique model system of active matter that combines the aspects of self-propulsion, curved shape, and mechanical flexibility into
one system. We investigate the motion of sporozoites in collectives extracted from the salivary glands of mosquitoes, where they form large rotating vortices. We find that single sporozoites within the vortices are sorted according to their curvatures and
speeds. Further, the vortices undergo oscillatory breathing in their shape. We explain these intriguing observations using agent-based simulations where each agent is represented by an active curved polymer that mimics the behavior of a motile sporozoite.
In summary, we establish malaria parasites as a new active matter system and provide novel insight into the role of shape and mechanics in collective behavior.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Speaker bio</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; background: white; color: black;">Dr. Patra is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Heidelberg University. He specializes in the field of biological physics and active matter. He completed his Ph.D.
in Theoretical Biological Physics at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany under the guidance of Prof. Stefan Klumpp, focusing on the population dynamics of bacterial persistence. Following the completion of his Ph.D., Dr. Patra worked
as a postdoctoral researcher at the Bioengineering Department of Rice University. During this time, he developed computational models to gain insights into the mechanisms of colony expansion of Myxobacteria. Apart from his research contributions, Dr. Patra
has a keen interest in science outreach. He is currently associated with two Twitter groups, "Collective Dynamics of Living Systems" and "Theoretical Biophysics," where he shares recent research articles, job opportunities, and news related to these areas.</span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Dan Beller</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">on behalf of the SLAAM organizing team</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>
<span class="x_contentpasted0">(Alexandra Tayar, Suraj Shankar, Daniel Beller, Kinjal Dasbiswas)</span></span></p>
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