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Individual and
Collective Fluid Mechanics of Swimming Microorganisms
Glasgow 6 – 8 July 2010
Significant progress
has been made over the last 25 years in the development and analysis of
mathematical models of the fluid
dynamics of individual swimming
microorganisms and populations thereof. The conference will bring
together
those who have participated in founding and extending this research,
together
with younger scientists and persons from related scientific disciplines
to
debate the significance of previous work and to discuss optimum future
directions of research. More specifically, the behaviour and fluid
dynamics
pertaining to individuals underpins the dynamics of populations and
applicability to real-world problems. The transition of scale and
complexity
from swimming individual algal cells to bioconvection of populations,
to the
genesis of red tides, together with associated transport phenomena, is
a
specific example of the research topics.Programme
Confirmed (Invited) speakers
Rachel Bearon,
Mathematics, University of Liverpool, UK
Martin Bees,
Mathematics, University of Glasgow, UK
Ricardo Cortez, Mathematics, Tulane University, USA
Saktipada Ghorai, Mathematics, IIT Kanpur, India
Raymond Goldstein,
DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
Daniel Grunbaum, Biology, University of Washington, USA
Nicholas Hill,
Mathematics, University of Glasgow, UK
Akitoshi
Itoh, Mech Eng, Tokyo Denki University,
Japan
John Kessler, Physics, University of Arizona, USA
Eric Lauga, Mech and Aerospace Eng, UCSD, USA
Sriram Ramaswamy,
Physics, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India
The
conference programme can be downloaded here when it becomes
available.
Registration
The conference fees are £60 for 3 days.
To register, click here. Deadline May 14th 2010.
To submit a talk/poster title and abstract please click here. Deadline May 31st 2010.
To complete registration you must send a cheque for the full amount to Mrs G. J. Henry, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, U.K., Please make cheques payable to University of Glasgow. Email for other payment options.
Accommodation
Standard accomodation will be at the Heritage Hotel (£36/night
for a single; £48/night for a single occupancy double; £58/night for a
single occupancy family room; extra £7/night tariff for additional
person,
payable on arrival; typically 4 nights in total; approx. 10 min walk to
conference venue).
Sign up for this on the registration form (above).
Alternatively, a list of hotels can be provided on
application (email).
Venue
All talks will be in the Department of Mathematics, Mathematics
Building, University of
Glasgow. 
Refreshments will be served in the Common Room, Department of Mathematics.
Lunch is informal: there are many restaurants in the area,
particularly along Byers Road. Please ask the locals.
There will be a wine reception on the first day, which is to be held
in the Common Room, Department of Mathematics.
Details of the conference dinner will be provided at a later date.
Maps
Campus map (Department of Mathematics is at D4)
Map of Glasgow
Funding for PhD students
UK PhD students who are not otherwise eligible for conference funding from their own institutions may apply to us for travel and subsistence. Email
Frequently Asked Questions
A range of questions and answers from correspondence with participants … More
Organisers
The conference is organised by M A Bees and N A Hill
(Mathematics, University of Glasgow).
Scientific committee: R
Bearon, M A
Bees, N A Hill, J O Kessler.
Local organising committee: M A Bees,
O A
Croze and N A Hill.
Support
Funding is provided by the London Mathematical Society (LMS), the
Edinburgh Mathematical Society (EMS) and the Institute of Mathematics
and its Applications (IMA).
Hosted by the Centre for Mathematics Applied to the Life Sciences
(CMALS; Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde) and the Department of
Mathematics (University of Glasgow)
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