We hope to see you for our last seminar before the summer break given by Sander Huisman (U. Twente, the Netherlands) at 11am on Friday 10 July. Please find the abstract below. Zoom link upon request. Title: Melting with complications
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On Friday 3 July at 11:00, the PMMH seminar will host Lucilla de Arcangelis (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”) Title: Avalanches as a tool to understand brain activity Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 26 June at 11 will be given by Dmitry Kolomenskiy (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia). The room has AC. Title: Flight mechanics of the smallest insects Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
On Friday 19 June at 11:00 we have the pleasure of welcoming Filippo Coletti from ETH Zürich, who will speak about particles in turbulence: Title: Turbulent waters (and what floats on it) Abstract below. Zoom link upon request
The PMMH seminar on Friday, May 29th at 11:00 will be given by Jonathan Fouchard (IBPS) on *Flows and folds in soft fibrous tissues* Abstract follows. Zoom link upon request
Dear colleagues, The PMMH seminar on Friday 17 April at 11am will be given by Nicolas Romeo of the University of Chicago. Title: Canalizing biological self-organization with physical constraints Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 10 April at 11:00 will host Gauthier Verhille from IRPhE (Marseille). Title: Formation and fragmentation of fiber aggregates in turbulent flows Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 3 April at 11:00 will host Jonas Miguet, from MSC (Univ. Paris Cité). Antibubbles: optical interferometry, gas transfers and acoustic signature Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
On Friday 27 March at 11am, the PMMH seminar hosts Philippe Beltrame from Avignon Université. Ratchet Effect for Selective Transport of Microparticles in Fluid Suspension Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
On Friday 20 March at 11am, the PMMH seminar hosts Cédric Beaume from the University of Leeds. Title: A fluid instability at the origin of salt polygons Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
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The PMMH seminar of Friday 13 March at 11:00 hosts Christophe Gissinger from LPENS (Paris). Thermoelectricity at liquid interfaces Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH on Friday 20 Feb at 11:00 will be given by Michiko Shimokawa of the Nara University, Japan on Transition on bifurcation phenomena observed in experiments with a rotating elliptical camphor coated disk Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 13 Feb at 11:00 will be given by Stéphane Dorbolo, Liège University, Belgium. Title: Droplet in Hostile Territory Zoom link upon request. Abstract follows.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 6 Feb at 11:00 will be given by Emmanuel Villermaux, of the Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors-Équilibre (IRPHÉ), Marseille. Fragmentation with, and without mechanism : Are principles enough ? Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
Fragmentation: Principles versus Mechanisms
A new principle underlying the physics of fragmentation explains why fragment sizes follow a specific, universal distribution.
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Check out the advanced course on Fluid-Structure Interaction of Bioinspired Systems at #CISM in Udine! https://cism.it/en/activities/courses/C2601/
The PMMH seminar on Friday 30 Jan at 11:00 will be given by Émilien Dilly, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, Grenoble. Title: Metabeams with programmable nonlinear bending response Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar of Fri 16 Jan will be given at 11:00 by Baptiste Darbois-Texier of FAST, Univ Paris Saclay. Title: Flexible fibers in granular media Zoom link upon request. Abstract below. Directions to PMMH: www.pmmh.espci.fr/Contact-357
Our paper on tissue stress measurements is now out in Eur. Phys. J. E. rdcu.be/eX59E. Great work from @luanger.bsky.social and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and collaboration with P. Marcq @pmmh-lab.bsky.social Code: github.com/pmarcq/BISM/ and Examples on github.com/ASmushyCell/...
Seminar of PMMH on Friday 9 Jan at 11am (in French) by Cécile Callou (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle) Title: Introduction à la Science Ouverte To get to PMMH: www.pmmh.espci.fr/Contact-357 Future PMMH seminars: www.pmmh.espci.fr/Seminaires Zoom link upon request. Abstract in next post
Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes UMR 7636 : Come to PMMH
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The last PMMH seminar of 2025 will be given at 11am on Dec 19 by Lara Kohler of the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany. Title: Flow–wave coupling synchronizes oscillations in growing active matter Zoom link upon request. Abstract below.
Dear colleagues, The PMMH seminar on Friday 12 Dec at 11am will be given by Aubin Archambault of IUSTI, Université d’Aix-Marseille: From stochastic thermodynamics to disordered mechanics Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar at 11:00 on Friday 28 November will be given by Paddy Royall of Gulliver, ESPCI. Laboratory Active Matter in Three Dimensions: from Colloids to Fish Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
The PMMH seminar on Friday 7 November at 11:00 will host Christian Kurzthaler (MPI Dresden). Microbes in motion: from surface interactions to porous media Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.
José BICO, formé à l'ESPCI et diplômé #Ingénieur en 1996 (#ESPCIAlum 111e promotion), professeur @espciparispsl.bsky.social et chercheur @pmmh-lab.bsky.social, a été élu Fellow de l'American Physical Society @apsphysics.bsky.social : www.aps.org/funding-reco... c/ @olivetree33.bsky.social [3/3]
Division of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Fellowship
The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.
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Anke LINDNER & José BICO #ESPCIAlum élus Fellows de deux prestigieuses sociétés savantes ! Deux distinctions qui confirment l'envergure internationale du laboratoire de Physique & mécanique des milieux hétérogènes (PMMH) @pmmh-lab.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr [1/3]
Anke Lindner - Fellow, Elected 2025 - The Society of Rheology
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The PMMH seminar at 11am on Friday 10 Oct will be given by Florence Bertails-Descoubes (INRIA, Grenoble) and Sébastien Neukirch (Institut d'Alembert, Sorbonne Université). The talk will be in French. Title: Elastic Rods made easy with a Noether invariant Abstract follows. Zoom link upon request.
On Friday 3 Oct 11am, PMMH will host Antoine Sanner, ETH Zürich, who will talk about How random roughness arrests cracks in the contact of soft solids and the fracture of spring networks Abstract follows. Zoom link upon request.
Our seminar will be given by Antoine Deblais of the University of Amsterdam, who will talk about the locomotion and particle collection by active, polymer-like worms on 26/9 at 11am. Title: Locomotion and Particle Collection by Active Polymerlike Worms Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.