Life has been a source of interesting fluid mechanics problems for more than a century. There has been a renaissance in the subject, and we will sample exciting recent work on the design principles of ciliary flows, cytoplastic movements in a developing embryo, and the strategies used by fish to sense flow in their surroundings. 

Speakers will include:

Matthew McHenry, University of California at Irvine ⏐Mechanics, sensing, and control in fish swimming

Eva Adnan Kanso, University of Southern California and Princeton University ⏐Flow physics drivs morphological adaptations in ciliates

Massimo Vergasolla, École Normale Supérieure ⏐Cytoplasmic fluid dynamics