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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220324T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Simon Čopar: "Hyperuniformity and spherical structure factor"
DESCRIPTION:Hyperuniformity is an interesting measure of order which detects and quantifies long range positional correlations without requiring local crystalline order. This measure can be defined in real space\, through scaling of fluctuations of the number of building blocks in asymptotically large volumes\, or in frequency space\, where hyperuniformity manifests as a gap in the structure factor. \nI will review the hyperuniformity concepts and highlight the main obstacles and solutions that arise when dealing with a spherical geometry. I will present it on a few model spherical lattices.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-simon-copar-hyperuniformity/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220317T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220317T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20220311T162205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T162252Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Mauricio Comas-García: "Understanding selective packaging in Alphaviruses"
DESCRIPTION:Alphaviruses are a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that infect mammals and are transmitted by mosquitos. These viruses can cause a wide range of diseases\, from dengue-like symptoms (e.g.\, Chikungunya virus) to encephalitis (e.g.\, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus). While during the ’80 and ’90s\, there was a great deal of interest in studying these viruses\, with time\, other pathogens became more attractive for research purposes. However\, the spread of the Chikungunya virus during the beginning of the XXI century to Asia\, Oceania\, and the Americas has brought new attention to these viruses. \nThese viruses have been widely studied from several aspects; structural biology\, epidemiology\, and immunology. For example\, we know the 3D structure of most of these viruses with almost an atomic detail. Furthermore\, a series of in vitro assembly experiments have shed light on some of the key RNA-protein interactions that are needed for core-like-practice assembly. Nonetheless\, there is very little information on how these viruses select their genome during infection. \nOur group has been working on creating a series of plasmids for expression in mammalian cells that contain a series of viral elements from the Chikungunya virus. The goal of these constructs is to generate a system that allows us to carry out competition experiments between mutant and wild-type viral RNAs in infected cells to find the packaging signal in the genomic RNAs that allows for its selective packaging. In this seminar\, we will present some preliminary results and the strategy we are following to understand how RNA structure and sequence determine selective packaging in an infected cell.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-mauricio-comas-garcia-selective-packaging-alphaviruses/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220308T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220308T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20220119T113425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T113425Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Horacio Guzman: "Polymer swelling model based on dynamic AFM experiments"
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-horacio-guzman-polymer-swelling-afm/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220301T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220301T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211203T175329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T094306Z
UID:4972-1646139600-1646143200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Gregor Posnjak: "From DNA origami to photonic crystals"
DESCRIPTION:The idea of using the predictable base pairing of DNA nucleobases for programmable assembly on the nanoscale dates back to the 1980s when the recently deceased Ned Seeman had the idea of using it to crystalize proteins on a DNA-based lattice for their structure determination with x-ray crystallography. After the first successful DNA nanostructures in the 1990s\, the real boom came after 2006 when the concept of DNA origami was introduced. The use of a long DNA scaffold strand in combination with short staple strands eliminated many of the short-comings of the earlier approaches and enabled robust programmable assembly with resolution on the order of nanometers. \nIn the first part of the talk I will introduce the concept of DNA origami and give a short review of the various structures and super-structures that were developed and their applications in drug delivery\, biophysics\, super-resolution microscopy\, sensing and plasmonics. In the second part I will shortly introduce photonic crystals as motivation for my work and then present a DNA-origami based self-assembled diamond lattice\, which we will use as a template for realization of visible spectrum photonic crystals.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-gregor-posnjak-dna-origami/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220222T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220222T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20220203T110553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T114534Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Jaffar Hasnain: "Spontaneous emulsification induced by nanoparticle surfactants"
DESCRIPTION:Microemulsions\, mixtures of oil\, water\, and surfactant\, are thermodynamically stable. Unlike conventional emulsions\, microemulsions form spontaneously\, have a monodisperse droplet size that can be controlled by adjusting the surfactant concentration\, and do not degrade with time. To make microemulsions\, a judicious choice of surfactant molecules must be made\, which significantly limits their potential use. Nanoparticle surfactants\, on the other hand\, are a promising alternative because the surface chemistry needed to make them bind to a liquid-liquid interface is both well flexible and understood. Here\, we derive a thermodynamic model predicting the conditions in which nanoparticle surfactants drive spontaneous emulsification that agrees quantitatively with experiments using Noria nanoparticles. This new class of microemulsions inherits the mechanical\, chemical\, and optical properties of the nanoparticles used to form them\, leading to novel applications.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-jaffar-hasnain-emulsification-nanoparticle-surfactants/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220215T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220215T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211025T102254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T110500Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Matej Krajnc
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URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-matej-krajnc-wip/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220125T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220125T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211112T124951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T200341Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Tomer Stern: "Deconstructing Gastrulation at Single-Cell Resolution"
DESCRIPTION:Gastrulation movements in all animal embryos start with regulated deformations of patterned epithelial sheets. Current studies of gastrulation use a wide range of model organisms and emphasize either large-scale tissue processes or dynamics of individual cells and cell groups. In this work I take a step towards bridging these complementary strategies and deconstruct early stages of gastrulation in the entire Drosophila embryo\, where transcriptional patterns in the blastoderm give rise to region-specific cell behaviors. This approach relies on an integrated computational framework for cell segmentation and tracking and on efficient algorithms for event detection. Our results reveal how thousands of cell shape changes\, divisions\, and intercalations drive large-scale deformations of the patterned blastoderm\, setting the stage for systems-level dissection of a pivotal step in animal development.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-tomer-stern-deconstructing-gastrulation/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220118T134000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220118T142000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211214T095540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T110445Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Urška Andrenšek: "The continuum approximation of the vertex model"
DESCRIPTION:The continuum-mechanics approach to the vertex model is useful to understand the phenomenology of tissue deformations during morphogenesis. I will review the past attempzs to derive the continuum theory and compare the theoretical results to the results of numerical simulation. Finally\, I will discuss a more general approach to derivation of the continuum approximation of the vertex model.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-urska-andrensek-continuum-approximation-vertex/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220118T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220118T134000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211207T091457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220115T110511Z
UID:4974-1642510800-1642513200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Domen Vaupotič: "Viral RNA as a randomly branching polymer"
DESCRIPTION:The meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-domen-vaupotic-viral-rna-branching/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220111T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220111T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211120T074701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T093048Z
UID:4962-1641906000-1641909600@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Marin Šako: "Soft matter under tension and cavitation"
DESCRIPTION:The meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-marin-sako-soft-matter-tension/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220104T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20220104T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211209T103119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211217T092006Z
UID:4977-1641301200-1641304800@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Toshikaze Chiba: "Deformation and rearrangement of membranes in adhering vesicles"
DESCRIPTION:Vesicle is a molecular assembly configuring lipid bilayer shell\, and investigated as a model system of biological cell. Using both experimental observation and minimising the total energy\, we study the morphology of lipid vesicle doublet and triplet. We demonstrate that non-uniform tension in contact and non-contact zone can control a variety of different shape\, which is reminiscent of the four-cell stage in embryogenesis. Our results can be extended to the multiple adhering vesicles\, we briefly introduce our recent work in microfluidics experiment as a next step.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-toshikaze-chiba-deformation-rearrangement-membranes/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211207T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211010T182945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211203T131454Z
UID:4863-1638889200-1638892800@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Clement Zankoc: "Active Instability and Nonlinear Dynamics of Cell-Cell Junctions"
DESCRIPTION:Active cell-junction remodeling is important for tissue morphogenesis\, yet its underlying physics is not understood. We study a mechanical model that describes junctions as dynamic active force dipoles. Their instability can trigger cell intercalations by a critical collapse. Nonlinearities in tissue’s elastic response can stabilize the collapse either by a limit cycle or condensation of junction lengths at cusps of the energy landscape. Furthermore\, active junction networks undergo collective instability to drive active in-plane ordering or develop a limit cycle of collective oscillations\, which extends over regions of the energy landscape corresponding to distinct network topologies.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-clement-zankoc-active-instability/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211130T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211130T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211011T082432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211120T205839Z
UID:4868-1638277200-1638280800@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Tanmoy Sarkar: "A minimal lattice model of lipid membranes with liquid-ordered domains"
DESCRIPTION:Binary or ternary mixtures of lipids and cholesterol featuring liquid-ordered (Lo) domains serve as model systems for studying the formation of lipid rafts in complex biological membranes. In the talk\, I will present a new lattice model of a binary mixture of saturated DPPC lipids and cholesterol\, which is the simplest model system exhibiting Lo domains in the sea of liquid-disordered (Ld) matrix. Simulations of mixtures of thousands of lipids and cholesterol molecules on time scales of hundreds of microseconds reveal a phase diagram that is in complete agreement with the well-established phase diagram of this mixture. The simulations provide important information on the morphologies and lifetime of the Lo domains which are not available by more detailed computational approaches. Strikingly\, the lattice simulation also reproduces local structures that have been observed in atomistic simulations. Specifically\, we find that the Lo domains are highly heterogeneous and consist of gel-like hexagonally packed clusters of ordered DPPC chains\, surrounded by cholesterol-rich regions at the domain boundaries.  The simulation results are explained by a new thermodynamic mechanism that considers the disparity between the packing interactions of ordered lipid chains with cholesterol and each other.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-tanmoy-sarkar-minimal-model-lipids/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211123T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211123T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20211011T082357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211118T132249Z
UID:4866-1637672400-1637676000@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Matej Kanduč: "Lipids’ dilemma: a monolayer or a bilayer?"
DESCRIPTION:Lipids are amphiphilic molecules and tend to self-assemble into various supramolecular formations. The most eminent among them is the lipid bilayer – also a continuous barrier around all cells. Some surfaces have the ability to unfold the bilayer and “coat” themselves with a single layer of lipids – the monolayer. In the talk\, I will discuss what kinds of surfaces can do this. Lipid coatings are namely of viable importance in many biomedical applications owing to their biocompatibility.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminars-matej-kanduc-lipids-dilemma/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211116T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210928T062323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211112T124505Z
UID:4659-1637067600-1637071200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Fabio Staniscia: "Surfactant-induced apparent line tension"
DESCRIPTION:Line tension is the tension generated at the three-phase contact line by the interaction between the phases\, and is usually negligible at large sizes while becoming important at smaller scales. In this talk I will introduce the concept and show how the addition of a surfactant in water can have the effect of generating an effective line tension. I will discuss its effects on the properties of the system\, as for instance on the contact angle of droplets on a substrate.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-fabio-staniscia-induced-tension/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211109T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211109T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210924T082053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T092853Z
UID:4579-1636462800-1636466400@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Julija Zavadlav: "Neural network potentials trained top-down"
DESCRIPTION:Molecular modeling has become a cornerstone of many disciplines\, including soft matter physics. However\, the quality of predictions critically depends on the employed model that defines particle interactions. A class of models with tremendous success in recent years are neural network (NN) potentials due to their flexibility and capacity of learning many-body interactions. Traditionally\, these models are trained bottom-up on quantum mechanical data. Top-down approaches that learn NN potentials directly from experimental data have received less attention\, typically facing numerical and computational challenges when backpropagating through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We recently developed the Differentiable Trajectory Reweighting (DiffTRe) method\, which bypasses differentiation through the MD simulation for time-independent observables. Leveraging thermodynamic perturbation theory\, we avoid exploding gradients and achieve around 2 orders of magnitude speed-up in gradient computation for top-down learning. The effectiveness of DiffTRe is showcased on atomistic and coarse-grained models using diverse experimental observables including thermodynamic\, structural\, and mechanical properties. Our approach opens the way to high fidelity molecular models\, particularly when bottom-up data is unavailable or insufficiently accurate.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-julija-zavadlav-nn-potentials/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211026T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211026T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210924T074520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T102206Z
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SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Boris Rogelj: "Molecular and cellular basis of neurodegeneration"
DESCRIPTION:I will describe the basic molecular processes associated with disruption of homeostasis in a nerve cell and leading to neurodegeneration. We are mainly engaged in research into the causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. We look at the mechanisms associated with mutations and with the altered behavior of certain genes\, RNAs\, and proteins. In particular\, we study the interactions of these molecules\, and their roles in processes such as nuclear transport\, cellular stress response\, and liquid-liquid phase separations characteristic of the formation of nonmembrane organelles.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place in the physics seminar room (106) in the main building.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-boris-rogelj-basis-of-neurodegeneration/
LOCATION:Seminarska soba fizike (106)\, Jozef Stefan Institute (Jamova 39)\, Ljubljana
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211019T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211019T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210923T100632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T082813Z
UID:4552-1634648400-1634652000@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Andraž Gnidovec: "Simulating the packing of spherical ellipses"
DESCRIPTION:Packing problems are abundant in nature and are thoroughly researched both experimentally and in numerical models. In particular\, packings of anisotropic\, elliptical particles emerge in models of liquid crystals\, colloids\, as well as granular and jammed matter. While most of these studies deal with packings in Euclidean geometries\, there are many experimental systems where anisotropically shaped particles are confined to a curved surface\, such systems of colloidal rods trapped at the interface of emulsion droplets\, and protein adsorbates on vesicles. \nIn this talk\, I will first present an algorithm we developed to determine overlaps between two spherical ellipses. More generally\, the proposed method allows us to define a continuous contact function that could also be applied to long-range interactions\, however\, the use case as a distance metric must be considered with care. Returning to the main objective of the algorithm\, I will demonstrate its efficiency in packing simulations. I will show the random close packing results for a monodispersed system of hard ellipses and present some challenges in the analysis of the configurations in comparison to the ellipse packings in Euclidean space.\n\n\nThe talk will be in the tea room at the F1 department. It will be simultaneously transmitted online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-andraz-gnidovec-packings-ellipses/
LOCATION:F1  tearoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211005T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20211005T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210923T100508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T105537Z
UID:4550-1633438800-1633442400@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Antonio Šiber: "Mechanics of inactive swelling and bursting of porate pollen grains"
DESCRIPTION:The structure of pollen grains\, which is typically characterized by soft apertures in an otherwise stiff exine shell\, guides their response to changes in the humidity of the environment. These changes can lead to the desiccation of the grain and its infolding but also to excessive swelling of the grain and even its bursting. Here\, we use an elastic model to explore the mechanics of pollen grain swelling and the role that soft\, circular apertures (pores) play in this process. Small\, circular apertures typically occur in airborne and allergenic pollen grains so that the bursting of such grains is important in the context of human health. We identify and quantify a mechanical weakness of the pores\, which are prone to a rapid inflation once the grain swells to a critical extent. The inflation occurs as a sudden transition and may induce the bursting of the grain and the release of its content. This process crucially depends on the size of the pores and their softness. Our results provide insight in the inactive part of the mechanical response of pollen grains to hydration once they land on a stigma as well as on bursting of airborne pollen grains during changes in air humidity.\n\n\nThe meeting will take place online via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 833 0750 1179 \nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-antonio-siber-pollen-mechanics/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210915T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210527T075010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T085013Z
UID:2296-1631700000-1631721600@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:3rd trilateral meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is an informal series of one day events meant to strengthen the scientific relations in astroparticle physics between Trieste\, Nova Gorica and Ljubljana.\nOrganizing committee:\n	Andrea Romanino (SISSA)\n	Lorenzo Ubaldi (SISSA)\n	Gabrijela Zaharijas (UNG)\n	Miha Nemevšek (IJS)\nNext meeting (host UNG)\nVenue: Lanthieri Mansion\, Vipava\nDate: Sept 15\, 2021\nNote: the plan is to have a meeting in presence if allowed by the pandemic conditions at that time. \nCurrent rules require that all UNG visitors meet the ‘PCT’ requirement (equivalent to the Green pass in Italy)\, i.e. to be either vaccinated\, have a negative test (quick-antigen test not older than 48h) or a proof that they had COVID within past 6 months. It is likely that this proof will need to be shown within the government mobile app (more details soon).\n \nPreliminary program: \n \nentrance hall of the Lanthieri mansion or the park in front of the building (if weather allows)\n9.45 – 10.15 coffee break (+Green pass/PCT control)\nAula Magna\, Lanthieri (first floor)\n10.15 – 11.15 Pasquale Serpico (LAPTh\, Annecy): high-energy photon probes of ‘unusual’ dark matter candidates” (will cover PBHvia X-ray probes and the potential of ground-based instruments like HAWC\, Tibet\, LHAASO too look for heavy DM decay).\n11.30 – 12.15 Tanja Petrushevska (UNG)\, how to use multimessenger astrophysics to constrain Axion-Like-Particles (Paper and follow-up study ) and in general about Vera Rubin Observatory (LSST) activities at UNG\nrestaurant Theodosius \n12.30 Lunch \nAula Magna\, Lanthieri (first floor)\n14.00 – 14.45 Miha Petac (LUPM\, Montpellier)\, Using machine learning with Gaia data to constrain dark matter Galactic substructures\n14.45 – 15.30 Gabrijela Zaharijas (UNG)\, using machine-learning to discover faint Fermi LAT point sources and determine the nature of the GCE and/or the CTA sensitivity to multi-TeV DM\nhttp://www.ung.si/en/research/cac/Events/Trilateral\nhttps://indico.ijs.si/event/1296/
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/fabrizio-nesti-tba/
LOCATION:Lanthieri mansion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210722T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210722T114500
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210720T154546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T090849Z
UID:3306-1626951600-1626954300@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:Jure Zupan: Muonic Force Behind Flavor Anomalies
DESCRIPTION:Muonic Force Behind Flavor Anomalies\nhttps://indico.ijs.si/event/1307/
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/jure-zupan-muonic-force-behind-flavor-anomalies/
LOCATION:Seminarska soba fizike\, Jamova 39\, Ljubljana\, Slovenia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210622T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210622T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210527T073338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T061629Z
UID:2286-1624356900-1624359600@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:Olcyr Sumensari: TBA
DESCRIPTION:https://indico.ijs.si/event/1300/
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/olcyr-sumensari-tba/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/3601731049?pwd=bVNQRjUxU2ExZ0cveWcxYXNUUGdjZz09 (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210604T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210604T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20201026T080835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T143929Z
UID:1981-1622811600-1622820600@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Primož Ziherl and Matej Krajnc: "Biophysics  of membranes\, cells\, and tissues"
DESCRIPTION:Meeting ID: 990 5563 4981\nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-clement-zankoc/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210527T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210527T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210527T073338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T085152Z
UID:2285-1622110500-1622113200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:Shaikh Saad: New Physics Solutions to Lepton Anomalous Magnetic Moments
DESCRIPTION:Recent precise measurement of the electron anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) adds to the longstanding tension of the muon AMM and together strongly point towards physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk\, I present an overview of simultaneous solutions to lepton AMMs; both possibilities of new physics states appearing below and above the electroweak scale are discussed.\nhttps://indico.ijs.si/event/1295/
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/shaikh-saad-new-physics-solutions-to-lepton-anomalous-magnetic-moments/
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/3601731049?pwd=bVNQRjUxU2ExZ0cveWcxYXNUUGdjZz09 (Zoom)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210514T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20201105T093431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T183414Z
UID:1988-1620997200-1621000800@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar] Matjaž Humar: "Microlasers and microcavities for sensing\, barcoding and imaging"
DESCRIPTION:Zoom meeting ID: 990 5563 4981\nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biogroup-seminar-jan-rozman-topological-defect-scaling-during-fluid-to-solid-transition-in-epithelium-vertex-model/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210318T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210318T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210310T130500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T130500Z
UID:2186-1616062500-1616065200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[HEP seminar] Nudžeim Selimović: Lepton-Quark Fusion at Hadron Colliders\, precisely
DESCRIPTION:The collider phenomenology of TeV-scale leptoquarks had a new twist recently. The precise extraction of lepton parton distribution functions based on the LUX method facilitated an additional leptoquark production mechanism\, the resonant leptoquark production. After briefly reviewing and comparing different production mechanisms\, I will present the first computation of next-to-leading order QCD and QED corrections to the resonant leptoquark production cross-section at the Large Hadron Collider. Various NLO K-factors\, together with the theoretical uncertainties due to the renormalisation and factorisation scale variations and the limited knowledge of parton distribution functions will be shown.  I will conclude with a discussion of the possibility to disentangle the flavor structure of leptoquark interactions by exploiting the interplay between different production channels. \nJoin at: https://zoom.us/j/3601731049?pwd=bVNQRjUxU2ExZ0cveWcxYXNUUGdjZz09
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/hep-seminar-nudzeim-selimovic-lepton-quark-fusion-at-hadron-colliders-precisely/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210312T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210312T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20201103T112511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T131850Z
UID:1986-1615554000-1615561200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[Biophysics seminar]: Prof. Aykut Erbas (Bilkent University\, Ankara) - "Insights for Molecular self-assembly from computer simulations "
DESCRIPTION:Meeting ID: 990 5563 4981\nPasscode: bio
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/biophysics-seminar-dr-horacio-guzman-quantitative-molecular-biophysics-an-interplay-between-structure-multiscale-properties-and-environment-sensitive-processes/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210304T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210304T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210303T071318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T071420Z
UID:2179-1614866400-1614870000@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[HEP Seminar] Florian Goertz: Dark Matter and Baryogenesis with an Inert Doublet
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we discuss the prospects to realize Dark Matter (DM) in the Inert Doublet Model\, while simultaneously enhancing the Electroweak Phase Transition (EWPhT) such as to induce electroweak baryogenesis. To this end\, we analyze the nature of the EWPhT in both light and heavy DM regions\, and explore a viable region where a non-trivial two-step EWPhT can appear\, allowing for the correct relic abundance and agreement with direct-detection bounds. Finally\, we discuss a new region for light DM with a small mass splitting\, lifting the usual assumption of exact degeneracy of the new non-DM scalars\, and comment on possibilities to implement enough CP violation to fulfill the Sakharov Conditions.
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/hep-seminar-florian-goertz-dark-matter-and-baryogenesis-with-an-inert-doublet/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210302T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210302T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210218T101853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T125314Z
UID:2090-1614700800-1614704400@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:PhD thesis defense: Urša Skerbiš Štok Title: Scattering of particles with spin in lattice QCD
DESCRIPTION:Title: Scattering of particles with spin in lattice QCD. \nhttps://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/3306242511\nMeeting ID: 330 624 2511\nhttps://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/sl/obvestila/dogodek/70/zagovor-doktorata-ursa-skerbis-stok-sipanje-delcev-s-spinom-v-kromodinamiki-na-mrezi/
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/phd-thesis-defense-ursa-skerbis-stok/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210211T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Ljubljana:20210211T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195409
CREATED:20210210T102958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T103104Z
UID:2060-1613038500-1613041200@web-f1.ijs.si
SUMMARY:[HEP-seminar] Svjetlana Fajfer: Coloured Scalar Mediated Decays to Invisible Fermions
DESCRIPTION:https://fmf-uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/3601731049?pwd=bVNQRjUxU2ExZ0cveWcxYXNUUGdjZz09
URL:https://web-f1.ijs.si/event/hep-seminar-svjetlana-fajfer-coloured-scalar-mediated-decays-to-invisible-fermions/
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