38th Dutch Soft Matter Meeting — 19/12/2025 — Utrecht University
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:40 | Welcome |
| 10:45 | Udo Sen (WUR) “Soft walls, restless lives: how microbes redesign the maze?” |
| 11:15 | Marianne Bauer (TUD) “The phase space of biological systems: Optimization, Inference and Constraints” |
| 11:45 | Soundbites I |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Keynote: Dirk Aarts (Oxford University) “Model-free measurement of interactions in Soft Matter: no need for ML” |
| 14:15 | Maria Tatulea-Codrean (UvA) “From Rotary Motors to Synchronized Rotors: the Emergent Dynamics of Mechanically-Coupled Living Systems” |
| 14:45 | Soundbites II |
| 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | Emma Hinderink (TUD) “Effect of interfacial properties on the flow behaviour of food emulsions” |
| 16:15 | Jesse Steenhoff (UU) “Phase-field models for particle-stabilised emulsions” |
| 16:45 | Borrel (drinks & informal discussions) |
Soundbites
Consult the table below for a list of this meeting’s soundbiters and topics: