[This is the old program from SS 2007. The current program and contact information can be found here.]

04 May 2007, 16:00

Igor A. Goychuk (Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Universität Augsburg)
Signaling with Poisson-like processes: Theory and applications [Abstract] 

11 May 2007, 16:00

Michael Bestehorn (Lehrstuhl Theoretische Physik II, BTU Cottbus)
Pattern formation in fluid layers with a free upper surface
– The influence of evaporation – [Abstract] 

25 May 2007, 16:00

Niels Wessel (Arbeitsgruppe Nichtlineare Dynamik, Universität Potsdam)
Methods of cardiovascular physics and their clinical applicability [Abstract] 

08 June 2007, 16:00

Karin John (Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique UJF, Grenoble, France)
A nonlinear study of symmetry-breaking in actin gels – Implications for cellular motility [Abstract] 

15 June 2007, 16:00

Vladimir Vanag (Brandeis University, Waltham, USA)
Localized patterns in the BZ-AOT system  

Abstract:
Several localized patterns in reaction-diffusion systems are discussed: localized stationary spots, localized oscillatory spots (oscillons), breathing spots, localized oscillatory clusters, wave segments, localized waves, and moving spots. Localized patterns found experimentally in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction dispersed in water nanodroplets of water-in-oil microemulsion are considered the most thoroughly. They are stationary localized spots used for chemical memory, oscillons potentially useful for chemical processors, and localized waves applicable for communication between “memory” and “processor”. Theoretical models for localized patterns are also presented.

22 June 2006, 16:00

Holger Stark (Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin)
Driven systems in non-equilibrium in soft matter and biology [Abstract]