ActiveMatter ITN

-Active particle, do you feel lost? Don’t worry, just follow the light! ☄️🦠🔦 David Bronte Ciriza, @IPCFCNRMessina

By using light we can trap and manipulate microscopic particles. The emergence of optical forces when highly focusing a laser beams allows us to study and control the properties of different active systems.

Finally all together in Lisbon! In this thread, we will describe the different projects through the words of the ESRs. Stay tuned! (Photo by Chun-Jen Chen)

Drawing inspiration from physics and with the help of computational models, I try to describe the motion of microbes on a surface, whilst keeping surface applications in mind. Danne van Roon, FCID Lisbon

Biofilms are communities of microbes and play an important role in the spreading of diseases. A way to mitigate biofilm formation would be to design surfaces that prevent microbial adhesion. A first step towards this goal is to understand how microbes spread on a surface.

In my research I stir things up! By quickly mixing two reagents in channels the size of a sand grain I am able to produce vaccines and medicine for cancer treatment more efficiently using nanotechnologies. Audrey Nsamela, @Elvesys

I investigate the motion of tiny swimming robots. The robots that we use are much simpler than you would imagine; not much more that a tiny plastic sphere. Nonetheless, it can explore the space in which it is swimming, just like a fish in the ocean. (1/2)