COMMONS Annual meeting
May 5-6, 2025, Lund
May 5: room KC:A
12:00 – 13:00lunch and coffee mingle
13:00 – 13:30Welcome and general updates on COMMONS
13:30 – 14:45Academic forum - the role of experiments
The role of experiments for science seems apparent, but how has it changed over time and between disciplines? After an input by Julia Ravanis, we will have a panel debate to inspire reflections on the structure of science.
14:45 – 15:15coffee break
15:15 – 17:15 Liquid-liquid phase separation – perspectives from the past into the future!
We intend to discuss concepts on and applications of LLPS from the the history as well as in the current emerged biological condensation field. After initial input talks on fundamentals and current science cases by Joakim Stenhammar, Felix Roosen-Runge, Kasia Makasewicz and Marite Cardenas, we will enter interactive discussions in groups and plenum.
17:15 – 18:00 mingle / individual project discussions
18:00 – dinner buffet in the coffee room at physical chemistry
May 6: room KC:C
09:00 – 09:30 Martin Malmsten: ESS Lighthouse - Colloids and Interfaces in Food and Pharma
09:30 – 10:00 COMMONS ideas - ongoing and upcoming!
Over the last year, different ideas and activities emerged from challenges and other interactions in COMMONS – listen, get inspired, contribute! Short pitch talks will cover ideas from a broad field and focus, inter alia nucleation, phase separation, biomembrane aspects, LNPs, and MAX IV / ESS.
10:00 - 10:30 Open discussions on these ideas in individual groups – pick your favorite and listen, discuss, suggest, and take part in future COMMONS research!
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 parallel: PI meeting / PhD and postdoc meeting
12:00 – 12:15 closing and outlook
12:15 – 13:30 lunch
13:30 – 15:30 closed planning discussions in individual project groups (optional)