Topic: community

This seminar, hosted by the LIBRE hub project, will provide an in-depth introduction to the Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH) movement. Since its inception, GOSH has been instrumental in advancing open-source hardware within scientific research, fostering a diverse and active community. The seminar will cover the history of GOSH, its current initiatives, and future opportunities, with a particular focus on the contributions and activities of the Latin American branch. This session aims to inform researchers, educators, and policy-makers about the significance and impact of GOSH in promoting

The “soft, active, and living matter” community has grown tremendously in recent years, conducting exciting research at the interface between soft matter and biological systems. But are all living systems also soft matter systems? Do the ideas of function (or purpose) in biological systems require us to introduce deep new ideas into the framework of soft matter theories? Does the (often) qualitatively different character of data in biological experiments require us to change the types of experiments we conduct and the goals of our theoretical treatments? Eight speakers will anchor the worksho