BioActive Fluids
BioActive Fluids is a UK-based initiative to maintain and strengthen connections in the international research community in Biologically Active Fluids, and Biological Fluid Dynamics, developing from the Biologically Active Fluids Special Interest Group of the UK Fluids Network.
Current activities of the group are focused on:
Online talks for the early career section of the network (click this link to join the list and get more information).
This year's meeting will take place at UCL on 17th-18th June.
A journal special issue will appear spring 2025 summarising recent advances and challenges in the field - more information to follow.
Who is involved?
There are around 200 subscribers from around the world, in particular the UK, Continental Europe and the USA. Our scheduling of 16.00 UK time corresponds to 8.00 on the US West Coast, 11.00 on the US East Coast, and 17.00 Central European Time. We also schedule seminars from time to time to accommodate speakers in East Asia.
Management team
Dave Smith (chair), Smitha Maretvadakethope (co-chair and ECR lead)
Otti Croze (founding SIG lead), Lloyd Fung (ECR rep), Eric Keaveny, Alexander Morozov, Cara Neal (ECR rep), Marco Polin, Laurence Wilson, Edwina Yeo (annual meeting chair 2024)
Seminar recordings
We encourage speakers to record seminars for both catch-up by those who cannot join at the scheduled time due to timezone or other commitments, and to provide a permanent resource for students and other researchers.
A selection of recordings is posted at our Youtube channel.
Recent seminars
Information about the network and activities
Brief reports on the network and activities as of July 2021:
Subscriber information - where are we all based?
Topics - Wordle
Youtube recordings - playlists and most popular videos
Speaker information - gender balance, country
Information about the origins and evolution of the network.