Author: Sreekanth Manikandan

Localizing entropy production in cellular processes
Sreekanth Manikandan
Date: 14 Mar 2025
Time: 17:30 CEST
Place: Online
Part of the Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics

Quantifying the spatiotemporal forces, affinities, and dissipative costs of cellular-scale non-equilibrium processes from experimental data and localizing it in space and time remain a significant open challenge. Here, I explore how principles from stochastic thermodynamics, combined with machine learning techniques, offer a promising approach to addressing this issue. I will present preliminary results from experiments on fluctuating cell membranes and simulations of non-equilibrium systems in stationary and time-dependently driven states. These studies reveal potential strategies for localizing entropy production in experimental biophysical contexts while also highlighting key challenges and limitations that must be addressed.

Localizing entropy production in non-equilibrium processes
Sreekanth Manikandan
Date: 5 Mar 2025
Time: 14:45
Place: Nordita
Part of the 14th Nordic Workshop on Statistical Physics

Quantifying the spatiotemporal forces, affinities, and dissipative costs of cellular-scale non-equilibrium processes from experimental data and localizing it in space and time remain a significant open challenge. Here, I explore how principles from stochastic thermodynamics, combined with machine learning techniques, offer a promising approach to addressing this issue. I will present preliminary results from experiments on fluctuating cell membranes and simulations of non-equilibrium systems in stationary and time-dependently driven states. These studies reveal potential strategies for localizing entropy production in experimental biophysical contexts while also highlighting key challenges and limitations that must be addressed.