Lecture on biomedical physics - Matej Daniel (5.5.2026)
Tuesday 5.5.2026 at 13:10 hod., letcure room F1/326 (online too)
prof. RNDr. Matej Daniel, PhD. (Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, FME CTU in Prague)
Názov prednášky: HOMEOCRISIS – Generalized phase transitions as a unifying principle of biological dynamics
Abstract:
A growing body of evidence, from molecular assemblies to whole organism dynamics, indicates that living systems do not occupy arbitrary non equilibrium states. Instead, they actively position themselves near critical points and phase transition boundaries. Although the role of such transitions in structural self organization is widely acknowledged, their deeper significance for generating generalized motion – the transport of matter, energy, and information that underlies biological function – remains unresolved. This lecture will introduce the theory of homeocrisis, which proposes that biological systems deliberately generate local entropy production to trigger controlled phase transitions as a universal mechanism for motion and rapid adaptive response.