All Lectures are aimed at a general, multidisciplinary audience. Moreover, the School will feature two introductory courses on plant development and the physics of continuous media. The topics covered include:

Plant development:

Apical growth and leaf initiation; biochemical processes and genetic expression; mechanical forces and mecanotransduction.

Animal development:

Embryogenesis; growth of epithelial tissues and of bones; biochemical processes and genetic expression; mechanical forces and mecanotransduction.

Physics and mechanics applied to morphogenesis:

Elasticity and growth; instabilities and pattern formation; computer modelling.