Seminars and invited talks
2024
Seminar Talk, Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Host: Aurélien Roux
External Seminar Talk, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany.
Host: Ricard Alert
Cell Biology Forum, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
2023
Friday Seminar, EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, UNSW Medicine & Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Host: Richard Morris
2022
Opening act, Joan van der Waals Colloquium, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Biological and Soft Matter Seminar, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Young Scientist Club, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
2018
Biological and Soft Matter Seminar, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Conferences
2025
Eckert, J., Andrews, T. G. R., Pollard, J., Priya, R., Yap, A. S., & Morris, R. G.
Capturing Nematic Order on Tissue Surfaces of Arbitrary Geometry.
2025 Mechanobiology Conference III: From Fundamental Research to Applications.
Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Talk.
2024
Eckert, J., Morris, R. G., & Yap, A. S. Measuring cell properties of 3D multicellular systems. 5th International Symposium of Mechanobiology 2024. Tainan, Taiwan. Funded by the Australian Society for Mechanobiology Travel Grant.
2023
Eckert, J., Armengol-Collado, J. M., Carenza, L. N., Krommydas, D., Ladoux, B., Mège, R. M., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. Tissue Symmetry and the Secrets of Cells. Meeting of the Australian Society for Mechanobiology. Melbourne, Australia. Talk.
2022
Eckert, J., Ladoux, B., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. Hexatic length scale in epithelial monolayers depends on cell adhesion and cell density. From Physics to Function - The Company of Biologists. East Sussex, UK. Talk.
Eckert, J., Armengol-Collado, J. M., Carenza, L. N., Krommydas, D., & Giomi, L.
Hexatic or nematic? Epithelia are multiscale active liquid crystals.
EMBL Symposium: Mechanobiology in Development and Disease.
Heidelberg, Germany. Flash Talk & Poster.
2019
Eckert, J., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. Tensile Strength vs Shear Stress - An Approach to Measure Internal Tension Between Cell-Cell Junctions. Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion. Aussois, France. Poster & Talk.
Eckert, J., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. Approach to measure the Intracellular Stress of Cell-Cell Junctions. DutchBiophysics 2019. Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Poster.
Eckert, J., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T.
Approach to measure the Intracellular Stress of Cell-Cell Junctions.
Mechanobiology of Cancer Summer School.
Eco Resort in La Cerdanya, Spain. Poster & Talk.
Eckert, J., Giomi, L., & Schmidt, T. Approach to measure the Intracellular Stress of Cell-Cell Junctions. EMBL Symposium: Mechanical Force in Development. Heidelberg, Germany. Poster & awarded best poster prize.
2018
Eckert, J., van Loon, J. J. W. A., Eng, L. M., & Schmidt, T. Impact of hypergravity on cell traction forces of 3T3 fibroblasts. DutchBiophysics 2018. Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Poster.
Eckert, J., van Loon, J. J. W. A., Eng, L. M., & Schmidt, T. Hypergravity Impact on Cell Traction Forces. ISGP & ESA Life Sciences Meeting 2018. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Talk.
Eckert, J., Coppola, S., Schmidt, T., Eng, L. M., Lindner, R., & van Loon, J. J. W. A.
Cellular Forces under Altered Gravity Conditions.
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Conference.
Berlin, Germany. Poster.
Eckert, J., Coppola, S., Schmidt, T., Eng, L. M., Lindner, R., & van Loon, J. J. W. A. Hypergravity Impact on Cellular Forces. Hypergravity Workshop 2018 at ESA/ESTEC. Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Talk.
2017
Eckert, J., Coppola, S., Schmidt, T., Eng, L. M., Lindner, R., & van Loon, J. J. W. A.
Gravitational Impact on Cell Contractility.
DutchBiophysics 2017.
Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Poster.