L. Hilbert : Active droplets

• Phase separation can compartmentalize the cellular space
• Catalytically active sites can shape phase droplets
• Active processes can disperse droplets

K. Kruse : Introduction to active gel theory and applications on cellular scales

• Out-of-equilibrium physics : principles
• Active gels : definitions, the cytoskeleton from a theory point of view
• Stress generations
• Active hydrodynamics
• Cell migration

F. Graner : From cell to tissue : multiscale physics of epithelial tissues

• From cell to tissue
• Structure and dynamics of tissues, in vivo and in vitro
• Analogies and differences with cellular materials in physics
• Experimental methods, from image analysis to force measurements
• Models : strengths and limitations

G. Salbreux : Physics of biological tissues as active fluids 

• Continuum description of an active fluid
• Examples of flows induced by tissue growth

I. Kulic : Dynamics of the cytoskeleton (theory)

A. Ott : Experimental biophysics

• Rheology of active gels
• Rheology of cells/monolayers
• Origin of life

P. Didier : Biophotonics

• Light-matter interaction (absorption, emission and diffusion)
• Probing biomolecular interaction with fluorescence spectroscopy (Energy transfer, anisotropy, stop flow)
• Optical microscopy (basics, diffraction limit, high-resolution imaging)
• Quantitative fluorescence imaging (Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy, single molecule experiments)

M. Maaloum/ S. Harlepp : Forces and micromanipulations, AFM and optical tweezers