...forwarded for your information; by the way, it's not specifically mentioned, but it's in Manchester, Martin -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CISBIC-RA] [cisbio] FW: One-day meeting Complex and Emergent Behaviours in Biological Systems Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:27:07 +0100 From: Endres, Robert G <r.endres@imperial.ac.uk> To: cisbio <cisbio@imperial.ac.uk> ________________________________________ From: Tommaso Biancalani [tommaso.biancalani@gmail.com] Sent: 17 April 2013 15:19 Subject: Fwd: One-day meeting Complex and Emergent Behaviours in Biological Systems Would you please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks, Tommaso ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: 17 April 2013 15:07 Subject: One-day meeting Complex and Emergent Behaviours in Biological Systems To: "MANCHESTER-COMPLEXITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:MANCHESTER-COMPLEXITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>" <MANCHESTER-COMPLEXITY@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:MANCHESTER-COMPLEXITY@jiscmail.ac.uk>> Cc: Tommaso Biancalani <tommaso.biancalani@gmail.com<mailto:tommaso.biancalani@gmail.com>>, George Constable <george.constable@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk<mailto:george.constable@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk>>, Toby Brett <tobybrett@gmail.com<mailto:tobybrett@gmail.com>> Dear colleague, In order to cope with many of the current challenges in biology, one must understand how collective behaviour arises from microscopic interactions. The techniques that address these questions define the field of complex systems, which is by its nature inter-disciplinary and requires joint efforts between biologists, and scientists with a more theoretical background. We are organising a meeting on complex systems and biology that will take place in Manchester on the 15th of May. The aim is to bring together those with an interest in biological questions which can be addressed with methods from physics, mathematics or computer science. The meeting is especially targeted at PhD students and post-docs. Four invited speakers will talk in the morning. Short talks by PhD students and post-docs will be given in the afternoon. PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE FRIDAY 3rd OF MAY IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING A LIMITED NUMBER OF SLOTS FOR SHORT TALKS IS AVAILABLE To register, send an e-mail to: tommaso.biancalani@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk<mailto:tommaso.biancalani@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk> Please indicate in your registration e-mail whether you wish to give a short oral presentation. Post-docs and PhD students are encouraged to apply. Complex and Emergent Behaviours in Biological Systems Wednesday 15th of May Schuster Building, Niels Bohr Common Room 6th floor 10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee and Introduction 10:30 - 11:10 - Dr. Robert Endres (Imperial College, London) "Emergence of stereotypical behaviour in chemotactic amoeba" 11:10 - 11:50 - Dr. Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) "Cell-size control in E.coli" 11:50 - 12:30 - Dr. Rosalind Allen (University of Edinburgh) "Complex dynamics in microbial ecosystems" 12:30 - 13:10 - Dr. Mauro Mobilia (University of Leeds) "Large-fluctuation effects on the fixation of a deleterious allele under mutation pressure" 13:10 - 14:30 - Lunch 14:30 - 16.30 - Short talks Organisers: Tommaso Biancalani, George Constable and Toby Brett