Systems Biology Theory Lunch

Schedule of talks for 2008-9

current schedule

HMS, Alpert Building, Room 563 at 12 noon, unless otherwise stated
further information from jeremy at hms.harvard.edu

19 Sep 2008  Jeffrey Fox  Studying heart rhythm disorders using multi-scale models of cardiac electrical activity
26 Sep 2008  James Fowler  Genetic variation in the fundamental building blocks of human social networks                                
3 Oct 2008  Jingshan Zhang  Constraints imposed by nonfunctional protein-protein interactions on gene expression and proteome size
10 Oct 2008  Carl Pabo  Models of 'thought as physical process'
17 Oct 2008  Orly Alter  Discovery of mechanisms from mathematical modeling of DNA microarray data
24 Oct 2008  Mark Goulian  Aspects of cell signaling in bacteria
31 Oct 2008  Lea Goentoro  Wnt signaling pathway: from robustness to function
7 Nov 2008  Otger Campàs  The variability of beak morphology in Darwin's finches
14 Nov 2008    SB PROGRAMME RETREAT
21 Nov 2008  Alfonso Martinez-Arias  Transcriptional noise and cellular heterogeneity as sources of information in developing embryos
28 Nov 2008    THANKSGIVING
5 Dec 2008  Yitzhak Pilpel  Microbial conditioning: can microorganisms predict environmental changes?
12 Dec 2008  Philippe Cluzel  Inferring cellular response from noise measurements in a small signal transduction network
      THEORY LUNCH TAKES A BREAK FROM 19 DEC 08 - 6 FEB 09 INCLUSIVE
13 Feb 2009  Uri Alon  Optimality and the structure of central metabolism
20 Feb 2009  Ary Goldberger  Complexity loss in disease and aging: is there a "Theory of Everything Pathologic"?
27 Feb 2009  Andre Levchenko  Networking in adaptive cell communication: multi-tasking through simple tweaks
6 Mar 2009  Jeff Gore  Games microbes play: the game theory behind cooperative sucrose metabolism in yeast
13 Mar 2009  Stuart Kauffman  The open universe
20 Mar 2009  Allon Klein  Universal patterns of stem cell fate: the clue is in the family
27 Mar 2009  Tsvi Tlusty  Conformational proofreading: a possible mechanism for the enhancement of molecular recognition
3 Apr 2009  Dana Pe'er  Genetic complexity: the genetics of regulatory networks
10 Apr 2009    EASTER
17 Apr 2009    SB DEPT PARTY
24 Apr 2009  Stuart Sealfon  CANCELLED
1 May 2009  Adam Arkin  Noise, memory and communication in natural and engineered microbes
8 May 2009  Jason Locasale  Collective dynamics and pathway hierarchies in models of signal transduction
15 May 2009  Johan Paulsson  Nonlinear fluctuation theorems for biological systems
22 May 2009  Jim McNally  The live cell kinetics of transcription
29 May 2009  Sergei Maslov  "Home depot" model of evolution of prokaryotic metabolic networks and their regulation
5 June 2009  Sean Megason  Principles of pattern formation in animal development
12 June 2009  Eduardo Sontag  An informal discussion about modularity and interconnections
19 June 2009    SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASE CONFERENCE
26 June 2009  Evelyn Keller & Uri Alon  Simplicity and truth in biology - a debate
3 July 2009    4 JULY
10 July 2009  Yitzhak Pilpel  A universal adaptive translation efficiency profile of proteins

THEORY LUNCH GOES INTO RECESS TILL SEPTEMBER - HAVE A GOOD SUMMER

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