Systems Biology Theory Lunch

"Chalk" talks (whiteboard only, no slideware) on conceptual issues in biological systems. Open to all.
To join the mailing list or for more information, contact jeremy (at) hms.harvard.edu

Schedule of talks for 2014-15

HMS, Warren Alpert Building, Room 563, 12-2pm, on most fridays during term

19 Sep 2014  Mary Morgan  The transition to a modelling science in economics: from verbal laws to mathematical representations
3 Oct 2014  Sriram Chandrasekaran  Brain metabolic states and behavior
10 Oct 2014  Laura Landweber  How nature builds a genome from 225,000 pieces
17 Oct 2014  Ray Keller  Tissue shaping by cell intercalation: the emerging nature of the Beast
24 Oct 2014  William (Ned) Friedman  Darwin's 'abominable mystery' and the quest for ancient flowering plant biology                                 
31 Oct 2014  Brian Munsky  Integrating single-cell experiments and multiscale models to predict transcriptional dynamics
7 Nov 2014  Joanna Masel  Molecular errors, cryptic sequences, and evolvability
14 Nov 2014    SB PhD PROGRAMME RETREAT
21 Nov 2014  Michael Lynch  POSTPONED!!
28 Nov 2014    THANKSGIVING
5 Dec 2014  Thierry Emonet  Functional trade-offs and phenotypic diversity in cellular migration
12 Dec 2014  Rob Phillips  Taming mutants with the physics of allostery
      THEORY LUNCH TAKES A BREAK FROM 19 DEC 2014 - 6 FEB 2015 INCLUSIVE
13 Feb 2015  Gordon Hager  RESCHEDULED TO 9 OCTOBER 2015
20 Feb 2015  Pankaj Mehta  In defense of phenomenological modeling in biology: some case studies
27 Feb 2015  Timothy O'Leary  Sloppy regulatory mechanisms in the nervous system
6 Mar 2015  Suzanne Gaudet  Dynamics and duration in signal transduction
13 Mar 2015  Juan Poyatos  Antagonistic regulation and the mesoscopic organization of biological systems
20 Mar 2015  Massimo Pigliucci  Paradigm shift (or lack thereof) in evolutionary theory
27 Mar 2015  Daniel Brooks  Children of time: the major metaphors of evolution
3 Apr 2015  Eric Deeds  The evolution of cellular individuality
10 Apr 2015  David Sloan Wilson  Multi-level selection for the 21st century
17 Apr 2015  Alan Garfinkel  Oscillation in biology: the "why?" and the "how?"
24 April 2015    POSTPONED TO 1 MAY 2015
1 May 2015  Padmini Rangamani  Curvature, signaling and stability in cells
8 May 2015  Jennifer Zallen  Biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of multicellular organization
15 May 2015    SB DEPARTMENT RETREAT
22 May 2015  Manfred Laubichler  Extended evolution: from genomes to technologies
29 May 2015  Olivier Pourquié  Physical principles underlying vertebrate morphogenesis
5 June 2015  Greg Wray  The evolution of gene regulatory networks
12 June 2015  Raul Rabadan  A brief introduction to topological data analysis and biological applications
19 June 2015  David Pfennig  The flexible organism: developmental plasticity and the origins of diversity
26 June 2015  John Albeck  Linking pulses and oscillations in signaling and metabolic networks
      THEORY LUNCH GOES INTO RECESS AFTER 26 JUNE AND RESUMES ON 25 SEPTEMBER

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