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 2011-12

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

7 Oct 2011  Adrián Granada  Synchronisation and coupling mechanisms of the mammalian circadian clock
14 Oct 2011  Maximino Aldana  Dynamical criticality in genetic networks as an emergent property in evolution
21 Oct 2011    SB PROGRAMME RETREAT                                
28 Oct 2011  Jean-Jacques Slotine  Synchronization and controllability in biological systems
4 Nov 2011  James Schwaber  Degeneracy in the brain and the maintenance of robust homeostasis
11 Nov 2011    VETERAN'S DAY
18 Nov 2011  François Nédélec  How to pattern molecular motors to control the motion of fibers
25 Nov 2011    THANKSGIVING
2 Dec 2011  Michael Laub  Selective constraints on bacterial signaling proteins
9 Dec 2011  Markus Covert  A whole-cell computational model of Mycoplasma genitalium
16 Dec 2011  Giovanni Meacci  Actomyosin spatio-temporal organization and rigidity sensing in spreading cells
      THEORY LUNCH TAKES A BREAK FROM 23 DEC 10 - 3 FEB 11 INCLUSIVE
10 Feb 2012  Albert-László Barabási  Taming complexity: controlling networks
17 Feb 2012  Shalev Itzkovitz  Optimality in the development of intestinal crypts
24 Feb 2012  Chris Sander  Perturbation biology
2 Mar 2012  John Quackenbush  Network and state space models: science and science fiction approaches to cell fate predictions
9 Mar 2012  Joseph Loscalzo  From philately to physics: redefining human disease in an era of systems pathobiology
16 Mar 2012  Adriana Dawes  Spatial patterning of proteins at the single cell level
23 Mar 2012  Scott Barolo  Signals and transcription: a view from the binding site, with thoughts on the informatics of patterning
30 Mar 2012    SB DEPARTMENT PARTY
6 Apr 2012    EASTER
13 April 2012  Nicholas Rhind  Emergence of replication timing patterns from stochastic origin firing
20 April 2012  Oleg Igoshin  Stochasticity and ultrasensitivity in bacterial networks
27 April 2012  Erik Winfree  DNA as a universal substrate for chemical kinetics
4 May 2012  Alexander van Oudenaarden  The dynamics of exponential growth
11 May 2012    SB DEPARTMENT RETREAT
18 May 2012  Thomas Gregor  Segmentation by the numbers
25 May 2012    MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
1 June 2012  Radhika Nagpal  Understanding collective behaviour
8 June 2012  James Faeder  Modeling cell decisions: two case studies
15 June 2012  Christian Hong  Investigating functional roles of circadian rhythms in Neurospora crassa
22 June 2012  Maitreya Dunham  Origin-dependent inverted repeat amplification in yeast
29 June 2012  Jordi Garcia Ojalvo  Dynamical bases of cellular heterogeneity
6 July 2012    4th JULY WEEKEND
13 July 2012  Yitzhak (Tzachi) Pilpel  How cancer hijacks the translation system

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