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 the organiser, jeremy (at) hms.harvard.edu

Theory Lunch now has a hybrid format following the pandemic.
You are welcome to participate remotely over zoom but please try to keep your video on.
To receive zoom details, you need to be on the mailing list.
(R) = remote speaker.

Recordings of talks, if available, are accessible through abstracts

Schedule of talks for 2023-24 (2022-23)

HMS, Warren Alpert Building, Room 563, 12-2pm (US Eastern Time).
Lunch is served from 12noon; the talk starts at 12.15pm and is expected to finish around 1.30pm with further time for discussion until 2pm.


      THEORY LUNCH STARTS ON THE LAST FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 29 SEP 2023

29 Sep 2023  Aleksandra Walczak  How to build an adaptive immune system
6 Oct 2023  Rui Diogo   A broader view of life: linking evolution, behavior, medicine and conservation
20 Oct 2023  Marcos Simoes-Costa  The genome as a processor of spatial information
3 Nov 2023  Michael Strevens  The highly effective irrationality of science
10 Nov 2023  Katie Bentley  Title to be announced
17 Nov 2023  Eric Deeds  A lack of distinct cell identities in single-cell measurements: revisiting Waddington’s landscape
24 Nov 2023    THANKSGIVING
1 Dec 2023  Matthias Heinemann  Could a metabolic oscillator provide the rhythm for the eukaryotic cell growth and division cycle?
8 Dec 2023  Songi Han  Title to be announced

      WE TAKE A BREAK FROM 22 DEC 2023 - 16 FEB 2024 INCLUSIVE

23 Feb 2024  Denise Okafor  Investigating interdomain allosteric communication in nuclear receptors
29 Mar 2024    EASTER WEEKEND
24 May 2024    MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

      THEORY LUNCH GOES INTO RECESS AFTER 28 JUNE 2024 AND RESTARTS IN SEPTEMBER


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