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 2024-25 (current schedule)

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, 27 SEP 2024

4 Oct 2024  Gautam Reddy  On the learnability of cellular resource allocation strategies
25 Oct 2024  Matthew Fisher  Quantum processing in the brain?
1 Nov 2024  Zev Gartner  Order from disorder: self-organization in development and disease
8 Nov 2024  Mohit Kumar Jolly  Low dimensionality of phenotypic space as an emergent property of biological regulatory networks
29 Nov 2024    THANKSGIVING
13 Dec 2024  Richard Watson  Learning, memory and adaptation before evolution

      WE TAKE A BREAK FROM 13 DEC 2024 - 7 FEB 2025 INCLUSIVE

4 Apr 2025  Stacey Finley  Studying the tumor microenvironment as an ecosystem
11 Apr 2025  Lucy O'Brien  How flux through the cell lifecycle enables organ adaptation
18 Apr 2025    EASTER WEEKEND
23 May 2025    MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

      THEORY LUNCH GOES INTO RECESS AFTER 27 JUNE 2025 AND RESTARTS IN SEPTEMBER


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