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Lecture cycle |
EXPLORING BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS |
Joint |
Date |
Jun 13-16, 2010 | |
Organisers |
Louis-Félix Bersier, Christian Mazza, Didier Reinhardt and Simon Sprecher, Univ. of Fribourg | |
Site |
Eurotel Villars, CH-1884 Villars-sur-Ollon | |
Theme |
Interactions are ubiquitous and occur at all scales, from electrons to astronomical objects. While interactions between non-living elements are governed by few physical laws, interactions in biological systems are amazingly diverse and complex. A hallmark of living systems, from the molecular to the individual and species level, is the inherent propensity of their components to interact. Without these constellations of exchanges of matter and information, organisms would not be able to function, grow and reproduce. Interacting components are organized in networks, which lie at the heart of this lecture cycle. During the Villars meeting, leading scientists from different fields studying networks of genes, proteins, cells, and species - will give a general introduction to their theme and a research talk. The emphasis will be on the analysis of their structure and the modeling of their architecture and dynamics. Students will become familiar with network thinking and will acquire basic and advanced tools to explore biological systems. We expect that the meeting of researchers and advanced students from diverse fields will in itself generate a dynamic network, from which new ideas and concepts will develop. Life – emergent properties – self-organization – non-randomness – functioning |
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Requirements |
presentation of a publication and active participation in discussion groups | |
Deadline |
May 28, 2010 | |
Comments |
The scientific program, will be announced by posters and on the web (http://www.3eme-cycle.ch/biologie or http://www.cuso.ch) For additional information please contact: Louis-Félix Bersier e-mail: louis-felix.bersier@unifr.ch, Tel. 026 300 88 69 Registration: For application, please fill in the form below and send to: Ms Nilgün Sailer, Uni FR, Dép. de biologie, ch. du Musée 10, CH-1700 FRIBOURG or fill in the same form at on the web: http://www.3eme-cycle.ch/biologie | Go to registration |