Systems Biology Theory Lunch

Schedule of talks for 2006-7

current schedule

HMS, Alpert Building, Room 563 at 12 noon, unless otherwise stated
further information from jeremy at hms.harvard.edu

29 Sep 2006  Michael Brenner  Excitability constraints on voltage gated sodium channels
6 Oct 2006  Thomas Höfer  Spatio-temporal dynamics in cytokine signaling
13 Oct 2006  Ron Milo  How hemoglobin evolves - a study of the relationship between physiology and evolution
20 Oct 2006  Carl Pabo  Understanding systems biology: minds among the molecules
27 Oct 2006  M. Meier-Schellersheim  The challenges of interfacing between biological knowledge and computational models
3 Nov 2006  Eric Mjolsness  Building multiscale mathematical models of development in Arabidopsis and Drosophila
10 Nov 2006    VETERAN'S DAY
17 Nov 2006  Johan Elf  Flow and fluctuations in protein synthesis
24 Nov 2006    THANKSGIVING
1 Dec 2006  Garrett Odell  Do the values of parameters characterizing interactions in a genetic network matter?
8 Dec 2006  David Nelson  Statistical dynamics of DNA unzipping and RNA polymerase
15 Dec 2006  David Dill  Asynchronous systems analysis of cellular processes
      THEORY LUNCH TAKES A BREAK FROM 22 DEC 06 - 2 FEB 07 INCLUSIVE
9 Feb 2007  Ran Kafri  The utilization of redundancy by genetic systems
16 Feb 2007  Stas Shvartsman  MAPK signaling in equations and embryos
23 Feb 2007    THEORY LUNCH IS CANCELLED
2 Mar 2007  David Haig  Genomic imprinting and social behavior
9 Mar 2007  Jason Haugh  Spatial gradients in intracellular signal transduction
16 Mar 2007  John Lisman  Mechanism of memory: graded information storage by bistable switches
23 Mar 2007  Daniel Fisher  Some thoughts on cyanobacterial circadian clocks
30 Mar 2007  Yuhai Tu  From molecules to behavior: understanding responses of E coli to complex temporal signals
13 Apr 2007  Chris Marx  Experimental evolution: optimization of metabolic systems
20 Apr 2007  Ravi Iyengar  Information processing in cell signaling networks
27 Apr 2007  Dan Yamins  A computer scientist's approach to developmental pattern formation
4 May 2007    SYSTEMS BIOLOGY PROGRAMME RETREAT
11 May 2007  Juan Pedraza  Dynamics of cyanobacterial clocks and yeast memory reveal the effects of global noise
18 May 2007  Anthony Philippakis  High resolution analyses of the DNA binding specificities of transcription factors
25 May 2007  Daniel Forger  What makes a genetic network a clock?

current schedule