Systems Biology Theory Lunch

Schedule of talks for 2007-8

current schedule

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

28 Sep 2007  Wallace Marshall  Self-organization and collective behavior in a system of biological self-propelled particles
5 Oct 2007  Radhika Nagpal  Collective synchronization, from networks of cells to computer networks                                
12 Oct 2007  Carolyn Talcott  Towards knowledge-based semantic integration of models
19 Oct 2007  Leonid Mirny  Physics of transcription factors: lessons from bacteria, thoughts about eukaryotes
26 Oct 2007  Caroline Colijn  Interpreting expression data metabolically: mycolic acid production in M. tuberculosis
2 Nov 2007  Saveez Saffarian  High resolution imaging: what does it take to go live?
9 Nov 2007  John Tyson  Switches and clocks in molecular cell biology
16 Nov 2007  Noam Shoresh  Can high biodiversity evolve in a uniform environment?
23 Nov 2007    THANKSGIVING
30 Nov 2007  Lew Cantley  Altered metabolism in cancer cells
7 Dec 2007  Evelyn Fox Keller  So, what's so special about biology?
14 Dec 2007  Ron Milo  Energy optimization and the design of photosynthesis
      THEORY LUNCH TAKES A BREAK FROM 21 DEC 07 - 1 FEB 08 INCLUSIVE
8 Feb 2008  Bruce Gomes  Is the pharmaceutical industry ready for systems biology?
15 Feb 2008  Arup Chakraborty  How T cells 'see' antigen
22 Feb 2008  Gerald Sussman  Robust design and biology
29 Feb 2008  Mark Alber  Multiscale approaches to biological modeling
7 Mar 2008  Markus Kollmann  Perfect robustness against non-genetic variations in bacterial signaling
14 Mar 2008  Franziska Michor  Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukemia
21 Mar 2008  Leor Weinberger  Transient-mediated decision-making in HIV-1 (or why bistability is unnecessary)
28 Mar 2008  Ben Simons  Farewell to the transit amplifying cell comparment
4 Apr 2008  David Miguez  Models for chimeric ligands and 1:2 ligand-receptor systems
25 Apr 2008  Nicholas Christakis  The spread of health phenomena in complex, longitudinally resolved social networks
2 May 2008    SB DEPARTMENT RETREAT
9 May 2008  Alexander van Oudenaarden  A systems engineering approach to osmo-adaptation
16 May 2008  Uri Alon  (I) The nurturing scientist & (II) perfect robustness in signal transduction  
23 May 2008  Marc Lipsitch  Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria: understanding and trying to control its prevalence

THEORY LUNCH GOES INTO RECESS TILL SEPTEMBER - HAVE A GOOD SUMMER

current schedule