Eventos

ICTP-SAIFR School on Physics Applications in Biology

 

Start time: January 22, 2018

Ends on: January 27, 2018

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Venue: IFT-UNESP

Description:

Although new experimental technology is partly responsible for the current revolution in biological research, theoretical models developed by physicists are also playing an important role in changing the way biological research is being performed. The number of theoretical physicists and applied mathematicians migrating into biology has dramatically increased throughout the world, but South America still lags behind.

The one-week school on Physics Application in Biology will feature lectures by physicists and applied mathematicians who have made important contributions to different areas of biological research. This activity will include minicourses, discussion sessions and group exercises on topics including neuroscience, evolutionary dynamics, time- series analysis applied to ecology and epidemiology, collective behavior, and optimization. The school is intended for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the physical and biological sciences.

This activity will be preceded by the �€˜VII Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology�€™. Candidates may apply either for one or both schools, and preference will be given to PhD students in South America. There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

In order to have an idea of the kind of activities that take place during the course, please visit the home-page of the first edition of this school at http://www.ictp-saifr.org/bioapp

Lecturers:

William Bialek (Princeton University, USA):

-Statistical mechanics for networks of real neurons (or, Thinking about a thousand neurons)

-Coding and information flow in a small genetic network 

Andrea Cavagna (Roma ISC-Sapienza, Italy): The physics of flocking: correlation as a compass from experiments to theory

George Sugihara (UC San Diego, USA): An Introduction to Empirical Dynamics: Equation-Free (Minimalist) Nonlinear Mathematics for a Data-driven Understanding of Nature - Transforming Observations to Insights  

Organizers:

Marcus Aguiar (UNICAMP, Brazil)

Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Brazil)

Roberto Kraenkel (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)

Application deadline: November 10, 2017

More information: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/bioapp18