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The progressive integration of a wide range of different disciplines - including physics, statistics, information theory, biochemistry, genetics and medicine, population genetics and game theory - and increased availability of quantitative data has led to major advances in most diverse domains of life sciences, from molecular and cell biology to terrestrial and oceanic ecology, economics and quantitative finance. The integration process between disciplines has led to the consolidation of a new research domain, which we describe as ‘quantitative life sciences’ to provide a sense of its breadth. Detailed information...
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ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2019 | (smr 3338)
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) are organizing a joint winter school on quantitative systems biology.
This is the 8th school in the series and will be held at ICTS, Bengaluru, India.
https://www.icts.res.in/program/qsb2019
QSB2019 is an advanced school aimed at graduate students and postdocs working in quantitative systems biology. The focus this year is on 'morphogenesis'.
The main school will be held between December 9-20, 2019 and will be preceded by a pedagogic and intensive ‘Pre-School’ between December 3-6, 2019.
The Pre-School will cover the basic concepts in cell and developmental biology and will have short modules on mathematical modelling and physical approaches to biology.
The deadline for applications is 1 September 2019.
The development of an organism from a single-celled zygote to an embryo involves a tight integration between gene expression, signaling and mechanochemical processes. In recent years, there has been an explosion in studies that attempt to unravel the physical principles behind how organisms self-organize to generate their three-dimensional shape and functional form. Novel microscopy techniques are giving unprecedented views into the processes of development at very high spatiotemporal resolution. This deluge of data necessitates a larger scale systems-level understanding how organisms build themselves.
The eighth edition of the ICTP - ICTS winter school on quantitative systems biology is focussed on Morphogenesis and will allow students from different backgrounds to become familiar with exciting developments at the interface of Physics and Developmental Biology. The participants of the school will be exposed to contemporary research areas, covering a large variety of topics, including mechanochemical pattern formation, regeneration and growth regulation, evolutionary-developmental biology. The school will emphasize how major questions in developmental biology such as stem cell differentiation, morphogenesis, tissue patterning, and tissue mechanics, can be asked with the help of quantification and physical theory.
INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Karen Alim
Bill Bialek
Fernando Cesares
Suzanne Eaton
Frank Jülicher
Mounia Lagha
Yasmine Meroz
Matteo Rauzi
Jochen Rink
Tim Saunders
Bengaluru - India
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9 Dec 2019
- 20 Dec 2019
» ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2019 | (smr 3338)
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2020-02-24 07:00:00
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Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3427)
ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the International Master Course in Physics of Complex Systems, organize the Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems from 24 February to 20 March 2020.
Many complex systems in physics, biology, engineering and economics are characterized by a large number of interacting degrees of freedom giving rise to a non-trivial collective behavior. The theoretical and computational tools for a quantitative analysis of complex systems are often rooted in modern (statistical, quantum) physics. The Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems gives students the opportunity to get in touch with a selection of topics at the forefront of research during an intensive 4-week program. It consists of 5 courses of 9 lectures each, followed by final written tests.
Lecturers and Courses:
Mahesh Bandi (OIST, Okinawa, Japan)
Fluctuations and Information in Physical Systems
Ramakrishna Ramaswamy (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India)
Synchrony in nonlinear dynamical systems
Sidney Redner (Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA)
A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics
Alessandro Silva (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Quantum systems out of equilibrium
Lenka Zdeborova (CNRS, Paris, France)
Statistical Mechanics toolbox for Machine Learning
Students and young researchers from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may apply for the College. Candidates are required to solicit recommendation letters to be sent by their supervisors in support of their application. Participants should have an adequate working knowledge of English. As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institutions. However, limited funds are available to partially support some participants, who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is limited and candidates should make every effort to secure support for their travel, at least partial. Attendance of lectures and completion of the final written tests are mandatory for those who are granted ICTP funding. There is no registration fee.
RULES FOR PARTICIPATION
Participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students are required to attend at least 80% of the courses. Attendance is monitored regularly. Taking the final exam for each course is mandatory for participants with financial support from the ICTP and Master PCS students.
Grading system:
Each course will be graded on a scale from 0 to 20. Marks higher than 10 correspond to pass. A final grade will be given for the overall Spring College with the following scale:
E- Excellent - 5 exams passed
A- Very Good - 4 exams passed
B- Good - 3 exams passed
C- Sufficient - 2 exams passed
F- Fail - 1 or no exams passed
Certificates of attendance will be awarded only to participants who have attended at least 80% of the courses, with no exception.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15 NOVEMBER 2019
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ICTP
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24 Feb 2020
- 20 Mar 2020
» Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems | (smr 3427)
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2020-02-24 07:00:00
2020-03-06 21:00:00
School and Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3425)
SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge to public health worldwide. Mobile elements such as plasmids play a crucial role in Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and AMR spread. Understanding plasmid evolution and mobility is fundamental to unravel the population genetics of plasmid-encoded genes, especially antibiotic genes.
The combination of breakthroughs in sequencing and computational approaches has led to a new vision of the eco-evolutionary processes involved in HGT dynamics of pathogens. The School and Workshop will focus on modelling efforts to integrate genomic, experimental and computational results, to build a unified framework to tackle the expansion of plasmid-borne AMR.
The Workshop will be preceded by the one-week introductory School on bacterial evolution, population genetics and epidemiology.
The School introduces general concepts in those disciplines and focuses on their applications to AMR and plasmids. State-of-the-art methods used in genetic research on plasmids will be covered.
Invited Speakers and Lecturers include:
Stephanie Bedhomme, CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier
Sebastian Bonhoeffer, ETH Zurich
Alessandra Carattoli, Sapienza University, Rome
Trinad Chakraborty, JLU Gießen
Teresa Coque, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, IFOM and University of Milan
Alejandro Couce, Imperial College London
Luca Ferretti, Big Data Institute, Oxford
Jacopo Grilli, ICTP
Lars Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Michael Lässig, University of Cologne
Bruce Levin, Emory University
James McInerney, University of Manchester
Itzik Mizrahi, Ben-Gurion University
Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Chiara Poletto, INSERM - Sorbonne University
Adam Roberts, LSTM, Liverpool
Alvaro San Millan, IRYCIS, Madrid
Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig
Willem Van Schaik, University of Birmingham
Arjan de Visser, Wageningen University
Rob Willems, UMC Utrecht
Applications for the Workshop ONLY can be submitted
here
Applications for both the School and the Workshop can be submitted
here
We recognise the importance of childcare provision at conferences and are committed to supporting attendance of delegates with young children who would otherwise be unable to attend. While we are unable to provide on site childcare services, please contact us if you are in this position and you would like to apply.
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ICTP
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24 Feb 2020
- 6 Mar 2020
» School and Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3425)
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2020-03-02 07:00:00
2020-03-06 21:00:00
Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3498)
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge to public health worldwide. Mobile elements such as plasmids play a crucial role in Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and AMR spread. Understanding plasmid evolution and mobility is fundamental to unravel the population genetics of plasmid-encoded genes, especially antibiotic genes.
The combination of breakthroughs in sequencing and computational approaches has led to a new vision of the eco-evolutionary processes involved in HGT dynamics of pathogens. The School and Workshop will focus on modelling efforts to integrate genomic, experimental and computational results, to build a unified framework to tackle the expansion of plasmid-borne AMR.
The Workshop will be preceded by the one-week introductory School on bacterial evolution, population genetics and epidemiology. The School introduces general concepts in those disciplines and focuses on their applications to AMR and plasmids. State-of-the-art methods used in genetic research on plasmids will be covered.
Invited Speakers and Lecturers include:
Stephanie Bedhomme, CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier
Sebastian Bonhoeffer, ETH Zurich
Alessandra Carattoli, Sapienza University, Rome
Trinad Chakraborty, JLU Gießen
Teresa Coque, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, IFOM and University of Milan
Alejandro Couce, Imperial College London
Luca Ferretti, Big Data Institute, Oxford
Jacopo Grilli, ICTP
Lars Hansen, University of Copenhagen
Michael Lässig, University of Cologne
Bruce Levin, Emory University
James McInerney, University of Manchester
Itzik Mizrahi, Ben-Gurion University
Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Chiara Poletto, INSERM - Sorbonne University
Adam Roberts, LSTM, Liverpool
Alvaro San Millan, IRYCIS, Madrid
Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig
Willem Van Schaik, University of Birmingham
Arjan de Visser, Wageningen University
Rob Willems, UMC Utrecht
Applications for the Workshop ONLY can be submitted
here
Applications for both the School and the Workshop can be submitted
here
We recognise the importance of childcare provision at conferences and are committed to supporting attendance of delegates with young children who would otherwise be unable to attend. While we are unable to provide on site childcare services, please contact us if you are in this position and you would like to apply.
ICTP
ICTP
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2 Mar 2020
- 6 Mar 2020
» Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | (smr 3498)
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