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Theory of dynamical systems plays a central role in integrating biological experiments with mathematical developments. This conference will address the synergistic developments in systems biology research, covering a wide range of mathematical approaches used to uncover the general principles and mechanisms governing biological processes and function at all levels.
- Invited Speakers
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- Posters
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- Satelite MMEMS Workshop
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- Venue, Travel & Tourist Information
- K. Aihara (Tokyo)
- R. Allen (Edinburgh)
- T. Arecchi (Florence)
- A. Arneodo (Lyon)
- T. Baumgart (Philadelphia)
- D. Broomhead (Manchester)
- A. Brown (Aberdeen)
- N. Caticha (Sao Paulo)
- M. Chaplain (Dundee)
- G. Coghill (Aberdeen)
- S. Coombes (Nottingham)
- J. Garcia-Ojalvo (Barcelona)
- J. Geddes (Needham)
- A. Goldbeter (Brussels)
- R. Goldstein (Cambridge)
- P. Grassberger (Calgary)
- J. F. Joanny (Paris)
- F. Juelicher (Dresden)
- H. Kantz (Aberdeen)
- E. Klipp (Berlin)
- N. Komarova (Irvine)
- K. Kruse (Saarbruecken)
- J. Kurths (Aberdeen)
- Y.-C. Lai (Aberdeen)
- A. Libchaber (New York)
- M. Lefranc (Lille)
- R. Metzler (Munich)
- A. Millar (Edinburgh)
- C. Molina-Paris (Leeds)
- E. Mosekilde (Lyngby)
- J. Murray (Washington)
- P. Neri (Aberdeen)
- D. Noble (Oxford)
- B. Novak (Oxford)
- J. Stark (London)
- D. Rand (Warwick)
- V. Rom-Kedar (Rehovot)
- S. Schiff (Pennsylvania)
- I. Stansfield (Aberdeen)
- R. Stoop (Zuerich)
- M. Stumpf (London)
- R. Thul (Nottingham)
- J. Timmer (Freiburg)
- M. Tyers (Edinburgh)
- M. Wechselberger (Sydney)
*MMEMS - Mathematical Models and Experimental Microbial Systems
Sunday
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9:00-19:00: Satellite meeting MMEMS* on “Evolution of Stress Responses”
Monday
Chair: C. Grebogi
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8:45-9:00: Opening
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9:00-9:35:A. Goldbeter: “Dynamical bases of cellular rhythms: Circadian clocks and the cell cycle”
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9:35-10:10: M. Lefranc: “Robustness of circadian clocks: hints from picoeukaryote ostreococcus”
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10:10-10:45: I. Stansfield: “Ribosome traffic flow on the messenger RNAs; stochastic control of gene expression”
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Chair: I. Stansfield
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11:15-11:50: J. Timmer: “Identifiability analysis of dynamical models in systems biology”
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11:50-12:25: A. Brown: “A CRISP approach to modelling stress responses in fungal pathogens”
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12:25-13:00: J.F. Joanny: “Mechanics of growth tissues”
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:10: Contributed sessions
Contributed Session A (room NK1, chair: O. Ebenhoeh)
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14:30-14:50: V. Shahrezaei: “The Ste5 scaffold protein directly controls a switch-like mating decision in yeast through novel zero-order ultrasensitivity”
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14:50-15:10: K. Guseva: “Group behaviour of mechanosensitive channels”
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15:10-15:30: O. Kartal: “Heads or tails? Alternative pathways in the synthesis of transitory starch”
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15:30-15:50: C. Rodrigues: “Emergent states for deterministic and stochastic processes: a step towards the dynamics of systems biology”
Contributed Session B (room NK6, chair: M. Baptista)
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14:30-14:50: E. Ullner: "Noise-induced rhythmicity in an ensemble of circadian oscillators"
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14:50-15:10: R. Hoyle: “Equation-free bifurcation analysis of a stochastic kinetic model of a two-component signalling systems”
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15:10-15:30: D. Schardosim Calovi: “A new approach to calculate cAMP diffusion for simulations of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum”
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15:30-15:50: A. Koseska: “Symmetry breaking instabilities in biological processes - the oscillation death phenomena”
Contributed Session C (room NK10, chair: R. Viana)
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14:30-14:50: J. C. Claussen: “Reversal of stability of coexistence in cyclic coevolution”
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14:50-15:10: S. Pigolotti: “Oscillation patterns in regulatory networks”
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15:10-15:30: T. de Paula Peixoto: “Boolean networks with reliable dynamics”
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15:30-15:50: J. Aguirre: “RNA neutral networks: the topology of evolution”
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15:50-16:10: L. Sommerlade: “Time-resolved estimation of directed influences”
Contributed Session D (room NK14, chair: G. Coghill)
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14:30-14:50: Z. Neufeld: “Positional information generated by spatially distributed signaling cascades”
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14:50-15:10: S. Heldt: “Quantitative modelling of protein translation: ribosomal competition for rare resources and its impact on dynamics”
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15:10-15:30: H. Solari: “An eco-epidemiological model for dengue and yellow fever”
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15:30-15:50: M. Natiello: “Stochastic and deterministic population dynamics”
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15:50-16:10: J. Kleine-Albers and R. Macdonald: "A genetically engineered machine: the Pico-Plumber"
16:10-16:40: Coffee break
Chair: M. Lefranc
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16:40-17:15: R. Thul: “Calcium waves in atrial myocytes - a decisive role for cellular morphology”
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17:15-17:50: M. Barberis: “A systems biology investigation of cell cycle regulation in budding yeast”
Poster Session
18:30-21:00: Poster session with wine and sandwiches in Elphistone Hall
Tuesday
Chair: J. Garcia-Ojalvo
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9:00-9:35: D. Broomhead: “It's all in the timing: a calculus of events for systems biology?”
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9:35-10:10: C. Molina-Paris: “Stochastic modelling in immunology”
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10:10-10:45: R. Allen: “DNA looping provides stability and robustness to the bacteriophage lambda genetic switch”
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Chair: A. Millar
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11:15-11:50: P. Neri: “Nonlinear characterization of a simple process in human vision”
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11:50-12:25: M. Tyers: “Architecture of the budding yeast kinome”
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12:25-13:00: M. Wechselberger: “Multiple time-scales, bursts and canards in pituitary cells”
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:10: Contributed sessions
Contributed Session A (room NK1, chair: O. Ebenhoeh)
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14:30-14:50: I. Tuval: “Chlamydomonas swims with two "gears" in a eukaryotic version of run and-tumble locomotion”
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14:50-15:10: M. Ivanchenko: “Diversity by extinction: naïve T-cell homeostasis”
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15:10-15:30: L. Ciandrini: “Dynamics of translating ribosomes: a mean field approach”
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15:30-15:50: A. Skupin: “Role of noise in circadian oscillators”
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15:50-16:10: C. Argolo: “Universality classes of the absorbing state transition in a system with interacting static and diffusive populations”
Contributed Session B (room NK6, chair: E. Ullner)
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14:30-14:50: U. Parlitz: “Quantifying information flow in inhomogeneous media using multivariate time series”
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14:50-15:10: S. Rosenfeld: “Characteristics of transcriptional activity in nonlinear dynamics of genetic regulatory networks”
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15:10-15:30: M. Baptista: “The combined effects of chemical and electrical synapses in Hindmarsch-Rose neural networks on synchronization and on the rate of information”
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15:30-15:50: C. Brackley: “Inhomogeneous connectivity in a continuum neural field model”
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15:50-16:10: I. Gucwa: "Blow-up analysis of glycolytic oscillations"
Contributed Session C (room NK10, chair: E. Macau)
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14:30-14:50: R. L. Viana: “Delayed feedback control of bursting synchronization in a scale-free neuronal network”
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14:50-15:10: C. Laing: “Dimension reduction in neural models: an example - binocular rivalry”
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15:10-15:30: I. Tokuda: “Role of chaotic resonance in cerebellar learning”
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15:30-15:50: R. Kraide Soffner: “Education and systems biology”
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15:50-16:10: A. Kort: “Stochastic simulation of protein translation: effects during transient phase”
Contributed Session D (room NK14, chair: M. Thiel)
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14:30-14:50: R. Straube: “Inward rotating spiral waves in glycolysis: a benchmark for glycolytic model systems”
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14:50-15:10: R. Dilao: “mRNA diffusion explains protein gradients in Drosophila early development”
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15:10-15:30: P. Guerrero Contreras: “A nonlinear flux limited reaction-diffusion equation with applications in biology and traffic flow: analysis of travelling waves”
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15:30-15:50: K. Iida: "Wave on circle patterns in general chemotactic model of oscillators"
16:10-16:40: Coffee break
Chair: J. Kurths
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16:40-17:15: J. Garcia-Ojalvo: "Noise as a selection criterion in gene regulatory networks"
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17:15-17:50: A. Millar: "The functions of circuit complexity in the circadian clock"
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17:50-18:25: T. Arecchi: "Dynamics of consciousness: complexity and creativity"
Conference Dinner
19:00-21:00: Conference dinner in Elphistone Hall
Wednesday
Chair: A. Arneodo
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9:00-9:35: M. Stumpf: "Model-selection for Signal Transduction Dynamics using Approximate Bayesian Computation"
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9:35-10:10: E. Mosekilde: "Synchronization and chaos in nephron autoregulation"
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10:10-10:45: H. Kantz: "Complex models for complex reality"
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Chair: H. Kantz
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11:15-11:50: A. Arneodo: “Nucleosome positioning by excluding genomic energy barriers”
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11:50-12:25: P. Grassberger: “Reconstructing regulatory networks using conditional mutual information”
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12:25-13:00: T. Baumgart: “Biophysical aspects of complex lipid/protein model membranes”
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:30-16:30: Contributed sessions
Contributed Session A: special cardiac session (room NK1, chair: U. Parlitz)
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14:30-14:50: M. Baer: “Different wave instabilities leading to alternans in models of excitable tissue”
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14:50-15:10: E. Cherry: “Cardiac alternans 2: electrotonic and memory effects ”
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15:10-15:30: F. Fenton: “Cardiac alternans 3: alternative mechanisms”
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15:30-15:50: S. E. Lehnart: "Ryanodine receptor missense mutations cause intracellular calcium leak and triggered arrhythmias - a novel paradigm for gene-environment interactions"
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15:50-16:10: N. Wessel: "Detection of time-delayed interactions in biosignals using symbolic coupling traces"
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16:10-16:30: S. Luther: "Low-energy termination of cardiac arrhythmias"
Contributed Session B (room NK6, chair: O. Ebenhoeh)
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14:30-14:50: C. Deroulers: “Modeling the migration of interacting cancer cells: from microscopic to macroscopic models”
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14:50-15:10: H. Hameister: “PCNA acts as a central switchboard during DNA replication and repair”
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15:10-15:30: B. I. Camara: “3D reaction diffusion system of anti-tumor therapy using replicating oncolytic adenovirus”
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15:30-15:50: P. Van Liederkerke: “A particle based model to simulate the dynamics of plant cells”
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15:50-16:10: M. Hauser: “Properties of the plasmodial vein network of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum”
Contributed Session C (room NK10, chair: M. C. Romano)
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14:30-14:50: A. Schelin: “Chaotic advection in blood flow”
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14:50-15:10: E. Macau: “Combined used of methods of nonlinear dynamics and neural networks in the evaluation of heart rate variability in different clinical situations”
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15:10-15:30: P. Dely: “Direct observation of vein morphogenesis in Phyarum ploycephalum”
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15:30-15:50: I. Aihara: "Synchronization in frustrated calling behavior of Japanese tree frogs"
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15:50-16:10: M. Dahlem: “Migraine: A dynamical disease”
Contributed Session D (room NK14, chair: J. C. Claussen)
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14:30-14:50: F. J. Perez-Reche: “Prediction of an epidemic outbreak from its early dynamics”
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14:50-15:10: S. De Monte: “Emergence of variability in isogenic Escherichia coli cells infected by a phage”
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15:10-15:30: R. Frehse Pereira: “Modeling the indeterminate competition”
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15:30-15:50: A. Menzel: “Nonlinear stress-strain behavior and electric field response of nematic elastomers”
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15:50-16:10: G. Vidal: “A cryptosystem with quantum cryptography properties based on chaos”
16:30-17:00: Coffee break
Chair: R. Stoop
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17:00-17:35: S. Schiff: “Kalman meets neuron - the emerging intersection of control theory and neuroscience”
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17:35-18:10: K. Aihara: “Dynamical systems modelling of prostate cancer and its hormone therapy”
Launching of the Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology (ICSMB)
18:30-19:00: King's College Centre
19:00-21:00: Reception at Robert's MacKay Hall
Thursday
Chair: Y.-C. Lai
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9:00-9:35:V. Rom-Kedar: “Models of the innate immune system: theory and medical applications”
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9:35-10:10: M. Chaplain: “Multiscale mathematical modelling of cancer”
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10:10-10:45:S. Coombes: "Dynamics of neural field models"
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Chair: S. Coombes
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11:15-11:50: D. Rand: “Deterministic and stochastic functionality of regulatory and signalling networks”
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11:50-12:25: Y.-C. Lai: “Basins of coexistence”
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12:25-13:00: R. Stoop: "Generic manifold spin/brain-like clustering approaches"
13:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-…: Excursion to Dunnottar Castle with whiskey reception
Friday
Chair: J. Geddes
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9:00-9:35:J. Kurths: “Synchronization and complex networks: are such theoretical approaches useful for Life Sciences?”
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9:35-10:10: R. Goldstein: “Synchronization of eukaryotic flagella”
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10:10-10:45: R. Metzler: “Gene regulation and stochasticity”
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Chair: R. Metzler
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11:15-11:50: J. Geddes: "Structural adaptation of microvessels”
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11:50-12:25: G. Coghill: “Model-based systems and qualitative reasoning for systems biology”
End of Conference
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14:00-19:00: Satellite meeting MMEMS* on “Evolution of Stress Responses”
Saturday
- 9:00-19:00: Satellite meeting MMEMS* on “Evolution of Stress Responses”
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Posters must be in A0 format, portrait orientation. The posters will be exhibited in Elphinstone Hall on Monday, from 18:30 to 21:00, and on Tuesday, during the conference banquet. Participants can access Elphistone Hall on Monday from 13:00 to hang their posters.
- Modelling of the Escherichia coli stress response to methylglyoxal: the glyoxalase detoxification pathway
C. Almeida
University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences and College of Physical Sciences, Aberdeen, UK
- Detection of Overlapping Communities in Complex Networks
J. A. Almendral
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Chaotic Phase Synchronization in Neural Bursting Systems Driven by Weak Periodic Force
H. Ando
RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirowasa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Critical behavior of a vector mediated propagation of an epidemic process in 1D -The cumulant technique versus short time dynamics
C. Argolo
IFAL, Rua Barao de Atalaia S/N Centro 57000-000, Brazil
- Synchronization and Stability in Noisy Population Dynamics
S. B. L. Araujo
IFGW/UNICAMP,Caixa Postal 6165, 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Dynamics of C14 label distribution in the Calvin cycle
H. Assmus
MPI Molecular Plant Physiology, Systems Biology & Mathematical Modelling,Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Kinetic Features Of Iron (II)-Ascorbate-Dependent ipid Peroxidation
A. V. Bashylau
State University of New York at Fredonia,14063, USA, NY, Fredonia, 2155 Fenton Hall - Sympatric Speciation in Spatially Distributed opulations
E. M. Baptestini
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil - Implication of both positive and negative feedback circuits in plastid envelope membrane galactolipid biosynthetic pathway
O. Bastien
INRA UMR 1200 - CEA - CNRS- UJF
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale, CEA-Grenoble
Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant (iRTSV), France - Superdiffusive intracellular transport mediated by molecular motors in living cells (cancelled)
L. Bruno
Depto. Fisica. FCEyN. UBA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, (1428) Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina - Complex Networks analysis of magnetoencephalographic activity in mild cognitive impairment
J. M. Buldu
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Despacho 141, Departamental 2, URJC, 28933 Mostoles, SPAIN - Stochastisity and Periodical Regimes in Three Dimencional Predator-Prey Systems
T. E. Buriyev
Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan - Feedback topology and XOR-dynamics in Boolean networks with varying input structure
L. Ciandrini
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, King's College, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Excitation of resonant Turing patterns by flow instability
D. Cuinas
Group of Nonlinear Physics, Condensed Matter department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Dynamical quorum sensing in yeast cells
S. De Monte
Ecole Normale Superieure, Ecology and Evolution Lab, Dept. of Biology, Paris, France - Stochastic Modelling of DNA damage in cells
M. Fryett
Department of Physics, University of Aberdeen, UK - Spectral analysis of chaotic synchronization in non-identical oscillator networks
N. Fujiwara
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GERMANY - Network Modelling Of Vasculature and Circulation of Mouse Retina
P. B. Ganesan
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK - Influence of copper and cadmium ions on the electron transport in photosystem II
A. Halas
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland - Multiple Timescales in Models of Intracellular Calcium Dynamics
E. Harvey
Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Ribosomal competition and traffic jams during protein translation
S. Heldt
University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, UK - Elucidation of Functional Consequences of Pathway Interactions
A. E. C. Ihekwaba
The Microsoft Researchm University of Trento Centre for Computational Systems Biology, Trento, Italy - The impact of stress responses upon the growth and viability of pathogenic Candida species
D. Kaloriti
School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK - Oscillations in the expression of a self-repressed gene induced by a slow transcriptional dynamics
M. Lefranc
PhLAM, Universite Lille 1, France, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes, Molecules,
UFR de Physique, Cite Scientifique, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq - Real-time visualisation of bacterial flagella during reversal and swimming in correlated populations
M. Li
The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, UK - Predicting Gene Regulatory Networks in Candida albicans During Oral Infection
J. Linde
Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology- Hans-Knoell-Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany - Structure identification and control mechanisms in the Extrinsic Apoptosis Pathway
F. Lopez-Caamal
Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland - Noise and synchronization in pairs of beating eukaryotic flagella
M. Polin
DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK - Brazilian cerrado physiognomies identification by using fractal dimension
Sergio Henrique Vannucchi Leme de Mattos
Department of Geography, Institute of Geosciences, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil - Numerical Analysis of the Model of Dynamics of Blood-Forming System with the Age Structure (cancelled)
P. Mitkowski
AGH Krakow Poland, Electrical Faculty, Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica, al.
Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland - The Informational Dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Signalling Pathways
J. Navarro1 and Joaquin Sanz2
1Aragon Health Sciences Institute, 2Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems BIFI, Corona de Aragon 42 - 50009 Zaragoza (Spain) - Qualitative Modeling of Combinatorial Stress Responses in Candida albicans and Candida glabrata
W. Pang
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, UK - Switching dynamics of biochemical circuits with combined positive and negative feedback loops
B. Pfeuty
University of Lille, France - The global molecular responses of pathogenic Candida species to stresses
M. Puttnam
Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College London, UK - Random fluctuation leads to forbidden escape of particles
C. S. Rodrigues
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, UK - Pattern coupling in biological signals measured by Approximate Entropy
J. Roijals-Miras
Aberdeen University, Dept. of Radiology, Lilian Sutton building, ARI,AB252ZD, Aberdeen (UK) - A Manifold Learning Approach for Constructing Poincare Maps of High-Dimensional Chaotic Systems
H. Suetani
Kagoshima University, JST, and RIKEN, Department of Physics, 1-21-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan - Calcium signals driven by single channel noise
A. Skupin
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1 D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany - Chemical pattern formation in reactive flows
B. Thompson
University of Leeds, UK - Modelling the competence related signalling pathway in Streptococcus mutans (cancelled)
I. Tigges
MPI Magdeburg, Germany - The nitrosative stress responses in Candida albicans
A. Tillmann
CRISP, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, UK - Extracting Phase Dynamics from Nonstationary Data
I. Tokuda
JAIST, School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan - Weather and seasons together demand complex biological clocks
C. Troein
Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, UK - Mathematical modelling and analysis of combinatorial stress responses in fungal pathogens Candida glabrata and Candida albicans
T. You
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK - A mathematical model for amino acid starvation response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
T. You
Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- ECoG-based short-range recurrent stimulation techniques to stabilize tissue at risk of progressive damage: Theory based on clinical observations
M. A. Dahlem
Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, TU Berlin, Germany - Effect of external forcing on wave propagation in liquid active media
A. von Kameke
Group of Non Linear Physics, Facultad de Fisicas, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Modelling of the Escherichia coli stress response to methylglyoxal: the glyoxalase detoxification pathway
Please Note: This conference has now passed and registration is no longer available
The early registration fees are the following:
- Academic staff: 280 GBP (early registration)
- Students: 160 GBP (early registration)
The deadline for the early registration is July 31, 2009. The fees for online late registration are the following:
- Academic staff: 310 GBP
- Students: 200 GBP
Online registration will be closed the 6th of September.
The registration fee includes the Welcome Reception on Sunday, the 13th of September, the registration material, the coffee breaks and the Excursion on Thursday, the 17th of September.The registration fee does not include the conference dinner (48 GBP) consisting of welcome drink, four-course menu, wine and after-dinner coffee and tea. Please, note that we cannot guarantee the participation at the dinner after the online registration has been closed.
Address for all correspondence:
Emily Gardner
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Meston Building
King's College
Aberdeen
Scotland
AB24 3UE
United KingdomEmail: dsb09@abdn.ac.uk
Phone number: +44 1224 272297
Fax number: +44 1224 273105Organisers
We will have a satellite workshop about the "Evolution of Stress Responses".
This workshop will take place on Friday in the afternoon and on Saturday (September 18 and 19), in the lecture theatre 1 of the New Kings building.- Visit the satellite workshop webpage
On Campus Accommodation: King's Hall
The daily rate for single accommodation is £48.70 (breakfast included). The daily rate for twin accommodation is £59.57 (breakfast included), independently whether it is occupied by one or two persons.
There are limited numbers of rooms available so please, book early to avoid disappointment.
Local Accomodation
There is a wide variety of accommodation available in Aberdeen from 4 star hotels to cosy Bed and Breakfast Guest Houses. Local accommodation for the conference is being handled by the Aberdeen Convention Bureau who have negotiated special conference rates with a range of hotels in the City. Their offer is available by clicking here:
https://www.conferencebookings.co.uk/delegate/ACBDISB (closed)
Moreover, here is a list of Bed and Breakfast Guest Houses that are close to the University:
Brentwood Villa Guest House (3 Crowns, highly commended) 560 King Street Aberdeen Tel. 01224 480633
The Jays Guest House (2 Crowns, highly commended)
422 King Street
Aberdeen
Tel. 01224 638295Lillian Cottage (2 Crowns, highly commended)
422 King Street
Aberdeen
Tel. 01224 636947Arkaig Guest House (2 Crowns, highly commended)
43 Powis Terrace
Aberdeen
Tel. 01224 625444Other accommodation options are available at the following links (please note they are not maintained by the organisers):
If you need further assistance, please, send an e-mail for the organisers at dsb09@abdn.ac.uk
Aberdeen is a busy city, please, make reservation as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Venue
The conference venue is Room 6 in New King's on King's College Campus at the University of Aberdeen.
Parking is limited, and on a first come, first served basis.
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