Multi-Scale Phenomena In Biology

Month: November 2008

Date: November 4--6

Name: Multi-Scale Phenomena In Biology

Location: OIST Seaside House, Okinawa, Japan.

Description

A multitude of biological phenomena are described at multiple levels. What are the commonalities and differences between neuroscience, evolutionary biology, molecular biology and ecology in this regard? How can mathematics help in describing these phenomena?

Confirmed Speakers

Bjorn Engquist; The University of Texas at Austin; Hans Othmer; University of Minnesota; Eric Vanden-Eijnden; Courant Institute; Keiko Takahashi, Earth Simulator Center; Dan Rockmore, Dartmouth College; Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute; Diego Rasskin-Gutman, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research; Tony Bell, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience; Robert Warner, University of California; Walter R. Tschinkel, Florida State University; Klaus M. Stiefel, OIST.

Support

Travel scholarships are available. We encourage applications by graduate students and postdocs whose research interests touch these subjects. To apply please contact Ryoko Uchida or Shino Fibbs (multi@oist.jp).

Information

http://www.irp.oist.jp/tenu/multi.html.