Statistical physics for life – from genes to neurons.

Statistical physics for life – from genes to neurons

A symposium in honor of Vincent Hakim

Location:

Conf IV - E244
24, rue Lhomond
Department of Physics
Ecole Normale Superieure

Provisional Programme

9.00 Welcome

Session 1 - Statistical & biological physics (chair: B. Derrida) 

9.05 Alain Karma (Northeastern): “Diffuse and Sharp Interface Models of Cellular Blebbing”

9.35 Martine Ben Amar  (ENS PSL): TBD

10.05 Kirone Mallick (CEA Saclay): TBD

10.35 - 11.00  coffee break

Session 2 - Cell mechanics, regulation, immunology (chair: P. Silberzan)

11.00 Cécile Sykes (ENS PSL): “Cell nucleus translocation through constrictions: identifying the orchestra.”

11.30 Aleksandra Walczak (ENS PSL): “How personalised is your immune system”

12.00 Paul François (Université de Montréal): “From theory to immunotherapy”

12.30 - 14.00  lunch break

Session 3 - Neuroscience (chair: B. Barbour)

14.00 Nicolas Brunel (Bocconi Milan): TBD

14.30 Francesca Mastrogiuseppe  (Champalimaud Foundation): TBD

15.00 Magnus Richardson (Warwick): “Rapid response and resonance in a minimal dendritic neuron model”

15h30 - 16h  coffee break

Session 4 - Neuroscience and beyond  (chair: S. Cocco)

16.00 Hervé Rouault  (INMED Marseille): TBD

16.30 Thierry Mora (ENS PSL): “The function of strong, positive correlations in the retinal code”

17.00 Francis Corson (ENS PSL): “How cells agree on making an embryo”

17.30 Vincent Hakim  (ENS PSL)

17.45 Pot d’honneur