Seminar (WS 2009/10)
Principles of Biological Development
Objective:
Biological development typically starts from a single fertilized cell, follows a precisely regulated sequence of steps and finally leads to an intricate pattern of differentiated tissues in the adult organism. It has turned out that biological development can be interpreted as cooperative phenomenon emerging in a system of interacting cells and molecules. Accordingly, mathematical modelling is essential to understand key steps in the developmental dynamics as cell division, signalling, differentiation, segmentation or regeneration. In the seminar, we are focusing on the question: What are the mechanisms of self-organization that govern the pattern formation orchestra and how can suitable mathematical models be analyzed? By means of talks, discussions and computer simulations, key questions of biological development and suitable mathematical models will be introduced.
The seminar is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, biology or computer science who are interested in this highly interdisciplinary application field.
- Flyer (pdf) with the Objective of the seminar.
- Time: 4 Monday afternoons 14.00-17.00: Nov. 16, Dec. 14, 2009 and Jan. 18, Feb. 8 2010
Kickoff meeting and distribution of talks: October 26, 14.00-15.00, INF-1096 - Location: INF-1096, Computer Science Dept. of TU Dresden at Nöthnitzer Str. 46
- Organizers:
Christopher Antos, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden
Lutz Brusch, ZIH, TU Dresden
Andreas Deutsch, ZIH, TU Dresden
Andy Oates, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) - Contact: Andreas Deutsch, Tel. 463-31943
- In this semester the related lecture "Introduction to Mathematical Biology II" takes place. More information.
- Program of the Seminar talks: download here.
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