Friday, Nov 12
11:00 AM -
4:30 PM EST
watch the lectures
The development of an embryo, from a single cell to a complex organism, is one of the most striking phenomena in the natural world. Long explored by biologists, it has also attracted attention from the physics community. This interplay of physics and biology has been invigorated by new experimental methods, new approaches to data analysis, and new theoretical ideas. In this symposium we sample recent excitement in the field. The format allows our speakers to start with the foundations of their subject and still get to the frontier, with plenty of time for discussion.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Precision and plasticity in animal transcription
Angela DePace, Harvard Medical School
with Tim Harden and Rosa Martinez-Corral
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Genes, geometry, and development
Madhav Mani, Northwestern University
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Geometry and genetics or,
Embryology: real and imagined
Eric Siggia, Rockefeller University
This event is sponsored in part by the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a joint effort of The Graduate Center, CUNY and Princeton University.
are you a student looking for a primer to the talks?
Graduate students and advanced undergraduates interested in attending the symposium
are invited to an online tutorial on Wed 10 Nov @ 1 PM EST led by CPBF postdoctoral fellow Marianne Bauer, and CPBF doctoral student Caroline Holmes.
Interested in more tutorials?
Check out the full schedule of tutorials offered at ITS this semester here.