Friday, Feb 19
11:00 AM -
4:30 PM EST
We often study complex biological systems that were sculpted over long timescales by evolution, as well as the process of evolution itself. In this symposium, we turn instead to self-organizing systems and study ways in which life itself can emerge. This field is highly multi-disciplinary, drawing on tools and perspectives from biology, chemistry, physics, and applied math.
11:00 - 12:30
”Life is What?”
Sara Walker, Arizona State University
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1:00 - 2:30
”Lessons from molecular evolution:
From origin of life to phage-based nano materials”
Irene Chen, UCLA
3:00 - 4:30
”Towards Living Synthetic Matter”
Michael Brenner, Harvard University
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This symposium is accompanied by a tutorial aimed at advanced undergraduate and early graduate students. Please visit itsatcuny.org/forstudents to register.
Organizers:
David Schwab, The Graduate Center, CUNY
CPBF symposia committee
Sponsored in part by the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a joint effort of The Graduate Center and Princeton University.