Program for 1999 Ph.D. Summer School in


Modelling Nonlinear Dynamics
in Complex Chemical and Biological Systems



Dates and location:

June 21 to June 25 in aud.8 at the H.C.Ørsted Institute
Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen

Qualifications:

Ph.D. and candidate students in chemistry, physics and biochemistry

Background and scope:

Oscillatory phenomena are commonly observed in biological and chemical systems. These phenomena can not be attributed to a single species or reaction but are properties of the entire system. A complete understanding depends on having a mechanistic model, which unfortunately is not available in most cases. A partial but nevertheless quantitative description can be approached from the point of view of non linear dynamics. In chemical systems these two approaches has been largely successful and the aim of the school is to discuss the possibility of transferring experiences from studies of actual chemical systems to new methods for studies of biological systems.

Contents:

The course will present examples of mechanistic and dynamic approaches to the modelling of chemical and biological systems. Important concepts and methods of each approach will be discussed e.g. autocatalysis and sensitivity analysis for mechanistic descriptions. and excitability and amplitude equations for dynamics. The relation between the two types of description will be discussed.

Form:

The course consists of morning sessions with lectures given by local and foreign teachers, and afternoon sessions with exercises and student contributions.

Invited speakers: Albert Goldbeter (Bruxelles), Milos Marek (Prague), Arpad Nagy, (Bratislava) and (Lars Folke Olsen), University of Odense.

Program for the Summer School
Abstract of Lectures

Organizers:

Axel Hunding, Finn Hynne and Preben Graae Sørensen from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen and Erik Mosekilde from the Technical University of Denmark. The course is organized by the Ph.D. School of Nonlinear Science and supported by the Danish Research Academy.

Enquiries and registration:

Preben Graae Sørensen,
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
Phone 35320246, e-mail pgs@kiku.dk




1999-04-13