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Introduction: |
While the detailed knowledge of the molecular basis of life is rapidly
accumulating, the understanding of how observed biological behaviour emerge
from the underlying biochemistry and molecular biology is still immature.
The theories of nonlinear dynamics - sometimes called ``the science
of complexity'' or ``chaos theory'' - provides a rigid, mathematical framework
for such a description of living organisms, which are the ultimate examples
of complex systems. Therefore, biologists need to know about nonlinear
dynamics, and nonlinear dynamicists need to know about biology. The purpose
of this Ph.D. school is to enhance such ``mutual understanding''.
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Format: |
The Danish Graduate
School of Nonlinear Science and Graduate
School of Biophysics offers this interdisciplinary Ph.D. school to
graduate students in biology, chemistry and biophysics. Given a suitable
background, it is open to other students as well.
The school begins with an intensive two-week series of lectures
and excersises on the general concepts of nonlinear dynamics. This
introduces a wide range of concepts from nonlinear dynamics, and provides
non-specialist participants with a sufficient background for the second
part of the school, which is a one-week symposium open as well to
the graduate students of the Ph. D. school as to other participants. During
this symposium, leading scientists will give talks on the applications
of nonlinear dynamics in biology.
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Lectures:
April 25 - May 5
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Basic concepts of nonlinear dynamics
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Continuation methods
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Amplitude equations
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Pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems
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Fractal growth phenomena
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Chaos in biological systems
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Cell synchronization
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Biological examples
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Symposium:
May 8 - 11
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Cell Synchronization in Beta-Cells
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Cell Synchronization in Yeast Cells
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Bacterial Pattern Formation
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Reaction-Diffusion Systems
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Modelling Biological Systems
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Combining Experiments and Models
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Prerequisits: |
Senior scientists interested in the topics of the Ph.D. school
are encouraged to participate in the symposium.
Graduate students of biology: A general appreciation of mathematics
is recommended, but no special knowledge of nonlinear dynamics is required
since this is taught in the first part of the Ph. D. school.
Graduate students of physics, chemistry or engineering: Fundamentals
of biochemistry and molecular cell biology is strongly recommended.
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Location: |
The Niels Bohr Institute
University of Copenhagen
Blegdamsvej 17
DK-2100 Copenhagen
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Denmark
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Organizers: |
Erik Mosekilde, Physics
Department, Technical University of Denmark.
Preben Graae Sørensen,
Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen.
Sune Danø, Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen.
The school is funded by The Danish Research
Academy through the Graduate
School of Biophysics and the Graduate
School of Nonlinear Science.
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