Collaboratorium Annual Symposium: Modelling Biology Across Scales
28 & 29 October 2024
Overview
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Next October, we will celebrate the second anniversary of the Barcelona Collaboratorium. An important element of its success has been its annual symposium: the inaugural symposium titled “Programmable Life” in 2022, as well as last year’s symposium “Intelligence: natural, artificial and synthetic”.
This year’s symposium “Modelling biology across scales” will showcase the range of applications of computational, mathematical and theoretical methods in biology, ranging from single molecular structures to tissues and populations. In addition to invited talks by international keynote speakers, the symposium offers the opportunity for participants to present their work through a flash talk and at the poster session.
Scientific Organisers
Speakers
Programme
Day 1 - October 28, 2024
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09:00 |
Registration, PRBB Auditorium (PRBB auditorium, Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain) |
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09:30 |
Welcome and presentation by Scientific Organizers Nora Martin and Rosa Martinez Corral |
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Session I: Mathematical models for biological complexity Chair: Nora Martin Barcelona Collaboratorium Independent Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) |
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09:40 |
Chromosomes as communication and memory machines Leonid Mirny Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
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10:20 |
Topology for spatio-temporal biology Heather Harrington Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) |
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11:00 |
- coffee break -
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11:30 |
Models with enhanced predictive power for systems and synthetic biology Irene Otero-Muras Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) |
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12:10 |
Flash Talks |
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12:45 |
- lunch -
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13:30 |
Poster Session I |
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Session II: Development, patterning and tissues Chair: James Sharpe Barcelona Collaboratorium Senior Fellow, EMBL Barcelona |
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Processing precise developmental signals: information concepts in gene regulation Marianne Bauer Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
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Positional information theory Karen Page University College London (UCL) |
| 16:05 |
- coffee break -
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| 16:40 |
Modularity of the segmentation clock and morphogenesis Berta Verd University of Oxford |
| 17:20 |
Bottom-up mechanobiology: from cell sheets to organoids Xavier Trepat Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) |
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18:00 |
Visit to the Collaboratorium and Networking Drinks |
Day 2 - October 29, 2024
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09:00 |
Late registration, PRBB auditorium |
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Session III: High-dimensional spaces in evolution and populations Chair: Rosa Martinez Corral Barcelona Collaboratorium Independent Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) |
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Computational modelling of tuberculosis at different scales: from bacillus-macrophage interactions and lung-level dynamics to country-level epidemiology Clara Prats Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
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From mutational effects to evolutionary processes: modelling variation with genotype-phenotype maps Nora Martin Barcelona Collaboratorium Independent Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) |
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10:50 |
- coffee break -
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11:20 |
Mutate everything: mapping the energetic and allosteric landscapes of proteins at scale Ben Lehner Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Sanger Institute |
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12:00 |
Signatures of emergent low-dimensional dynamics in high-throughput biological data Ilya Nemenman Emory University |
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12:40 |
Flash Talks |
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13:15 |
- lunch -
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14:00 |
Poster Session II |
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Session IV: Machine learning Chair: Nicholas Stroustrup Barcelona Collaboratorium Senior Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) |
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| 15:30 |
Mapping regulatory circuits with AI models - from variants to dysregulation in disease Olga Troyanskaya Princeton University |
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Knowledge-based machine learning to extract molecular mechanisms from omics data Julio Saez-Rodriguez Heidelberg University |
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16:50 |
Wrap-up and final remarks |
Call for abstracts
Abstract submissions for poster presentation and flash talks is now open and can be done via the registration link. At the time of submission, you will be asked to indicate if you want your poster to be considered for a flash talk presentation as well.
General Information
Language: All abstracts must be written in English.
Deadline: abstracts MUST BE RECEIVED no later than September 15th, 2024
Notification of acceptance will be mailed by September 30th, 2024. Only the presenting/first author will receive the email notification of acceptance or rejection, and is responsible for informing all co-authors of the status of the abstract.
Content of the Abstract
Abstracts are limited to 300 words.
Abstracts must contain: title, authors, primary institution, purpose of the study, methods used, summary of the results and conclusion reached.
Abstracts will be published as submitted. Proof and edit your submission accordingly.
Information for poster presenters: The poster space will be 90 x 120 cm (width x height), which corresponds to DIN-A0 VERTICAL layout.
Registration
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