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London
Mathematical Society - EPSRC Durham Symposium
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Grand Biological Challenges for Mathematicians
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Monday 9th July - Tuesday 17th July 2012
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The
LMS Durham
Research Symposia
began in 1974, and form an established series of
international research meetings, with over 90 symposia to date. They
provide an excellent opportunity to explore an area of research in
depth, to learn of new developments, and to instigate links between
different branches. The format is designed to allow substantial time
for interaction and research. The meetings are held in July and August, usually
lasting for 10 days, with up to 70 participants, roughly half of whom
will come from the UK. Lectures and seminars take place on the top floor of the Calman Learning Centre (room CLC407) of the
University of Durham |
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Invited participants include:
| Frank Ball, | probabilist, | Nottingham |
| Lucia Banci, | chemist, | Florence |
| Robijn Bruinsma, | biophysicist, | UCLA |
| Damian Brunner, | biochemist, | Zurich |
| Nigel Burroughs, | mathematical physicist, | Warwick |
| Jennifer Cavet, | biochemist, | Manchester |
| Mark Chaplain, | applied mathematician, | Dundee |
| Jack Cowan, | neuroscientist and mathematician, | Chicago |
| Christoph Fahrni, | biochemist, | Georgia Tech |
| Anja Geitmann, | plant biologist, | Montreal |
| David Giedroc, | biochemist, | Indiana |
| James Glazier, | physicist, | Biocomplexity Inst. Indiana |
| Manoj Gopalakrishnan, | theoretical biophysicist, | IITM |
| Seth Grant, | molecular biologist, | Edinburgh |
| Tim Hales, | neuroscientist, | Dundee |
| Tom O'Halloran, | chemist, | Chicago |
| Rhoda Hawkins, | biophysicist, | Sheffield |
| Alan Hawkes, | statistician, | Swansea |
| Conor Houghton, | mathematical neuroscientist, | Bristol |
| Jack Johnson, | virologist, | La Jolla |
| Charles Knobler, | chemist, | UCLA |
| Kristine Krug, | neuroscientist, | Oxford |
| Remigijus Lape, | pharmacologist, | UCL |
| Tannie Liverpool, | soft condensed matter physicist, | Bristol |
| Fred MacKintosh, | theoretical biophysicist, | Amsterdam |
| Eric May, | biophysicist, | Michigan |
| Cristian Micheletti, | statistical mechanics, | SISSA |
| Philip Nelson, | physicist, | Penn |
| Peter Olmsted, | soft condensed matter physicist, | Leeds |
| Kevin Painter, | mathematician, | Heriot-Watt |
| Andrew Parker, | physiologist, | Oxford |
| Michel Peyrard, | theoretical biophysicist, | ENS Lyon |
| Nadine Peyriéras, | theoretical biologist, | Gif sur Yvette |
| Tomaso Poggio, | computer neuroscientist, | MIT |
| Mark van Rossum, | computational neuroscience, | Edinburgh |
| Richard Sear, | computational physicist, | Surrey |
| Thomas Serre, | computer neuroscientist, | Brown |
| Hannah Smithson, | neuroscientist, | Oxford |
| Alasdair Steven, | biologist, | NIH |
| Peter Stockley, | biochemist, | Leeds |
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Outline
The goal of the symposium is to open and
consolidate channels of communication
between biologists at the forefront of
their field, and mathematicians who are
either already engaged in various
modelling efforts or curious to learn
about the challenges faced by biologists
at a time when powerful technologies
provide a plethora of data and images
requiring urgent scientific
interpretation.
This symposium will cover a wide range of
modelling techniques, including computer
science, statistics and biophysics as
well, and we expect that the interactions
with biologists will inspire the
development of new mathematical
techniques. We anticipate that it will
contribute to bridging the culture gap
between biologists and
mathematicians/physicists unfamiliar with
the handling of complex systems, and will
attempt to develop a better sense of which
mathematical models are either
over-simplified to the point of being
useless, or over-complex to the point of
being intractable.
Read the complete symposium flyer
and a tentative schedule (last update May 25th).
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Travel
Information
Useful information about travelling to Durham
can be found on the Department
of Mathematics webpages and on
the University
of Durham's pages.
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Accomodation
Accomodation for most participants will be in Holgate House, Grey
College. This is conveniently located near to the lecture rooms in
the Calman Learning Centre. Guest rooms offer en-suite and
internet-connection facilities. Attendance is by invitation only and fees for self-supporting participants are payable by cash, credit card, sterling cheques or sterling travellers cheques at registration.
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Organising Committee:
Kasper Peeters (Durham),
Anne Taormina (Durham),
Reidun Twarock (York)
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Scientific advisers:
Paul Chazot, Nigel Robinson, Roy Quinlan (BSI, Durham)
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