MBI Workshop: Dynamics of Signal Transduction and of Gene-Protein Regulatory Networks

Month: November 2009

Date: November 2--6

Name: MBI Workshop: Dynamics of Signal Transduction and of Gene-Protein Regulatory Networks

Location: Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Description

Information about the environment, which organisms collect by membrane receptors, is processed by a complex network of signaling reactions to generate appropriate responses in terms of gene expression, development and differentiation, motility, cell growth and division, and programmed cell death. To survive and exist in harmony with its environment, the cell has to arrive at responses that are robust, specific, and consistent with its role in a cell ensemble. The information processing system is replete with nonlinear interactions, which create bistable switches, signal relaying, adaptation, limit cycle oscillations, and other exotic responses. The purpose of this workshop is to survey recent advances in our understanding of the signal-response characteristics of living cells, and to foster deeper and more fruitful collaborations between theorists and experimentalists.

Information

http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2009/ws2description.html.