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Between unicellularity and multicellularity:
microbes in interactions (MINT)
1st - 2nd July
2010

Institut des Systèmes Complexes Paris-Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF)
57/59, rue Lhomond 75005 Paris, France

Microbe populations behaviour and evolution are quantitatively  monitored from the single cell level to the whole population/multicellular organism level, revealing both statistical distributions of their properties and large scale collective dynamics.

This meeting will discuss the dynamics and evolution of interacting microbial cells. Approaches to this problem, which are often characterised by interdisciplinary efforts, will include both theoretical and experimental investigations on microbial populations.

Two main biological systems will be discussed: Dictyostelium  social amoebae, as a model organism alternating between unicellular and multicellular phases, and bacterial populations, as a powerful model in quantitative biology.

Scientific committee

Silvia De Monte (Ecology & Evolution lab, ENS Paris),
Clément Nizak (LSP, Grenoble),
Francesco Ginelli (ISC, Paris)

Preliminary speakers list

  • Michel Morange (ENS, Paris)
  • Vidyanand Nanjundiah (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
  • Shalmali Kamat (LSP, Grenoble)
  • Sandrine Adiba (Ecology & Evolution lab, ENS Paris)
  • Hugues Chaté (SPEC, CEA Saclay)
  • Fernando Peruani (MPIPKS Dresden)
  • Thomas Julou (ABCD biophysics lab, ENS, Paris)
  • Jérôme Robert (Integrated Biological Systems lab, ENS, Paris)
  • Thomas Gregor (Lab for the physics of life,  Princeton)
  • Daniel Calovi (Theoretical and Computational Models group, UFRGS, Porto Alegre)
  • Minus van Baalen (Ecology & Evolution lab, ENS Paris)
  • Knut Drescher (DAMPT, Cambridge)
  • Dusan Misevic (TAMARA lab, Necker, Paris)

Registration

Please send an email to francesco.ginelli (at) iscpif.fr with your name and affiliation.
There is no registration fee and coffee breaks will be offered. Participants are expected to cover their travel and hotel expenses. The registration deadline is 25 June 2010.

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