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Program Schedule
15 Dec | 16 Dec | 17
Dec | 18 Dec | 19 Dec
15 Dec (Mon)
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Time |
Program |
Session One: Active Matter and Origins of Life
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA;
Visiting Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 09:30-09:45 |
“Spherical Cows and Arrogant Bull”
Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA)
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| 09:45-10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00-10:40 |
“Active Condensed Matter”
Sriram Ramaswamy (TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, India) |
| 10:40-11:00 |
Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Break
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Session Two: The Emergence of Complexity in
Biology
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA;
Visiting Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 11:30-12:10 |
“Beyond Self-Organized
Criticality”
Chao Tang (Peking University, China) |
| 12:10-12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 |
Christmas Lunch
Reception (Lobby, HKUST IAS) |
| 14:00-14:40 |
“Game Theory and Bacteria”
Erwin Frey (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Discussion |
Session Three: Adaptive Active Matter
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA;
Visiting Professor of HKUST IAS) |
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15:00-15:40 |
“Complex
Hierarchical Structures in Tissue”
Jesse Silverberg (Cornell University, USA) |
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15:40-16:00 |
Discussion |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Break
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| 16:30-17:10 |
“Towards Autonomous
Soft Matter Systems”
Shashi Thutupalli (Princeton University, USA) |
| 17:10-17:30 |
Discussion |
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16 Dec (Tue)
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Time |
Program |
Session Four: Bacteria As Adaptive Computers
Discussion Leader: Leihan Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 09:30-10:10 |
“Adapt Locally and Act Globally”
Yuhai Tu (IBM Research Division, USA)
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| 10:10-10:30 |
Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00-11:40 |
“The Last Thing We Need is a More "Physics Approach" to Biology”
John Doyle (Cal Tech via remote link) |
| 11:40-12:00 |
Discussion |
| 12:00-12:40 |
“The Microbiome-Macrobiome Interaction”
Nick Chia (Mayo Clinic, USA)
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| 12:40-13:00 |
Discussion |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged)
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Session Five: The Emergence of Networks in Biological Systems
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA; Visiting
Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 14:00-14:40 |
“Emergent Cell-Cell Networks and Signaling in Tissue”
Thea Tlsty (UC San Francisco, USA) |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Discussion |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Break
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| 15:30-16:10 |
“The Many Faces of Information in Living and Nonliving Matter”
Eshel Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv University, Israel) |
| 16:10-16:30 |
Discussion |
| 16:30-17:10 |
“Entrainment Transitions in
Populations”
Leihan Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 17:10-17:30 |
Discussion |
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17 Dec (Wed)
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Time |
Program |
Session Six: Re-thinking the Emergence of Diseases
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA; Visiting
Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
“Cancer As a Robust Intrinsic State”
Ping Ao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
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| 09:40-10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Break
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| 10:30-11:40 |
“Physics of the Immune System and the Emergence of Disease”
Michael Deem (Rice University, USA)
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| 11:40-12:00 |
Discussion |
| 12:00-12:40 |
“A Physicist Looks at Cancer”
Clare Yu (UC Irvine, USA)
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| 12:40-13:00 |
Discussion |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged)
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Session Seven: Is There a Role for Quantum Mechanics in Biology?
Discussion Leader: (To be confirmed) |
| 14:00-14:40 |
“Analogy between Bacterial Population Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics”
Juan Keymer (P. Catholic University of Chile) |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Discussion |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Break
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| 15:30-16:10 |
“Quantum Statistics in Cellular Metabolism”
Lloyd Demetrius (Harvard University, USA) |
| 16:10-16:30 |
Discussion |
| 16:30-17:00 |
“Why the US Sucks: How to
Use the Hong Kong Subway and Bus System”
Shirley Suiling Chan |
| 19:30 |
Meet in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon to
View Laser Light Show on Hong Kong Island (Click
here for
details)
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18 Dec (Thu)
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Time |
Program |
Session Eight: The Emergence of Death
Discussion Leader: Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA; Visiting
Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 09:30-10:10 |
“The Role of Lethal Stress in Biology”
Mike Espey (National Institutes of Health, USA)
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| 10:10-10:30 |
Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00-11:40 |
“Evolution of Apoptosis-like
Programmed Cell Death”
Szymon Kaczanowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
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| 11:40-12:00 |
Discussion |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged)
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| 13:00-19:00 |
Free Time
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| 19:00 |
Dinner: Sai Kung Seafood Banquet
(By invitation)
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19 Dec (Fri)
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Time |
Program |
Session Nine: A Summing Up: Physical Principles of Complexity in Biology
Discussion Leader: Leihan Tang (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 09:30-10:10 |
“Protein Co-Evolution: Is Biology More Complex Then We Think?”
Robert Austin (Princeton University, USA)
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| 10:10-10:30 |
Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Break
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| 11:00-11:40 |
“Is There Hidden Simplicity in Biology?”
Paul Davies (The Beyond Institute, Arizona State University, USA)
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| 11:40-12:00 |
Discussion |
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Venue: IAS1038, 1/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
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