Biophys 06: Back to the Nature

Theoretical Physics efforts real world challenges

September 6 - 8, 2006 Arcidosso (GR), Italy


      


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Scientific Program

Structure of the workshop
 

Wednesday 6: Genetics.
Thursday 7: Complex systems and networks.
Friday 8: Proteins and nanostructures.



Program

Wednesday 6
afternoon
Invited Talks

M. Buiatti
(Univ. Firenze)
14:00

R. Mantegna
(Univ. Palermo)
14:50
RNA sencondary structures in complete genomes of bacteria and viruses

Contributed Talks

N. Deniskina
(Univ. Federico II Napoli)
15:40
Noise estimation for periodic microarray data

R. Tagliaferri
(Univ. Salerno)
16:10
Clustering and visualization for the analysis of genomic data

G. Sales
(Univ. Torino)
16:40
Finding new genes looking at retrotrasposition events


17:10
Coffe Break

C. Bocci
(Univ. Milano, Colorado State University)
17:40
Geometric and algebraic tools in phylogenetics

S. Franceschelli
(Paris 7)
18:10
Structural stability, morphogenesis and epigenetic landscape

G. Gaeta
(Univ. Milano)
18:40
Solitoni e DNA
Thursday 7 morning Invited Talks

A. Vulpiani
(Univ. La Sapienza Roma)
9:00
Predictability: a way to charcterize complexity


Contributed Talks

M. Nicodemi
(Univ. Federico II Napoli)
9:50
Spontaneus symmetry breaking in X-inactivation

G. Castellani
(Univ. Bologna)
10:20
Multiscale gene-expression dynamics and pathways co-regulation changes by condition transcription factor activation


10:50
Coffe Break

L. Sguanci
(Univ: Firenze)
11:10 The influence of risk perception in epidemics

P. Liò
(Univ. Cambridge)
11:40
Combining immunology and social dynamics

A. Guazzini
(Univ. Firenze)

12:10
Opinion dynamics: the role of affinity

S. Rambaldi
(Univ. Bologna)
12:40
Complex models for urban mobility
Thursday 7 afternoon Invited Talks

V. Latora
(Univ. Catania)
15:00
Structure and dynamics of complex networks: dynamical properties of network motifs

Contributed Talks

S. Stramaglia
(Univ. Bari)
15:50
Nonlinear models for Granger causality

A. Torcini
(CNR)
16:20
Effetti di coerenza nella risposta di modelli di neurone


16:50
Coffe Break

M. Yoshioka
(Univ. Salerno)
17:20
Spatio-temporal associative memory in analog neural networks based on the spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity

A. Sciarrino
(Univ. Federico II Napoli)
17:50 Correlations in codon usage frequencies
Friday 8
morning
Invited Talks

B. Samorì
(Univ. Bologna)
9:50
Mechanics and intermolecular forces at the single molecule level

A. Stella
(Univ. Padova)
10:40
Complexity and knots localization in polimers


11:30
Coffe Break

Contributed Talks

G. Lattanzi
(Univ. Bari)
12:00
Modelling biopolymers: theory, simulations and experiments

F. Pampaloni
(Heildelberg)
12:30
Long range conformational changes of protein subunits in biopolymers lattice: a link between mechanics and biological function
Friday 8
afternoon
Invited Talks

A. Maritan
(Univ. Padova)
14:40
Physics of protein

Contributed Talks

A. Pelizzola
(Politecnico Torino)
15:30
Wako-Saito-Munoz-Eaton model of protein folding

C. Camilloni
(Univ. Milano)
16:00
Optical absorption of a Green Fluorescent Protein


16:30
Coffe Break

A. Gamba
(Politecnico Torino)
17:00
Fluctuations in eukaryotic directional sensing

L. Casetti
(Univ. Firenze, INFN)
17:30
Curvature of the enrgy landscape and folding of model proteins