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Statistical Physics of Molecular and Cell Biological
Systems and Networks
Workshop April 1 - April 3 , 2004 at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg
The European Science Foundation  Programme
Statistical Physics of Glassy and Non-Equilibrium Systems (SPHINX)
Participants: (Organisers * ) Local Contact
Katalin Bartha Thomas Heimburg Erik van Nimwegen
Semmelweis University of Medicine Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen Biozentrum, University of Basel
Budapest, Hungary Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Klingelbergstrasse 50/70 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
A Cellular automaton model for tumor induced angiogenesis (with H. Rieger) Fluctuations in Biomembranes Two cases studies in comparative genomics: Phase transitions in probabilistic clustering of regulatory sequences and scaling laws in the functional content of genomes.
Stefan Bornholdt John Hertz* Lene Oddershede
Universitaet Leipzig Nordita Niels Bohr Institute
IZBI, Kreuzstr. 7b, 04103 Leipzig Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen
Physics of complex networks: From structure to dynamics Neocortical Circuitry as a Dynamical Spin Glass Optical probing of living organisms from the single molecule to the whole cell level
Simona Cocco Andreas Heuer Henri Orland
LPS-ENS Paris and LDFC Strasbourg Institut für Physikalische Chemie Service de Physique Theorique, CEA-Saclay
24 rue lhomond 75005 Paris Corrensstr. 30, D-48149 Münster 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
Model of an isolated and auto-stimulating neuron ------------ RNA folding
Ton Coolen Heinz Horner* Luca Peliti
Department of Mathematics King's College London Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and Unitˆ INFM, Universitˆ "Federico II"
The Strand London WC2R 2LS Philosophenweg 19 69120 Heidelberg Complesso Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
Simple solvable models of primary and secondary structure formation in hetero-polymers ------------ Approaches to coevolution
Marileen Dogterom Martin Howard Christina Picus
FOM Institute AMOLF Imperial College London Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg
Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ England Philosophenweg 19 69120 Heidelberg
The microtubule polymerization motor How does a cell find its middle? Models for precise protein localization in bacteria ------------
Eytan Domany Eva Kiesele Markus Porto
Weizmann Inst of Science Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg Institut fuer Festkoerperphysik, TU Darmstadt
Rehovot 76100, Israel Philosophenweg 19 69120 Heidelberg Hochschulstr. 8, 64289 Darmstadt
Applications of gene expression analysis to studies of cancer and differentiation ------------ Proteins: Structure, Function, and Evolution
Barbara Drossel* Karsten Kruse Heiko Rieger
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Festkörperphysik Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme Theoretische Physik
Hochschulstr.6, 64289 Darmstadt Noethnitzer Str. 38, 01187 Dresden Universität des Saarlandes 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
Models for biological networks: from genetic networks to foodwebs Physical Aspects of Cell Division A Cellular automaton model for tumor induced angiogenesis (with K. Bartha)
Tom Duke Reimer Kühn* Felix Ritort*
Cavendish Laboratory King's College, London Physics Department University of Barcelona
Madingley Road. Cambridge CB3 0HE Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
Ultrasensitive signal transduction: lessons from bacterial chemotaxis Firing Rate Distributions in Attractor Networks Recovery of RNA folding free-energies from irreversible measurements of mechanical work
Hans Fogedby Merab Kutsia David Sherrington
Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg University of Oxford
Ny Munkegade, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Philosophenweg 19 69120 Heidelberg Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Rd., Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.
Exact solution of a linear molecular motor model driven by two-step fluctuations and subject to protein friction ------------ ------------
Erwin Frey Michael Lässig Ludger Santen
Hahn-Meitner Institut Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin Institut fuer theoretische Physik Theoretische Physik
Abteilung Theorie, Glienicker Strasse 100, 14197 Berlin Universitaet Koeln, 50937 Koeln Universität des Saarlandes 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
Collective Phenomena in Intracelluar Processes Statistics of molecular information processing ------------
Ulrich Gerland Avi Mayo Jeremy Smith
Sektion Physik, LMU Muenchen Weizmann Institute of Science Computational Molecular Biophysics, IWR, Universitaet Heidelberg
Lehrstuhl Wagner/Netz, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 Muenchen Depts. Molecular Cell Biology and Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel 76100 Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Statistical physics of molecular information processing in gene regulation Design principles of protein networks, biological logic gates and, metabolic pathways. Protein Dynamics, the Glass Transition and Function
Wulfram Gerstner Ralf Metzler Kim Sneppen
EPFL Lab. of Computational Neuroscience, LCN NORDITA Copenhagen Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Batiment AA-B 1015 Lausanne EPFL Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen OE N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Population dynamics and signaling in networks of spiking neurons Nature entangled: Understanding the topology of biopolymers Modeling Molecular networks
Helmut Grubmüller Ling Miao Nicolas Sourlas
Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie Abteilung für theoretische und computergestützte Biophysik MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics Department of Physics University of Southern Denmark Ecole Normale Superieure
Am Faßberg 11 7077 Göttingen, Germany Campusvej 55 DK-5230 Odense M Denmark Address:24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
Elaborate Pores and Complex Machines: Nature's Nanotechnology Benchmarks Membrane statistical physics: A general theory of non-equilibrium dynamics of multi-component fluid membranes ------------
Alexander Hartmann Daniel Navajas Joachim Spatz
Institut für Theoretische Physik Unit of Biophysics & Bioengineering. School of Medicine University of Barcelona Biophysikalische Chemie Uni Heidelberg
Tammannstrasse 1, 37077 Göttingen Casanova 143, 08036 Barcelona. Spain Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 D-69120 Heidelberg
Rare event distributions by simulations: the statistics of local sequence alignments Microrheology of lung cells ------------
Dieter Heermann Roland Netz
Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Heidelberg Physics Department, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Munich
Philosophenweg 19 69120 Heidelberg Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
------------ Binding and friction