2008 Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics GRC

2008 年戈登理论生物学和生物数学研究会议将于 6 月 22 日至 27 日在意大利卢卡（巴尔加）的 Il Ciocco 举行。 本次会议的目标是汇集定量生物学领域的知名和年轻研究人员，分享新方法并讨论这个令人兴奋且快速发展的生物学领域的进展。 计划举办九场会议，主题包括：信号传导和细菌趋化性、癌症、细胞分裂、动物集体运动、运动力学和神经生理学、蛋白质受体信号传导和运输、生物学振荡、生物学随机模型和生物学复杂流体。 主题的广度涵盖了生物现象的许多空间和时间尺度。 每场会议都会以会议主席对该领域的介绍开始，然后是两到三场受邀演讲。除了正式会议之外，下午还将举行两次海报会议。会议主席和受邀演讲者要么是定量生物学前沿的知名领导者，要么是充满活力的新研究人员。 受邀演讲者是根据他们的专业知识和成就来选择的，同时努力平衡性别、少数族裔代表性和资历。会议的多学科性质促进了生物学家和数学科学研究人员之间的新合作。它为研究生和博士后研究员提供了与理论生物学领域的领导者互动的理想环境。今年会议新颖的欧洲背景为扩大来自北美以及欧洲、亚洲和非洲的科学家和学生之间的联系提供了独特的机会。 会议主题的广泛性使研究人员接触到在不同于他们自己的领域正在开发的新数学和计算工具。 会议提供了一个合作和包容的环境，鼓励妇女和其他在科学领域代表性不足的群体的参与。

The 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics will be held June 22 - 27 at Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga) Italy. The goal of this conference is to bring together established and young investigators from the field of quantitative biology to share new approaches and discuss advances in this exciting and rapidly growing field of biology. Nine sessions are planned on the topics: Signaling and Bacterial Chemotaxis, Cancer, Cell Division, Collective Animal Motion, Mechanics and Neurophysiology of Locomotion, Protein Receptor Signaling and Transport, Oscillations in Biology, Stochastic Modeling in Biology, and Complex Fluids in Biology. The breadth of topics covers many spatial and temporal scales of biological phenomena. Each session will begin with an introduction to the field by the session chair followed by two or three invited talks. In addition to the formal sessions, there will be two afternoon poster sessions. The session chairs and invited speakers are either established leaders or energetic new researchers who are at the forefront of quantitative biology. Invited speakers have been selected based on their expertise and accomplishments, while trying to balance gender, minority representation, and seniority.The conference's multidisciplinary nature fosters new collaborations between biologists and researchers from the mathematical sciences. It provides an ideal setting for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to interact with leaders in the field of theoretical biology.The novel, European, setting for this year's conference provides a unique opportunity to broaden contacts between scientists and students from North America and those from Europe, Asia, and Africa. The breadth of topics represented at the meeting exposes researchers to new mathematical and computational tools that are being developed in fields different from their own. The conference provides a collegial and inclusive environment that encourages the participation of women and other groups that are underrepresented in science.