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。这次会议的目标是将来自数量生物学领域的成熟和年轻的研究人员聚集在一起，分享新的方法，并讨论这一令人兴奋和快速增长的生物学领域的进展。计划举行九场会议，主题为：信号与细菌趋化、癌症、细胞分裂、动物集体运动、运动力学与神经生理学、蛋白质受体信号与运输、生物学中的振荡、生物学中的随机建模以及生物学中的复杂流体。主题的广度涵盖了生物现象的许多空间和时间尺度。每届会议首先由会议主席介绍该领域，然后是两到三次受邀的演讲。除了正式会议外，还将有两个下午的海报会议。会议主席和特邀演讲者要么是公认的领导者，要么是处于数量生物学前沿的精力充沛的新研究人员。被邀请的演讲者是根据他们的专业知识和成就挑选出来的，同时试图平衡性别、少数族裔代表和年龄。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与理论生物学领域的领导者提供了一个理想的互动环境。今年会议的背景是欧洲的小说，为扩大来自北美和欧洲、亚洲和非洲的科学家和学生之间的联系提供了一个独特的机会。会议主题的广泛性使研究人员接触到在不同领域正在开发的新的数学和计算工具。会议提供了一个合议性和包容性的环境，鼓励妇女和其他在科学界代表性不足的群体参与。

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.