Conference: The 10th Q-Bio Conference, July 27-30, Nashville, TN

Q-Bio（定量生物学）会议汇集了一群有兴趣发展理论驱动和预测生物学理解的研究人员。这种理解不仅提供了对基本生物现象的洞察，而且也是生物技术，农业和医学进步的基础。 会议将汇集生物学，数学，物理，化学，计算机科学和工程领域的研究人员，并通过支持早期职业研究人员，妇女和该领域代表性不足的团体成员的出席来扩大对这一新兴领域的参与。 通过鼓励和支持初级研究人员的参与（包括博士后研究员和研究生），会议将提供机会让他们与资深、领先的研究人员会面，交流想法和信息，从而帮助培训该领域的下一代研究人员。会议将包括主题演讲、口头报告和海报展示的机会;这些活动都将围绕一系列共同的主题进行。这些主题将是：原核生物和真核生物中的细胞过程和信号网络;细胞群体的生态学和进化;力的感知，传递和产生机制及其与信号过程的关系;细胞信号的随机性;系统水平细胞过程研究中的计算方法;代谢过程和细胞信号。

The Q-Bio (Quantitative Biology) Conference brings together a community of researchers interested in developing a theory-driven and predictive understanding of biology. Such an understanding provides not only insight into basic biological phenomena, but is also a foundation for advances in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. The conference will bring together researchers working in biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science and engineering, and broaden participation in this emerging area by supporting the attendance of early career researchers, women and members of groups under-represented in the field. Through encouragement and support of the attendance of junior researchers (including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students) the conference will provide opportunities for them to meet with senior, leading investigators to exchange ideas and information, thereby helping to train the next generation of researchers in the field.The Conference will include keynote talks, oral presentations and opportunities for poster presentations; these will all be organized around a common set of themes. These themes will be: Cellular processes and signaling networks in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Ecology and evolution of cellular collectives; Mechanisms of force sensing, transmission and generation and their relationship to signaling processes; Stochasticity in cellular signaling; Computational methods in the study of systems-level cellular processes; Metabolic processes and cellular signaling.