The development of an organism from a single-celled zygote to an embryo involves a tight integration between gene expression, signalling and mechanochemical processes. In recent years, there has been an explosion in studies that attempt to unravel the physical principles behind how organisms self-organize to generate their three-dimensional shape and functional form. Novel microscopy techniques are giving unprecedented views into the processes of development at very high spatiotemporal resolution. This deluge of data necessitates a larger scale systems-level understanding how organisms build themselves.The eighth edition of the ICTP - ICTS winter school on quantitative systems biology is focussed on Morphogenesis and will enable students from different backgrounds to become familiar with exciting developments at the interface of Physics and Developmental Biology. The participants of the school will be exposed to contemporary research areas, covering a large variety of topics, includi...
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