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In this program, we will discuss current challenges and recent advances in Health and Disease. The aim of the program is to explore different mathematical, statistical and computational approaches to integrate experimental and clinical data, and to discuss how mathematical modeling can help to interpret and integrate experimental data, frame and test hypotheses, and suggest novel experiments allowing for more conclusive and quantitative interpretations of biological, immunological and disease-related processes. Among others, the following problems will be addressed in this program: The analysis of disease-related processes occurring across different scales: from the genetic, to the cellular, host and population levels. At the cellular level, the mechanisms by which cells regulate proliferation, death, differentiation, in childhood, adulthood and old age, and how receptor-mediated signaling and intra-cellular receptor trafficking correlate with cellular fate. The mechanisms that can aff...

In this program, we will discuss current challenges and recent advances in Health and Disease. The aim of the program is to explore different mathematical, statistical and computational approaches to integrate experimental and clinical data, and to discuss how mathematical modeling can help to interpret and integrate experimental data, frame and test hypotheses, and suggest novel experiments allowing for more conclusive and quantitative interpretations of biological, immunological and disease-related processes. Among others, the following problems will be addressed in this program: The analysis of disease-related processes occurring across different scales: from the genetic, to the cellular, host and population levels. At the cellular level, the mechanisms by which cells regulate proliferation, death, differentiation, in childhood, adulthood and old age, and how receptor-mediated signaling and intra-cellular receptor trafficking correlate with cellular fate. The mechanisms that can aff...

This advanced level school is the tenth in the series.This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.1. From classical elasticity to topological mechanics by Tom Lubensky (UPENN., USA)2. Statistical physics of hard rods by Deepak Dhar (IISER, Pune)3. Statistical physics of biological evolution by Joachim Krug (Cologne, Germany)4. Random matrix theory and related topics by Satya N. Majumdar (Orsay, France) 5. Heat transport in low-dimensional systems by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS, Bangalore)6. Extremes and records by Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI, Bangalore)Registration opens on 15 December 2018

This advanced level school is the tenth in the series.This is a pedagogical school, aimed at bridging the gap between masters-level courses and topics in statistical physics at the frontline of current research. It is intended for Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows and interested faculty members at the college and university level. The following courses will be offered.1. From classical elasticity to topological mechanics by Tom Lubensky (UPENN., USA)2. Statistical physics of hard rods by Deepak Dhar (IISER, Pune)3. Statistical physics of biological evolution by Joachim Krug (Cologne, Germany)4. Random matrix theory and related topics by Satya N. Majumdar (Orsay, France) 5. Heat transport in low-dimensional systems by Abhishek Dhar (ICTS, Bangalore)6. Extremes and records by Sanjib Sabhapandit (RRI, Bangalore)Registration opens on 15 December 2018

Topological phases of matter have been at the forefront of research in condensed matter physics for the last 15-20 years. The low energy dynamics of these phases is governed by non-trivial topology, manifest in measurable observables, and having major consequences on the field of quantum Hall effect. The common feature of these systems is that the bulk has a charge gap and transport is mainly through edge or surface states. In recent times, besides the excitement about the new topological phases such as time-reversal invariant topological insulators and topological superconductors, there are many new and unexplained phenomena pertaining to quantum Hall phases (integer and fractional), graphene phases and more, and a workshop focussing on these phenomena will be very useful and timely.In particular, this workshop will focus on recent work (mainly theoretical, but with some input from experimentalists) in the area of transport and edge dynamics at the boundaries of two dimensional system...

Topological phases of matter have been at the forefront of research in condensed matter physics for the last 15-20 years. The low energy dynamics of these phases is governed by non-trivial topology, manifest in measurable observables, and having major consequences on the field of quantum Hall effect. The common feature of these systems is that the bulk has a charge gap and transport is mainly through edge or surface states. In recent times, besides the excitement about the new topological phases such as time-reversal invariant topological insulators and topological superconductors, there are many new and unexplained phenomena pertaining to quantum Hall phases (integer and fractional), graphene phases and more, and a workshop focussing on these phenomena will be very useful and timely.In particular, this workshop will focus on recent work (mainly theoretical, but with some input from experimentalists) in the area of transport and edge dynamics at the boundaries of two dimensional system...

Experimental biologists frequently point out that theoreticians trivialise the intricacies of living systems, and those working on theories and quantitative models complain that experimenters tend to present masses of data that conflate the essential and the incidental. A significant element behind this state of affairs is that direct exchanges between researchers who adopt the two approaches are non-existent or rare. The present discussion meeting aims to address the situation in a small manner by getting experimenters to describe the ways in which they study phenomena and the conclusions that they draw, to a theoretically-minded audience. The topics to be covered will include the regulation of genetic activity, chromosome dynamics, cytoskeletal organisation, molecular motors, cellular energetics, stem cell behaviour, cell-cell interactions, developmental homeostasis and morphogenesis. Participation in this meeting is by invitation only.

Experimental biologists frequently point out that theoreticians trivialise the intricacies of living systems, and those working on theories and quantitative models complain that experimenters tend to present masses of data that conflate the essential and the incidental. A significant element behind this state of affairs is that direct exchanges between researchers who adopt the two approaches are non-existent or rare. The present discussion meeting aims to address the situation in a small manner by getting experimenters to describe the ways in which they study phenomena and the conclusions that they draw, to a theoretically-minded audience. The topics to be covered will include the regulation of genetic activity, chromosome dynamics, cytoskeletal organisation, molecular motors, cellular energetics, stem cell behaviour, cell-cell interactions, developmental homeostasis and morphogenesis. Participation in this meeting is by invitation only.