Gordon Research Conference on
Theoretical Biology and
Biomathematics
June 11 -- 16, 2000
Tilton School, Tilton, N. H.
Charlie Smith and Ed Pate, Chairs
Claudia Neuhauser and Alex Mogilner, Vice-Chairs
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Sunday Evening, June 11, 2000: (7:30-9:30)
Bioinformatics: DNA Computing & Chair: Spencer Muse,
Computational Biology N C State Univ
How Do Cells Compute? Lila Kari, U. Western Ontario
Mathematical Challenges in Bonnie Berger, M.I.T.
Protein Motif Recognition
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Monday Morning, June 12, 2000: (9:00-12:30)
Microbiology and Immunology Chair: Tom Kepler, N C State
Univ.
Diversity in the Immune System Rob de Boer, Utrecht Univ.
Diffuse Feedback from a Diffuse Lee Segel, Weizmann Institute
Informational Network: in the
immune system and other distributed
physiological systems
Adaptation and the Evolution of Paul Sniegowski, Univ. of Penn.
Mutation Rates in Experimental
E. Coli Populations
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informal afternoon "movie session" on cardiology and heart dynamics
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Monday Evening, June 12, 2000: (7:30-9:30)
Excitable Media and the Heart Chair: Harold Hastings, Hofstra
Non-linear Dynamics of Fibrilla- Alan Garfinkel, UCLA
tion
Spiral Wave Dynamics in Excitable Akkady Pertsov, NY, Syracuse
Media
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Tuesday Morning, June 13, 2000: (9:00-12:30)
Neural Computation: Geometry, Chair: Bard Ermentrout, Univ. of
Dynamics and Coding Pittsburgh
Canonical Theory of Spike Genera- Boris Gutkin, CNRS, France
tion in Cortical Neurons
Modeling Function in a Sensory Sharon Crook, Montana State
System Univ.
Emergence of Oscillations in Taishin Nomura, Osaka Univ.
Neuronal Models
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Tuesday Evening, June 13, 2000: (7:30-9:30)
Calcium Dynamics Chair: Hans Othmer, Univ of
Minnesota
Calcium Spark Formation and Greg Smith, Arizona State Univ.
Detection in Cardiac Myocytes
Intercellular Calcium Waves in Andrew Thomas, New Jersey
Hepatocytes Medical School
Calcium Dynamics in Glial Cells Hans Othmer, Univ. of Minnesota
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Wednesday Morning, June 14, 2000: (9:00-12:30)
Mathematical Models of Cell Chair: Alex Mogilner, U.C.
Mechanics Davis
Experiments on Cell Movements and Juliet Lee, Univ. Conn.
Biological Qualitative Modeling
Quantitative Computer Models of Dean Bottino, U.C. Berkeley
Cell Movements
Modeling Bacterial Chemotaxis Roseanne Ford, Univ. Virginia
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Wednesday Evening, June 14, 2000: (7:30-9:30)
Modeling and Molecular Mechanics Chair: Josh Baker, Univ. Vermont
Mechanochemistry of ATP Synthase George Oster, U.C. Berkeley
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Todd Minehardt, Princeton
the Interaction of Motor Proteins Univ.
with Substrate
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Thursday Morning, June 15, 2000: (9:00-12:30)
Species Invasion Chair: Claudia Neuhauser,
Minnesota
Natural Selection and Range Ted Case , U C San Diego
Expansion
Host-Parasite Coevolutionary Akira Sasaki, Kyushu University
Cycles in a Metapopulation:
a Pacemaker and the Red Queen
Role of Movement in Population Peter Turchin, Univ. Connecticut
Dynamics
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Thursday Evening, June 15, 2000: (7:30-9:30)
Evolution of Language Chair: Leah Edelstein-Keshet,
Univ. British Columbia
The Evolution of Language Martin Nowak, Princeton
Language Origin and Evolution Jean Aitchison, Oxford
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FRIDAY JUNE 16: GRC Bus departs at 9:00 am