KITP Program: Bio-Molecular Networks (Jan 6 - Mar 28, 2003)
Coordinators: D.Fygenson, A.Ruckenstein, B.Shraiman, L.Wolpert

Speakers: Please lend your transparencies to the KITP staff members in the front office (Rm 1102) for scanning, or see us about file upload.

Time Speaker Title

 Modules and Evolvability
1/13, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Andrew Murray
Harvard
Modules and Evolution: A Review[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/13, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Naama Barkai
Weizmann
Modular Organization in the Yeast Transcription Network[Aud][Cam]
1/14, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li
Chicago
Duplication and Divergence[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/14, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Marie-Anne Felix
Jussieu
Evolution of Development[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/15, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Erin O'Shea
UCSF
Quantitative Studies of Signal Transduction[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/15, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Jonathan Weissman
UCSF
An Epigentic Switch: Prion Based Protein Regulation[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/16, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Adam Arkin
Berkeley
Practical Games with Bacteria and Viruses[Aud][Cam]
1/17, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Andrew Murray
Harvard
Evolving Yeast in the Laboratory[Aud][Cam]

 Bacterial Regulation
1/22, 9:00 a.m. Dr. James Hoch
Scripps
Multi-Node Control and Recognition in Phosphorelay Signal Transduction[Aud][Cam]
1/22, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Sydney Kustu
Berkeley
From Nitrogen Metabolism in Enteric Bacteria to the Rhesus (Rh) Blood Group Substance of Humans: Wanderings of a Microbial Biologist[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/22, 4:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Ebright
Rutgers
Transcription Elongation, Pausing, Arrest, and Termination: Structure and Mechanism[Slides][Aud][Cam]
1/23, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Thomas Silhavy
Princeton
Pushing the Envelope: How E. Coli Senses External Stress[Aud][Cam]
1/23, 11:00 a.m. Dr. David Low
UCSB
Orchestration of the Epigenetic Switch that Controls Reversible Pili Expression[Aud][Cam]
1/23, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Konstantin Severinov
Rutgers
Transcription Regulation in Bacteriophage Development[Aud][Cam]
1/24, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Eduardo Groisman
Washington University
Combinatorial Control of Gene Expression by Two-Component Regulatory Systems[Aud][Cam]
1/24, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Michael Savageau
University Michigan
Analysis of Alternative System Designs[Aud][Cam]
1/24, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Ned Wingreen
NEC
How E. Coli Finds its Middle[Slides][Aud][Cam]

1/29, 9:00 a.m. Dr. J. Little
(Arizona)
Dr. K. Sneppen
(NBI)
Do We Understand Lambda Phage?[Aud]
1/31, 10:00 a.m. Dr. J. Stavans
Weizmann
Regulation by DNA Structuring Protein in Bacteria[Aud]
2/03, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Stuart Kauffman
Santa Fe Institute
Evidence for Biased Gene Regulation Rules & Implications for Global Dynamics of Genetic Regulatory Networks[Aud][Cam]
2/07, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Lewis Wolpert
UCL
Triumph of the Embryo II[Slides][Aud][Cam]

 Genetic Networks in Development
2/10, 9:30 a.m. Dr. Lewis Wolpert
UCL
Problems in Development[Aud][Cam]
2/10, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Eric Wieschaus
Princeton
Patterning and Morphogenesis[Aud][Cam]
2/10, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Norbert Perrimon
Harvard
Wnt Morphogens[Aud][Cam]
2/10, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Aurelio Teleman
EMBL
Morphogen Gradients and Tissue Growth[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/11, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Eric Davidson
Caltech
Logic of Transcription Control[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/11, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Claude Desplan
NYU
Multistep Process for Color Photoreceptor Differentiation[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/11, 2:00 p.m. Dr. John Reinitz
Stony Brook
Quantitative View of Embyonic Patterning[Aud][Cam]
2/11, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Bruce Baker
Stanford
From Genes to Morphology[Aud][Cam]
2/12, 9:00 a.m. Dr. William McGinnis
UCSD
Evolution of Transcription Factors[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/12, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Michael Levine
Berkeley
Transcription Regulation in Complex Genetic Loci[Aud][Cam]
2/12, 2:00 p.m. Discussion: Evolution (E. Davidson)[Aud][Cam]
2/12, 3:30 p.m. Discussion: Proliferation vs. Intercalation (Wolpert/Shraiman)[Aud][Cam]
2/13, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Matthew Freeman
Cambridge
Signalling Review[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/13, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Alexander Schier
NYU
TBA[Aud][Cam]
2/13, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Mann
Columbia
Signals and Specificity in Fly Development[Aud][Cam]
2/13, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Joel Rothman
UCSB
Gene Regulatory Cascades and Dynamic Switches in C. elegans Development[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/14, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Garrett Odell
U. Wash.
Robust Segmentation[Aud][Cam]
2/14, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Michel Kerszberg
Pasteur
Perturbation and Stability in Biological Systems[Aud][Cam]
2/14, 11:30 a.m. Dr. Naama Barkai
Weizmann
Robustness in Morphogen Gradients[Aud][Cam]
2/14, 2:00 p.m. Discussion: Whence from here? (all)

2/20, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Hao Li
KITP & UCSF
Introduction to Bioinformatics[Slides][Aud][Cam]

 Bio-informatic Approach to Genetic Networks
2/24, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Eric Siggia
Rockefeller
Analysis of Regulatory Sequence in Bacteria, Yeast and Fly[Aud][Cam]
2/25, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Eugene Koonin
NIH
Birth and Death of Domains: Simple Models of Genome Evolution Explain Power Law Distribution of Protein Family Size[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/25, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Saeed Tavazoie
Princeton
From DNA Sequence to Gene Expression[Aud][Cam]
2/25, 11:30 a.m. Dr. Anirvan Sengupta
Rutgers
Biophysical Approach to Transcription Factor Binding Site Discovery[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/26, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Gary Stormo
WU
Prospects for a Useful Protein-DNA Recognition Code[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/26, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Bing Ren
UCSD
Dissecting the Myc Regulation Network Using Promoter Microarrays[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/26, 11:30 a.m. Dr. David Haynor
U. Washington
Computational Modeling of the Yeast Transcriptional Network[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/27, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Michael Zhang
CSHL
Computational Molecular Biology of Genome Expression and Regulation[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/27, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Hao Li
UCSF
Reconstructing the Transcription Networks of a Cell Using Computational Genomics[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/28, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Terence Hwa
UCSD
The Style of Genetic Computing[Slides][Aud][Cam]
2/28, 10:30 a.m. Dr. Harmen Bussemaker
Columbia
Using Regression Analysis to Infer Regulatory Circuitry from Genome-Wide Gene Expression and Binding Data[Slides][Aud][Cam]

3/04, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Peter Detwiler
U. Washington
Phototransduction: A Review[Aud]
3/05, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Greg Lemke
Salk Institute
Topographic Wiring of the Eye to the Brain[Slides][Aud]
3/06, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Sean Collins
UCSF
Understanding the Propagation of a Yeast Prion[Slides][Aud]

 Eukaryotic Chemotaxis
3/12, 10:00 a.m. Dr. William Loomis
UCSD
The Dicteostelium Motility Cycle[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam]
3/12, 11:30 a.m. Dr. ChinLin Guo
Harvard
Yeast Chemotropism: Experiments and Models[Aud][Cam]
3/12, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Tobias Meyer
Stanford
Eukariotic Signal Transduction Networks[Aud][Cam]
3/12, 4:30 p.m. Dr. Pablo Iglesias
Hopkins
Adaptation and Response in Dicty Chemotaxis[Aud][Cam]
3/13, 9:30 a.m. Dr. Dan Wu
University Connecticut
Molecular Basis of Chemotactic Signal Transduction[Aud][Cam]
3/13, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Henry Bourne
UCSF
A Neutrophil's Sense of Direction[Aud][Cam]
3/13, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Firtel
UCSD
Dicty Chemotaxi Visualized by Subcellular Fluorescent Microscopy[Aud][Cam]
3/13, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Atul Narang
University Florida
Modeling Phospholipid Signaling Dynamics[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam]
3/13, 4:15 p.m. Dr. Wouter-Jan Rappel
UCSD
A Temporal Approach to Modeling Chemotactic Signaling[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam]
3/14, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Chris Janetopoulos
Hopkins
Quantitative Analysis of Cellular Chemotactic Responses
3/14, 10:15 a.m. Dr. Eberhard Bodenschatz
Cornell
Towards A New Generation of Chemotaxis Experiments[Slides][Aud][Cam]
3/14, 11:15 a.m. Dr. Alex Groisman
UCSD
Microfluidics for Cell Biology and Chemotaxis[Aud][Cam]
3/14, 11:30 a.m. Dr. Herbert Levine
UCSD
Conference Summary: How Close are we to Understanding Chemotactic Response?[Aud][Cam]

3/17, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Mukund Thattai
KITP & MIT
Metabolic Switching and Stochasticity in E. coli[Slides][Aud]
3/18, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Andy Yates
KITP & University College London
Cytokine Signaling in T-Cells: A Model for Cellular Decision-Making[Slides][Aud]

3/20-21, 9-5 Workshop Robustness Analysis Tools with Applications

 Dynamics, Adaptation and Fluctuations in Bio-networks
3/24, 9:30 a.m. Dr. Jay Dunlap
Dartmouth
How Does a Circadian Clock Work?[Slides][Aud][Cam]
3/24, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Peter Ruoff
Stavanger
A Theory for Temperature-Compensation and Period Homoestasis in Reaction Kinetic Models of Biological Oscillators[Slides][Vid][Aud][Cam]
3/25, 9:00 a.m. Dr. Michael Young
Rockefeller
Molecular Networks Composing Animal Clocks[Slides][Aud][Cam]
3/25, 10:30 a.m. Mr. Christian Hong
Virginia Tech
Modeling Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Rhythms in D. Melanogoster[Slides][Aud][Cam]
3/25, 11:30 a.m. Dr. Jose Vilar
Rockefeller
Modeling Noise, Switches and Clocks[Aud][Cam]
3/26, 9:30 a.m. Dr. Fred Cross
Rockefeller
Cell Cycle[Slides][Aud][Cam]
3/26, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Peter Swain
McGill
Stochastic Gene Expression in Single Cells[Aud][Cam]
3/27, 9:30 a.m. Dr. Rama Ranganathan
South West Medical Center
Signal Processing in Drosophila Photoreceptor[Aud][Cam]
3/27, 2:00 p.m. Dr. Rama Ranganathan
South West Medical Center
Signal Processing in Drosophila Photoreceptor, contd[Aud][Cam]
3/27, 11:00 a.m. P. Swain, L. Wolpert, V. Hakim, B. Shraiman Informal Talks on Adaptation, Cross-talk and Noise in Bio-Networks[Aud][Cam]

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