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| December 4 (Monday)
[Venue: L4, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:15am- 9:00am | |
Sign in & Reception (Room G25, Ground Floor, Science Centre North Block) |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Emily S.C. Ching |
| 9:00am- 9:15am | |
Kenneth Young: Opening Speech |
| 9:15am-10:25am | |
Albert Libchaber: Modern biology for a physicist |
| 10:25am-10:50am | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:50am-12:00nn | |
Boris I. Shraiman: Challenges and opportunities for theorists in biology |
| 12:00nn- 1:45pm | |
Lunch |
| Session Chair: Hai-Qing Lin |
| 1:45am- 3:15pm | |
Terrence Hwa: Introduction to bacterial gene regulation; Statistical mechanics of protein-DNA interaction |
| 3:15pm- 4:25pm | |
Robert H. Austin: Proteins dynamics, protein functions: From quantum mechanics to motors |
| 4:25pm- 4:50pm | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4:50pm- 6:00pm | |
Vincent Croquette: Techniques for single molecule micromanipulation |
| 6:15pm | |
Bus to hotels |
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| December 5 (Tuesday)
[Venue: L1, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Ke-Qing Xia |
| 9:00am-10:10am | |
Ricky N. S. Wong: Functional Genomics Approach to the Study of Biological Systems |
| 10:10am-10:40am | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:40am-11:50am | |
Chi Keung Chan: Connectivity induced synchronization in cortical neuronal cultures |
| 12:00nn- 1:45pm | |
Lunch |
| Session Chair: Lei-Han Tang |
| 1:45pm- 3:15pm | |
Terrence Hwa: Quantitative studies of bacterial gene regulation |
| 3:15pm- 4:25pm | |
Hao Li: Yeast transcription networks: Structure, dynamics, and evolution |
| 4:25pm- 4:50pm | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4:50pm- 6:00pm | |
Yuhai Tu: From molecule to behavior: Towards quantitative, systems level understanding of bacterial chemotaxis |
| 6:15pm | |
Bus to hotels |
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| December 6 (Wednesday)
[Venue: L2, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Chi Keung Chan |
| 9:00am-10:10am | |
Robert H. Austin: Nanofluidics, nanotechnology and nanobiology |
| 10:10am-10:40am | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:40am-11:50am | |
Qi Ouyang: Reversibly switchable DNA nanocompartment on surfaces |
| 12:00nn- 1:45pm | |
Lunch |
| Session Chair: Yuhai Tu |
| 1:45pm- 3:15pm | |
Terrence Hwa: Phenomenological theory of bacterial growth control |
| 3:15pm- 4:25pm | |
Eric Siggia: Fluctuations and size control during the cell cycle of budding yeast |
| 4:25pm- 4:50pm | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4:50pm- 6:00pm | |
Chao Tang: Modeling yeast cell cycle regulation |
| 6:15pm | |
Bus to hotels |
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| December 7 (Thursday)
[Venue: L2, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Penger Tong |
| 9:00am-10:10am | |
Albert Libchaber: Physical aspects of the origin of life problem I |
| 10:10am-10:40am | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:40am-11:50am | |
Albert Libchaber: Physical aspects of the origin of life problem II |
| 12:00nn- 1:45pm | |
Lunch |
| Session Chair: Pik-Yin Lai |
| 1:45pm- 2:55pm | |
Boris I. Shraiman: Modeling signal transduction: How quantitative can one get? |
| 3:00pm- 6:00pm | |
Poster presentations (light refreshments) |
| 6:15pm | |
Bus to hotels |
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| December 8 (Friday)
[Venue: L1, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Qi Ouyang |
| 9:00am-10:10am | |
Vincent Croquette: Twisting DNA and its biological implications |
| 10:10am-10:40am | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:40am-11:50am | |
Robert H. Austin: Evolution on a chip: Towards a quantitative understanding of evolution |
| 12:00nn- 1:45pm | |
Lunch |
| Session Chair: Hao Li |
| 1:45pm- 2:55pm | |
Eric Siggia: Patterning the fly embryo and its evolution |
| 2:55pm- 4:05pm | |
Boris I. Shraiman: Patterning and growth in fly wing development |
| 4:05pm- 4:35pm | |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4:35pm- 5:45pm | |
Chao Tang: Analyzing the function-topology relationship in the Drosophila segment polarity network |
| 6:00pm | |
Bus leaving for Group Dinner |
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| December 9 (Saturday)
[Venue: L3, Science Centre] |
| 8:00am | |
Bus departs from Royal Park and Regal Riverside Hotels |
| 8:30am- 9:00am | |
Tea/Coffee and rolls/pastries |
| Session Chair: Lei-Han Tang |
| 9:00am-10:10am | |
Vincent Croquette: Single molecule studies |
| 10:10am-10:40am | |
Break |
| 10:40am-11:50am | |
Eric Siggia: Evolution of antibiotic resistance in pathogens |
| 11:50am-12:00nn | |
Closing remarks |