Biological Networks and Evolution

The Victor Rothschild Memorial Symposia
An ESF Research Conference

All lectures will take place at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies,
at the Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram Campus

General Director: David Gross, University of California at Santa Barbara

Directors: 
Boris Shraiman, KITP
Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science
Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science
Nathalie Questembert-Balaban, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

The school aims to understand biological complexity while taking into account molecular constraints as well as the larger framework of evolutionary processes. Recent technological innovations have improved significantly our ability to get quantitative data on biological systems. New theoretical approaches are needed to reach a broader understanding. From the point of view of physics, the challenge is to integrate all levels into a theoretical framework from which global properties emerge.