Scientific Meeting on “Breaking barriers: from Physics to Biology”

Breaking Barriers: from Physics to Biology

A three-day meeting on “Breaking Barriers: from Physics to Biology” has been organized in Bangalore, India. This meeting is a joint program of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR). This joint program of ICTS and NCBS is a satelite meeting of ICTS Inaugral Meeting. The meeting will also bring together close associates and members of Albert Libchaber ’s laboratory.  Albert Libchaber is currently on the international scientific advisory board at NCBS, Bangalore. We hope to rekindle old relations, revisit and build on the many past scientific interactions. A few formal lectures along with semi-formal presentations and many informal discussions have been planned.

Dates: Jan 9-11, 2010

Venue: National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bellary Road, Bangalore - 560065, India

Organizers: Jun Zhang (New York University, USA), Stephane Fauve (Ecole Nornmale Superior, Paris, France), Elisha Moses (Weizmann Institute, Israel), G.V.Shivashankar (NCBS-TIFR, India)

Scientific Program:

Saturday, January 9

  • Time

    Speaker

     

    9 : 00 - 9 : 30

    Op e n i n g R e ma r ks

    GV Shivashankar, K Vijayraghavan

    C h a i r :

    T . V . R a m a k r i s hnan

    9:30 - 10:05

    B r un o B e r g e

    10:05 - 10:40

    S e b a s t i en B a lib ar

    10 : 40 - 11 : 15

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    Chair

    Gautam Menon

    11:15 - 11:50

    B e r n a r d C a s t a i n g

    11:50 - 12:10

    O s c ar Me s qu i t a

    12:10 - 12:30

    M o g e n s Je n s en

    12 : 30 - 2 : 00

    L unc h

    Chair

    L. Mahadevan

    2:00 - 2:50

    A l b r e ch t O tt

    2:20 - 2:40

    R o y B a r - Ziv

    2:40 - 3:00

    M a s a k i Sa n o

    3:00 - 3:20

    B e n oi t D ub e r t r e t

    3 : 20 - 3 : 40

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    Chair

    D e bh a s h i sh C ho w dhur y

    3:40 - 4:00

    J o h n B e chh o e f e r

    4:00 - 4:20

    Y am un a K ri s hn an

    4:20 - 4:40

    H ao Li

    4:40 - 5:00

    J a y F i n e b e r g

    5 : 00 - 6 : 15

    P ub li c Le c t u r e:

    Magnetic Field Reversals: The Geodynamo, Laboratory Experiments and Models”

    S t e ph an F a u v e

    7 P M

    D i nn e r

     

Sunday, January 10

 

  • Time

    Speaker

     

    Chair

    Sanjay Jain

    9:35 - 10:10

    Y v e s C o ud er

    10:10 - 10:45

    Chao Tanga

    10 : 45 - 11 : 15

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    C h a i r :

    S un i l K u ma r

    11:15 - 11:50

    G r e g oi r e A l t a n-B o nn et

    11:50 - 12:10

    M a i t h r e y i N a r a s i m h a

    12:10 - 12:30

    J o e l S t a v a n s

    12 : 30 - 2 : 30

    L unc h f o ll o we d by

    C r i c k e t M a t ch

    C h a i r :

    S r i k a n t h Sa s t r y

    3:00 - 3:20

    O l eg K ri ch e vs k y

    3:20 - 3:40

    G io v a nn i Z o cchi

    3:40 - 4:00

    Q i Ou y a ng

    4:00 - 4:20

    Z o h er G u e r o ui

    4 : 40 - 5 : 00

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    Chair

    Sudipta Maiti

    5:00-5:20

    Deborah Fygenson

    5:20-5:40

    Pierre Molho

    5:40-6:00

    Vincent Noireaux

    6:00 - 6:20

    H e r v e Is am b e r t

    6:20 - 6:40

    Sa nd e e p K ri s hn a

    6:40 - 7:00

    M i ch a e l El b a um

    8 P M :

    D i nn e r

 

 

Monday, January 11

 

  • Time

    Speaker

     

    Chair

    Pramod Pullakart

    9:00-9:35

    Jun Zhang

    9;35-10:10

    Laurent Bourdieu

    10:10-10:45

    James A. Glazier

    10 : 45 - 11 : 10

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    C h a i r :

    M a h e nd r a V e r m a

    11:10 - 11:30

    Eli s h a M o s e s

    11:30 - 11:50

    S ri r am R ama s w a m y

    11:50 - 12:10

    X i a o - l u n Wu

    12:10 - 12:30

    X i a o - Z h o n g Wu

    12 : 30 - 2 : 00

    L unc h

    C h a i r :

    Mr i n a li n i P u r a n i k

    2:00 - 2:20

    H a nn a Sa l man

    2:20 - 2:40

    Ti m o t h y G a r dn e r

    2:40 - 3:00

    A x e l Bu g u i n

    3:00 - 3:20

    E r e z B r a u n

    3 : 20 - 3 : 40

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    C h a i r :

    Satyajit M ay o r

    3:40 - 4:00

    G V S h i v a s h a n k ar

    4:00 - 4:20

    T s v i Tl u s t y

    4:20 - 4:40

    M a d an R ao

    4 : 40 - 5 : 00

    Tea/Coffee B r e a k

    5:00-6:15

    Public Lecture

    Microbial Population Dynamics:Examples of Analytic and Synthetic Paths”

    Stanislas Leibler

    6 : 30 - 7 : 30

    C u l t u r a l p r o g r a m

    8 P M :

    D i nn e r


 

For Online Registration please click here .

Meeting coordinators: Nimi Marcel( nimim@ncbs.res.in ), Abhishek Kumar ( akumar@ncbs.res.in )

NCBS Meetings incharge: Nidhi Srivastava ( nidhisri@ncbs.res.in )