UPCOMING EVENTS
Physics of Living Systems PI Conference
Fall 2017
PAST EVENTS
Workshop: Systems and Synthetic Biology for Designing Rational Cancer Immunotherapies
October 7-8, 2016 | Tysons Corner, VA
Hosted by Rice University
Focused Summer Lectures
August 8-12, 2016 | Los Alamos, NM
Hosted by Los Alamos National Labs
iPoLS 2016 Annual Meeting
July 24-27, 2016 | Cambridge, MA
Hosted by Harvard University
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Center for the Physics of Living Cells Summer School
July 24-30, 2016 | Urbana, IL
Hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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WORKSHOP: Modeling and Dynamics in Molecular Biophysics
January (26) 27-28, 2016
Organizers
José Onuchic, Rice University
Joan-Emma Shea, University of California, Santa Barbara
Funders
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems
Theresa Good, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Kamal Shukla, Molecular Biophysics
WORKSHOP: Design Principles for Engineering Biology
November (10) 11-12, 2015
Tysons Corner, VA (DC Metro)
Workshop Organizers
Jay D. Keasling, University of California, Berkeley
Ken A. Dill, Stony Brook University
Eberhard Voit, Georgia Institute of Technology
Erel Levine, Harvard University
Funder and Funder Contacts
National Science Foundation
OAD – Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Friedrich Srienc, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, CBET
Susanne von Bodman, Systems and Synthetic Biology, MCB
David Rockcliffe, Chemistry of Life Processes, Chemistry
Krastan Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems, Physics
iPoLS Conference 2015
July (16) 17-20, 2015
Workshop Organizer
Dave Thirumalai, University of Maryland
Funder and Funder Contacts
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems Program
Kamal Shukla, Molecular Biophysics Program
WORKSHOP: Physics of Wear, Tear, Aging and Failure in Living and Nonliving Systems
May (6) 7-8, 2015
Workshop Organizers
Walter Bortz, Stanford University
Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco
Christopher Jarzynski, University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Laughlin, Stanford University
Arnold Levine, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Herbert Levine, Rice University
James L. Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Workshop Funders
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems Program
Kamal Shukla, Molecular Biophysics Program
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
Physical, Engineering and Biological Limits of Brain Measurements
May (29) 30-31, 2014—Arlington, Virginia
Workshop Organizers
Jin Hyung Lee, Stanford University
Peter Littlewood, ANL/University of Chicago
Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory
Partha Mitra, Cold Spring Harbor
Funder and Funder Contact
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems Program
Connecting the Biological and Physical Principles of Mammalian Aging
Talk Video
May (14) 15-16, 2014—Arlington, Virginia
Workshop Organizers
Robert Laughlin, Stanford University
Herbert Levine, Rice University
Jerry Shay, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Geoffrey West, Santa Fe Institute
Funder and Funder Contact
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems Program
Design, Engineering and Selection of Novel Proteins
May (11) 12-13, 2014—Arlington, Virginia
Workshop Organizer
Michael Hecht, University of North Carolina
Funder and Funder Contact
National Science Foundation
Michele McGuirl, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Quantitative Theories of Learning, Memory, and Prediction
May (7) 8-9, 2014—Arlington, Virginia
Workshop Organizers
Danielle Bassett, University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Kopell, Boston University
William Bialek, Princeton University
Funder and Funder Contacts
National Science Foundation
Krastan B. Blagoev, Physics of Living Systems Program
Betty K. Tuller, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
The Physical Principles of Human Cancer Imaging Workshop
November 4-5, 2013—Boston, MA
Cell Decision Making Workshop
June (9) 10-11, 2013—Arlington, VA
Physical and Mathematical Principles of Brain Structure and Function
Workshop
May (5) 6-7, 2013—Arlington, VA
Workshop Video NOW AVAILABLE
Physics and Cancer II: Theoretical Foundations of Drug and Immune Resistance in Cancer
November 12-14, 2012
Locomotion Systems Science Workshop
May 29-31, 2012—Arlington, VA
Workshop Report Summary
Physics of Cancer Metastasis Workshop
November 1-2, 2010
