Schrodinger's Week
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Φ@I as a part of the Schrodinger’s Week invites Dr.Stephen Ruland of the Max Planck Institute, Germany to give a talk on Physics in Biological Processes
Title:
Statistical physics of living systems: from molecules to ecosystems
Date and Time
Date - 17th August 2020 Time - 5 P.M IST
Join us at https://youtu.be/c5jlWQl2AXw
Abstract
Biological systems rely on an influx of energy from the environment to build complex spatio-temporal structures. Striking examples are the self-organisation of cells into complex organs during embryonic development or the formation of ecosystems involving thousands of species. In this talk, the speaker will show how methods from theoretical physics can shed light on the mechanistic principles underlying biological phenomena and how, vice versa, biological phenomena give rise to new challenges at the frontier of theoretical physics. The speaker will illustrate these points by showing how social insects control stochastic fluctuations in order to simultaneously achieve social specialisation and plasticity.
About the Speaker
Dr. Steffen Ruland is the Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems.