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Session 1: Simone Reber
"Cell Biology by Numbers"
In recent years, cell biology has experienced a significant
transition from being a mainly descriptive science to becoming
a truly quantitative science. The integration between of the life
sciences with mathematical, physical, engineering and infor-
mation sciences allowed us to not only answer long standing
questions in much greater detail but also to address previ-
ously intractable problems. One example includes the study
of complex systems and their emergent functional properties.
The “Cell Biology by Numbers“ session will provide an overview
of the activities in this field and will highlight advancements
in our conceptual understanding of cellular organization and
function by virtue of combining experimental and theoretical
approaches.
Confirmed speakers
Stephan Grill, TU Dresden
“Biophysical basis of morphogenesis”
Profile Simone Reber
Simone studied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the
University of Heidelberg, the University of Washington and the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). In 2015,
Simone started her independent research group ‘Quantitative
Biology’ at the IRI for the Life Sciences funded by the Hum-
boldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) in cooperation with the Cha-
rité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center
(MDC). Her lab aims to elucidate the biochemical and biophysi-
cal principles that underlie the self-organization and scaling of
subcellular organelles, in particular the mitotic spindle.
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