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Date:
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22 - 26 May 2005
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Place:
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Physikzentrum Bad Honnef
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Organizers:
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Peter Fratzl, Biomaterials Division, MPI Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Benjamin Geiger, Molecular Biology Department, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Ulrich Schwarz, Theory Division, MPI Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam,Germany
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Funding:
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Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung
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Description:
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During recent years, tremendous progress has been made in unravelling
new structural aspects of biological systems, mainly due to the sophisticated
use of new spectroscopic techniques and fluorescence probes. At the same
time, due to the development of new high-throughput methods, we have witnessed
an accumulation of a large amount of molecular data on biological systems,
including genomics and proteomics projects for many important model organisms.
Experimental progress has been accompanied by theoretical process. In particular,
concepts from soft matter physics have been applied to biological systems,
and new techniques have been developed to analyse genetic and biochemical
networks. In order to achieve a deeper understanding of biological physics,
on the long run it will be very important to gain a systems level understanding
on how the different components of biological systems work together as
a whole. The objective of the 347th Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-seminar is
to bring together scientists working on and students interested in the
physics of cells and tissues, in order to foster interdisciplinary discussions
and collaborations towards the establishment of a systems level understanding
of the structural aspects of biological systems.
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Report:
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Click here for the report on our meeting which appear in Physik Journal, the
member journal of the German Physical Society.
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