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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">we are organizing an international workshop on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Versatile Action of Noise: Applications from Genetic to Neural Circuits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">from June 22-27, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://noise-workshop.user.jacobs-university.de/">http://noise-workshop.user.jacobs-university.de/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Stochastic mechanisms, often summarized under “noise”, are ubiquitous in artificial and biological networks. In applications to genetic circuits the goal is
to trace back the various manifestations of noise to a few sources on underlying levels like the stochastic fluctuations in biochemical reactions, to follow the propagation and modification of noise towards the cellular level and to pursue the interaction
of different sources of noise with respect to their mutual repression or amplification. In applications to neural systems the focus is on microscopic noise, e.g. the thermal fluctuations on channel dynamics, the effect of synaptic noise on neuronal firing,
but also on large-scale collective fluctuations of brain areas, information loss, effects of large-scale noise on attention and decision-making, as well as on bridges between the different levels. A comparison between both types of applications should reveal
parallels in how natural systems transform or utilize noise. It is the tools of theoretical physics that provide a deeper understanding of its role, in particular when it acts counterintuitive. Advanced methods from statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics
allow for predicting the action of noise on excitable media like neural systems, extinction events in various populations and noise-induced rare events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">We invite applications from graduate students, PhD students and postdocs with a background in theoretical physics, applied mathematics with an interest
in biological applications and neuroscience. Applicants from the experimental side should be interested in the mathematical modeling and analysis of experimental data.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The fee is <b>150 Euro</b> <b>for early registration until April 30</b> and 250 Euro afterwards, including accommodation in the guesthouse on campus and all meals, for the period of the workshop. The workshop is generously
supported by the WE-Heraeus foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For registration please visit our website. Selected abstracts will be invited for oral presentation, we shall also have poster sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns and Alberto Bernacchia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Invited speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Michael Assaf * (</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem);<b>Jan Benda</b> * (Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen);<b>Michael Breakspear *</b> (QIMR and UNSW Berghofer, Sidney, Australia);<b>Thierry Emonet *</b> (Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.);<b>Tobias Galla *</b> (Manchester University, Manchester);<b>Jordi
Garcia-Ojalvo *</b> (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona );<b>Benjamin Lindner *</b> (Humboldt University, Berlin);<b>Wolfgang Maass *
</b>(Graz Technical University, Graz);<b>Ralf Metzler * </b>(Potsdam University, Potsdam);<b>Sidney R. Nagel</b> (The University of Chicago, U.S.A.);<b>Simone Pigolotti</b> * (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona);<b>Joachim Rädler *</b> (Ludwig
Maximilians University, Munich);<b>Jaime de la Rocha</b> (*) (Institut D’ Invest. Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona);<b>Lutz Schimansky-Geier*</b>(Humboldt University, Berlin);<b>Susanne Schreiber</b> *(Humboldt University, Berlin);<b>Pieter Rein Ten
Wolde *</b> (FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam);<b>Raúl Toral *</b> (IFISC, UIB-CSIC, Palma de Mallorca)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*confirmed</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Topics include:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">The effects of extrinsic noise on cellular decision making;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Correlated fluctuations in genetic networks;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Propagation of noise of sequential gene regulation;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Error rates in biological copying;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Single cell response and decision making under noise;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">The generation of transcriptional noise in bacteria;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Costs and benefits of biochemical noise;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Noise in large-scale cortical rhythms;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Noise-induced order in collective neural populations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Computations by noisy networks of spiking neurons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Noise and irregular firing in cortical circuits;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Cellular mechanisms of temperature-compensation in receptor neurons;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Coherent noise, scale invariance and intermittency in large systems;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Shaping noise for population success;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Quasi-cycles induced by noise;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Interplay between noise and delay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412">Scientific Organization</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412"><a href="http://www.jacobs-university.de/ses/meyer-ortmanns/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#00B1EC;text-decoration:none">Prof. Dr. Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns</span></strong></a> / Statistical Physics Group
/ Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH / School of Engineering and Science / Campus Ring 8 / 28759 Bremen / Germany / Tel: ++49 (0) 421 / 200-3221 / Tel: ++49 (0) 421 / 200-3249 / Email:
<a href="mailto:%20h.orthmanns@jacobs-university.de" title="559. Heraeuse Seminar NOISE">
<span style="color:#00B1EC;text-decoration:none">h.ortmanns@jacobs-university.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412"><a href="http://abernacchi.user.jacobs-university.de/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#00B1EC;text-decoration:none">Prof. Dr. Alberto Bernacchia</span></strong></a> / Computational Neuroscience Group /
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH / School of Engineering and Science / Campus Ring 6 / 28759 Bremen / Germany / Tel: ++49 (0) 421 / 200-3542 / Tel: ++49 (0) 421 / 200-3249 / Email:
<a href="mailto:%20a.bernacchia@jacobs-university.de" title="559. Heraeuse Seminar NOISE">
<span style="color:#00B1EC;text-decoration:none">a.bernacchia@jacobs-university.de</span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">Dr. Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns, Professor of Physics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">School of Engineering and Science<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">P.O. Box 750561 | 28725 Bremen | Germany<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">h.ortmanns@jacobs-university.de<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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