Reverse engineering the immune system
- Date
- Aug 13, 2012
- Time
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
- Speaker
- Ken Duffy
- Affiliation
- National University of Ireland and Phil Hodgkin, WEHI, Australia
- Series
- MPI-PKS Kolloquium
- Language
- en
- Main Topic
- Physik
- Other Topics
- Physik
- Host
- lymdev12 Workshop
- Description
- The body's immune system is responsible for protecting it against all forms of disease and is constituted by a sizable collection of distinct organs and cell systems. Despite their inherently decentralized nature, these systems act in concert to fight pathogens. This talk will explain fundamental elements of immunity, demonstrating that abstract reasoning has historically aided in reverse engineering its vast complexity. We will illustrate how, with the development of quantitative experimental technologies, methodologies from mathematics, statistics and theoretical physics are being brought to bear in order to aid our understanding, and to facilitate our manipulation, of this important system.
Last modified: Aug 13, 2012, 9:36:33 AM
Location
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Seminarroom 1+2)Nöthnitzer Straße3801187Dresden
- Phone
- + 49 (0)351 871 0
- MPI-PKS
- Homepage
- http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
Organizer
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer SystemeNöthnitzer Straße3801187Dresden
- Phone
- + 49 (0)351 871 0
- MPI-PKS
- Homepage
- http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
Scan this code with your smartphone and get directly this event in your calendar. Increase the image size by clicking on the QR-Code if you have problems to scan it.
Legend
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Civil Eng., Architecture
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Electrical and Computer Eng.
- Environmental Sciences
- for Pupils
- Law
- Linguistics, Literature and Culture
- Materials
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine
- Physics
- Psychology
- Society, Philosophy, Education
- Spin-off/Transfer
- Traffic
- Training
- Welcome