Program: Workshop at the Interface between Physics and Biology
8h00
Registration
8h45
Opening session
9h00
Conference: Theoretical physics at the interface of cell and molecular biology
José Nelson Onuchic – Rice University, Houston, USA
10h00
Conference: Inspiring Cross-Disciplinary Research with Life Science in Bristol University
Mervin Miles – University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
11h00
Coffee-Break
11h30
Short Presentations:
Using genetics and geography to model speciation
Marcus A. M. Aguiar – University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil
System biology and its impacts in biological thinking José Garcia Abreu Júnior – Federal university of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
From cell surface adhesion to final architecture of Xylella fastidiosa biofilms: investigation with advanced microscopy Monica A. Cotta – University of Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
13h00
Lunch – Restaurants around FAPESP
14h30
Conference: Expanding genetically encoded chemistry
Pedro S. Coelho – Provivis Laboratories, Los Angeles,USA
15h30
Conference: Biological physics: what we expect from this frontier at the interface between physics and biology
Carlos Lenz Cesar – University of Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
16h30
Coffee-Break
17h00
Short Presentations:
Probing forces at the cellular level
Adriano M. Alencar & Marinilce F. Santos – University of São Paulo – USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Chalenges for a competitive synthetic biology in Brazil
Marco Aurélio P. Lima – University of Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
GCaMP3 for Calcium signaling in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Celia R. Garcia - University of São Paulo