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CoMPLEX Student Conference, Cumberland Lodge 2009

5th and 6th of May

On a yearly basis, the CoMPLEX community gathers in Cumberland Lodge, a house located in Windsor Great Park, to share and discuss ideas in the realm of biological modelling. Cumberland Lodge is mainly used for academic workshops and short residential courses by groups of students, to examine the fundamental assumptions underlying political, economic and scientific activities.

Situated at a mere 3.5 miles south of Windsor Castle, Cumberland Loge and its peaceful and relaxing atmosphere provide a unique opportunity for CoMPLEX students to debate, ask questions and hear the most current thinking from fellow students and experts alike. This year’s programme was better than ever, with topics ranging from sexual selection to climate change and even a workshop highlighting useful computational tools for biological modelling.
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Ed Long’ s workshop: “A very simple introduction to XCode, Cocoa and Quartz” has been made available online at:

http://ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpeal/quartz.html

This year's programme is available for download:  [programme.pdf, 44kb]

Copies of the presentations are available upon request. Please contact complex.admin@ucl.ac.uk for more information. This year’s programme included the following distinguished speakers:




  • Prof. Andrew Pomiankowski: Are “good genes” theories of sexual selection finally sinking into the sunset?

  • Michael Cohen: Dynamic actin-based protrusions in the emergence of robust large- scale epithelial patterning by lateral inhibition

  • David Fallaize: Towards large-scale molecular simulations: From molecular dynamics to Brownian dynamics

  • Matthew Caldwell: Investigating the mechanics of retrograde neurotransmission in the cerebellum

  • Iren Bains: Model ling T cell population dynamics: Using mathematics to quantify the establishment of the naive T cell population

  • Ed Long: Without a rudder or a compass: Charting the function of membrane rafts in cell signalling

  • Rosanna Smith: Structural development of the neuronal network for sound localization

  • Dr Armand Leroi, Imperial College:  "Searching for the Song of Songs"

  • Lord Robert May: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Network Vulnerability

  • Dr Max Reuter: Writing fellowship and grant applications

  • Dr Christian Franzke, British Antarctic Survey: Is climate interesting?
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