Second symposium in connection with the Qbio program: "Mechanical Forces in Biology"

Just under a year ago, the Institut Pasteur launched a quantitative biology program known as Qbio, with the aim of facilitating research and education at the interface of biology and physics.

The main aims of this program are to promote interactions on campus between scientists involved in quantitative biology, to inspire scientists trained in physics to investigate biology-related issues, and to encourage biologists to incorporate quantitative models in their research. Quantitative biology is a burgeoning field, and one of its major aims is to improve understanding of the principles underlying complex biological behavior in terms of physics and mathematical models.

A symposium is being held on Friday June 9 as part of efforts to support the development of a quantitative approach. This event, entitled "Mechanical Forces in Biology", will take place in the Jacques Monod lecture hall at 9.15am.

100 year after the publication of the seminal work of d’Arcy Thompson “On growth and form”, the contribution of mechanical forces to the organization and homeostasis of living matter has gain more and more interest. This symposium aims to foster interactions between researchers in Institut Pasteur and from Paris sharing interests for the role of forces in biological matter, from the molecular scale to subcellular, cellular and tissular levels.

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