The “Physics Meets Genomes” Conference and Summer School will train a new generation of researchers at this important intersection of disciplines to advance the study of nuclear processes. The Summer school will also create opportunities for exchange, collaboration, and development of new ideas among a focused group of researchers working at the intersection of biology and physics. Around 30 internationally renowned researchers have been invited to give extended lectures showcasing their diverse expertise to an audience of approximately 60 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers from these disciplines.
Each of the five days of the Summer School will focus on a key theme that has emerged over the last decade in the study of chromosomes: chromatin dynamics and interactions, mechanics of the nucleus, SMC motors, search processes in the nucleus, and phase condensates. Each theme will first be introduced in the morning during a “Blackboard Presentation.” This presentation is intended to provide attendees with the theoretical basis for the topic at hand. This will be followed by a “Review Lecture” summarizing the field. Finally, three to four “Expert Talks” will allow for a more detailed presentation of the work of important actors in the field.
Workshops:During two afternoon workshops students will have the opportunity to acquire practical experience under the guidance of leading experts in the field by using and studying the computational approaches and pipelines to analyze the real data on chromosomes provided by labs participating in the meeting.
Workshop 1, Day 1: Introduction to Polymer Physics and Polymer Dynamics
taught by a recent graduate of the Mirny lab, Dr. Simon Grosse-Holz, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden.
Workshop 2, Day 2: Introduction to Hi-C data, processing and analysis
Will be taught by Dr. Alexandra Galitsyna, currently a postdoc in our lab will be leading
