DynamicsClub

It’s another year full of Dynamics Club! In 2024, we’ve had a total of 15 events, including 2 department seminars and 3 in-person visits to UCLA. Apart from general topics in biology and physiology, Dynamics Club hosted 4 themed sessions on Interoception Dynamics. Congrats to all the speakers for the stimulating talks and thank everyone for participation!

We acknowledge generous support from the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCBio) and Brain Research Institute (BRI).

Date Topic Speaker(s) Materials
Jan 10 Optimal transport in single-cell genomics with moscot Dominik Klein (Theis Lab; Helmholtz Munich) Preprint
Feb 12 Context-dependent regulation of lipid accumulation in adipocytes by a HIF1a-PPARg feedback network Dr. Michael Zhao (EMBL) PubMed
Mar 20 A bioelectrical phase transition patterns the first vertebrate heartbeats Bill Jia (Cohen/Megason Lab; Harvard) PubMed
Apr 24 Modeling inter-individual differences in circadian timekeeping based on wrist-wearable data Dr. Ruby Kim (University of Michigan)  
May 24 Guest lecture: What do elevated levels of albumin in urine mean? Dr. Aurelie Edwards (Boston University) PubMed
May 29 Matching a network model of the yeast cell cycle to multiple dynamic behaviors of mutant datasets Dr. Breschine Cummins (Montana State University) PubMed
Jun 4 M&M Seminar: p53 dynamics in single cells Dr. Eric Batchelor (University of Minnesota)  
Jun 19 Uncovering macrophage phenotype transitions using a stochastic modeling framework Dr. Anna-Simone J. Frank (University of Bergen) PubMed
Jul 10 Blood pressure pulsations modulate central neuronal activity via mechanosensitive ion channels Dr. Luna Jammal Salameh (University of Regensburg) PubMed
Aug 20 Emergence of large-scale cell death through ferroptotic trigger waves Hannah K. C. Co (Chen Lab; Academia Sinica) PubMed
Sep 25 What can Hydra teach us about the role of spontaneous neural activity? Dr. Alison Hanson (Columbia University) PubMed
Oct 16 Decoding cellular and signaling dynamics: building and disrupting tissue architecture Dr. Tianchi Xin (Yale School of Medicine) PubMed
Oct 28 Charting the universal bifurcation structure of neurons and its connection to network synchronization Dr. Janina Hesse (Leibniz Institute for Resilience, Mainz) PubMed
Nov 22 S2C Seminar: A dynamical perspective on the origin of nervous systems Dr. Ann Kennedy (Scripps Research Institute)  
Dec 11 Nonlinear dynamics of pattern formation and of oscillator synchronization during embryonic development Dr. Laurent Jutras-Dubé (Rockefeller University)