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  WORKSHOP VENUE FOR ATTENDEES  

Stochasticity in Cell and Developmental Processes

DATE: 17th - 20th October 2010
LOCATION: Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, UK
ORGANISER:

James Briscoe
NIMR
London, UK

 

The process of transcription is, from the biochemical point of view, very dependent on the concentration and molecular interactions of transcription factors and components of the basal transcriptional machinery. Recent studies in unicellular organisms have shown that, as a consequence, there is a significant stochastic element to gene expression. This can give rise to non-genetic heterogeneity in a population of cells. In some cases stochasticity is exploited for function while in other cases its influence has to be minimized. There are hints that these observations also hold for metazoans and that stochasticity in gene expression is intrinsic to developmental systems where they might be used as an element of pattern formation.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together groups studying stochasticity and gene regulation in yeast and bacteria with people interested in similar questions in metazoan development.


 

Chair

Alfonso Martinez Arias
Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge

UK
ATTENDEES
Baum

Buzz Baum
University College London, UK
Becskei Attila Becskei
University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Roger Brent
Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, USA
Brickman

Joshua Brickman
NIMR, London, UK
Briscoe

James Briscoe
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Casares

Fernando Casares
CABD, Seville, Spain
chubb

Jonathan Chubb
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
de Navascues

Joaquin de Navascues
University of Cambridge, UK
Enver

Tariq Enver
University of Oxford, UK
Garcia-Ojalvo

Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo
Technical University of Catalonia, Terrassa, Spain 
Gaudet

Suzanne Gaudet
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Goldstein

Ray Goldstein
University of Cambridge, UK
 

Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Gunawardena

Jeremy Gunawardena
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Hiiragi

Takashi Hiiragi
Max Planck Institute, Munster, Germany
Iber

Dagmar Iber
ETH, Basel, Switzerland
Lecuit

Thomas Lecuit
IBDM, Marseille, France
Lowell

Sally Lowell
MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
Munro

Ed Munro
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Nédélec

François Nédélec
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Oates

Andy Oates
Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany
schroeder

Timm Schroeder
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
Simons

Ben Simons
University of Cambridge, UK
Smith

Austin Smith
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, Cambridge, UK
smith

Jim Smith
NIMR, London, UK
Tajbakhsh

Shahragim Tajbakhsh
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Thompson

Chris Thompson
University of Manchester, UK
van Oudenaarden

Alexander van Oudenaarden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
White

Michael White
University of Liverpool, UK
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