7th International Plant Computational Biology Workshop
4 – 8 September 2023 | Sainsbury Laboratory | Cambridge, UK
Workshop overview
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) together with the Plant Reproduction and Development Lab, ENS Lyon, jointly invite biologists and modellers who use computational modelling in studying plant biology to attend the 7th International Plant Computational Biology Workshop in Cambridge this September. The particular focus of this workshop is the dynamical modelling of plant development, including gene expression and morphogenesis.
The workshop will be held over 4.5 days between 4-8 September 2023 and will be hosted at SLCU in central Cambridge, UK. The meeting aims to bring together scientists interested in modelling plant development and will feature invited speakers from multiple disciplines and those working on other model systems in life sciences. The workshop will feature seminars each day and ample time for group discussions on current and future challenges in modelling development and morphogenesis. The meeting will also feature more technical discussions and hackathons, where model developers aim to integrate software from different groups on image processing, meshing, and modelling.
Invited speakers:
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Richard Smith (JIC, UK)
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Brendan Lane (JIC, UK)
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Christophe Godin & Landry Duguet (RDP-Lyon, France)
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Olivier Ali (RDP-Lyon, France)
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Gabriella Mosca (ZMBP, University of Tubingen (DE))
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Renske Vroomans (SLCU, UK)
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Pau Formosa-Jordan (MPIPZ, Germany)
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Emmanuel Faure (CNRS Montpellier, France)
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Monica L Garcia-Gomez (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
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Leah Band (University of Nottingham, UK)
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Dagmar Iber (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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Adrienne Roeder (Cornell University, USA)
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Philippe Andrey (IJPB, Versailles, France)
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Christian Fleck (FDM, Germany)
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Isao Tokuda (Ritsumeikan, Japan)
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Paul Villoutreix (INSERM, France)
Preliminary Programme
Monday 4 September
- 12.45 Welcome/Introduction, Henrik Jönsson/James Locke/Francois Nedelec/Renske Vroomans (Auditorium)
- 13.00 Adrienne Roeder: Stochasticity and Robustness in Arabidopsis sepal patterning and morphogenesis
- 14.00 Isao Tokuda: Mathematical modelling and control of spatiotemporal dynamics in Arabidopsis circadian clock
- 15.00 Coffee and discussions (Atrium & Auditorium)
- 16.00 Richard Smith and Brendan Lane: Puzzle cell shape emerges from the interaction of growth and mechanical constraints
- 17.00 Social Drinks & Nibbles (Atrium)
Tuesday 5 September
- 09.00 Pau Formosa-Jordan: Plant multicellular dynamics: From cellular patterning to developmental transitions
- 10.00 Gabriella Mosca: MorphoMechanX and tension development in growing fruits
- 11.00 Coffee and discussions (Atrium & Auditorium)
- 12.00 Lunch Break (BYO food, cafes and bakeries nearby)
- 13.00 Philippe Andrey: Beyond singularity in spatial analyses of plant cells and tissues
- 14.00 Discussions (Auditorium)
- 15.00 Coffee (Atrium)
- 15.30 Technical Discussion (Board Room)
- 18.00 Bring your own BBQ (Roof Terrace)*
*Bread, salads and drinks will be provided. Bring your own food to grill on BBQ.
Wednesday 6 September
- 09.00 Christophe Godin and Landry Duguet: An attempt to reconciliate auxin transport models at the SAM with recently observed quantitative patterns of auxin and PIN1
- 10.00 Leah Band: Modelling hormone distributions regulation root development
- 11.00 Coffee and discussions (Atrium & Auditorium)
- 12.00 Lunch Break (BYO food, cafes and bakeries nearby)
- 13.00 Renske Vroomans: Using evolutionary simulations to elucidate plant development
- 14.00 Discussions (Auditorium)
- 15.00 Coffee (Atrium)
- 15.30 Technical Discussion (Board Room)
- 18.00 Outing to Panton Arms Pub
Thursday 7 September
- 09.00 Dagmar Iber: How to pattern tissues?
- 10.00 Emmanuel Faure: Can we characterise the natural variability of ascidian development?
- 11.00 Coffee and discussions (Atrium & Auditorium))
- 12.00 Lunch Break (BYO food, cafes and bakeries nearby)
- 13.00 Paul Villoutreix: Inference and machine learning methods in developmental biology: bridging morphogenesis and patterns of gene expression
- 14.00 Discussions (Auditorium)
- 15.00 Coffee (Atrium)
- 15.30 Technical Discussion (Board Room)
- 18.00 Private Dinner (speakers only)
Friday 8 September
- 09.00 Christian Fleck: Modelling with insufficient data. An example from trichome patterning (online delivery)
- 10.00 Nick Monk: Transient dynamics in models of intercellular signalling
- 11.00 Coffee and discussions (Atrium & Auditorium)
- 12.00 Lunch Break (BYO food, cafes and bakeries nearby)
- 13.00 Olivier Ali: The Killing: the missing link between Geometry and Mechanics?
- 14.00 Discussions (Auditorium)
- 15.00 Coffee (Atrium)
- 15.30 Technical Discussion (Board Room)
- 18.00 Social Hour (format TBC)
Venue: Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, 47 Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR How to find us
Attendance: This workshop will be held in-person only.
Registrations have now closed
Visiting the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
If you would like to visit the Cambridge University Botanic Garden during the week, please enter via the public ticket booths during the opening hours (10am-6pm). Tickets are £8 for adults.
Travel grant
We are offering one travel grant to cover economy travel and accommodation for a researcher who is in financial need and lacks other funding sources to attend the conference. Preference will be given to postgraduate students or postdocs beginning their careers and/or ethnic groups underrepresented in science, and scientists from resource-limited countries. The travel grant will only be awarded to a researcher who does not have access to any other source of funding, including external or internal funding from your own Department or PI, and would not otherwise be able to attend.
Organisers
The 7th International Plant Computational Biology Workshop is jointly organised by SLCU and RDP Laboratory, ENS Lyon.
Workshop coordinators: Henrik Jönsson, James Locke, François Nédélec, Renske Vroomans, Christophe Godin.
