Modelling and Biology in Regenerative Medicine 26-27th April 2010 University of Nottingham

In this workshop, speakers from a range of disciplines will present recent research on topics and techniques underpinning tissue engineering, including the biology of stem cell differentiation, signalling and patterning in developing tissues, and the biomechanical environment of tissue constructs.  The meeting is being sponsored through a collaborative award held between Mathematical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Medical School and the Institute of Cell Signalling at the University of Nottingham (www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/mrm/).

Talks will take place in C17, Pope Building, on the University Park Campus (building 27 on this map)

Invited speakers and topics include

• Davide Ambrosi (Milan): Mechanics in biology: a mathematical perspective
  
• Thomas Hoefer (Heidelberg): Mathematical models for proliferation and differentiation decisions of T cells
  
• Pierre-Francois Lenne (Marseille): Force generation and transmission during epithelial tissue morphogenesis
  
• Julian Lewis (CRUK): Developmental timers: genes, experiments and dynamical theories
  
• Sally Lowell (Edinburgh): Variability and unpredictability in lineage choice during embryonic stem cell differentiation
  
• Owen Sansom (Glasgow): Investigating intestinal stem cells: regeneration and cancer in vivo
  
• Bram Sengers (Southampton): Computational modelling and experimental evaluation of cell behaviour for skeletal tissue engineering