Dynamic phenomena are ubiquitous in biological systems and span multiple, interacting spatiotemporal scales. There is growing appreciation that quantifying them accurately will lead to deeper insights into human disease and even inspire novel therapies – but doing so is challenging, and will likely need innovative cross-disciplinary approaches and tools.
BioDynamics 2018 will showcase some of the very best cross-disciplinary research in this rapidly expanding field, with a focus on how the study of biological dynamics, and the mechanistic understanding it provides, can be used for clinical translation and patient-specific therapeutics. Talks will range from microscopic scales – how molecular dynamics influence disease phenotypes – to macroscopic scales – how neural, humoral and cardiovascular dynamics affect human health and disease.
12 & 13 April 2018
Biodynamics 2018 Themes and confirmed keynote speakers:
Motor Neuroscience
How motoneurons work and what happens when they go wrong,Kerry Mills,King’s College London
Molecular Mechanisms and Modelling of Diseases
Constitutional Dynamics of Prion Assemblies,Human Rezaei,French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Neural Oscillations in health and Disease
Successful or unsuccessful interventions? The role of cortical oscillations,Roi Cohen Kadosh, University of Oxford
Stress and the Brain
No stress without rhythm; the world of oscillating hormones,Stafford Lightman, University of Bristol
Patient Specific Modelling
The snowflake conundrum: lessons in paediatric musculoskeletal biomechanics,Marco Viceconti, University of Sheffield
For more information on the programme, fees, abstracts and how to register, please follow the ink to the Biodynamics 2018 website: https://biodynamics2018.co.uk
Places are limited so register soon to join what will be a truly great meeting!