Opening event of the Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences

The purpose of the Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences is to conduct joint interdisciplinary research on mathematical and life science problems.

For the opening of the center, you can expect an exciting lecture program from 11 am to 5 pm, including Rudi Balling (UKB), Frederik Graw (University of Erlangen) and Stefania Petra (University of Heidelberg), followed by a reception in the Senate and Ballroom in the main building of the university.

 Time & Place and Registration

Time

Friday, November 8 2024
11:00 - 17:00
+ subsequent reception

Place

"Festsaal" & "Senatssaal"
University main building
Regina-Pacis-Weg 3
53113 Bonn

Registration

Please register until October 25 2024 - the event is free of charge.

Program

11:00 - 11:30

Welcoming speeches
  • Irmgard Förster, Vice Rector for Equal Opportunity and Diversity
  • Walter Witke, Dean of the  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences & Bernd Weber, Dean of the Medical Faculty
  • Jan Hasenauer, Speaker of the Bonn Center for Mathematical Life Sciences

11:30 -12:15

Interdisciplinarity: Easier said than done

Rudi Balling, University Hospital Bonn

12:15 - 13:30

Coffe break & lunch (fingerfood/snacks provided)

13:30 - 15:00

Assignment Flows: Data Labeling and Discrete Generative Modeling with Applications to Medical Imaging
Stefania Petra, University of Augsburg
Short talk: Efficient use of contrast agent in Magnet Resonance Tomography using conditional deep learning
Thomas Pinetz, University of Bonn
Short talk: A stochastic version of the Hopfield-Ninio kinetic proofreading model
Eugenia Franco, University of Bonn

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 - 17:00

Connecting the dots - Deciphering immune processes by data-driven modelling
Frederik Graw, University of Erlangen
Short talk: Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics
Martin Kühn, University of Bonn/German Aerospace Center
Short talk: T cell population dynamics as 3D reaction-diffusion system with random motility
Lisa Li, University Hospital Bonn

from 17:00

Reception with food and drinks

Contact & organization

Dr. Christina Fricke

+49 228 73-69444

Endenicher Allee 64

53115 Bonn

Meike Busch-Auf der Mauer

+49 228 73-69445

Endenicher Allee 64

53115 Bonn