Outline

EPB Symposium Harvard April 5 , 2008

Less can also be different

Mehran Kardar (MIT)

Outline

I. I study and teach Statistical Physics

II. Why Statistical Physics?

P.W. Anderson: More is different
A.M. Turing: Morphogenesis & Animal coat patterns (Postsynaptic density)
Stochastic decisions in cell signaling

III. Other excursions motivated by biology

Knots in proteins (http://knots.mit.edu)
Protein-DNA interactions (with S.J. Rahi, and L. Mirny)
Combination therapies for cancer treatment
Diversity and specificity of T-cell receptors through thymic selection
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