Société Francophone de Biologie Théorique
French-speaking Society for Theoretical Biology

XXVIth Seminar of the SFBT

Characterization and Analysis of Heterogeneity
in Biological Systems

Saint-Flour (Cantal - France) : June 18 - 21 2006

7 rue des planchettes La Maison des Planchettes F-15100 Saint-Flour

Organisers

Claude MANTE - David NERINI - Jacques VIRET

Topics

NB : Some paragraphs have not yet been translated. See the French version for more information.

This Seminar will be devoted to the notion of heterogeneity through experimental and theoretical studies in domains such as biology, physiology, epidemiology and ecology. The following topics will be addressed:

experimental measurement of heterogeneity,
importance and influence of observation scales in model construction,
long memory processes,
problem of hypotheses and heterogeneity in model construction (non-stationarity, aggregation, turbulence),
detection of breaks in time-series.

This Seminar is organized in 5 half day sessions. The last session may be devoted to free subjects. The Delattre price (750 euros) will be awarded to the best oral presentation of a young researcher.

References

Cardinale, B. J. & Palmer, N. A. (2002). The influence of substrate heterogeneity on biofilm metabolism in a stream ecosystem, Ecology, 83 (2), 412-422.

Lévêque, C. (2003). Ecology : From Ecosystem to Biosphere. Science Publisher inc., New York, 490 p.

Kolasa, J. & Rollo, C. D. (1991). The heterogeneity of heterogeneity: A glossary. Pages 1-23 In: Ecological heterogeneity. J. Kolasa and S. T. A. Pickett, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Contacts

Claude MANTE (mailto:mante(o)com.univ-mrs.fr) (Tél: 04 91 82 91 27)
COM, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines,
UMR CNRS 6117, Campus de Luminy, Case 901, F-13288 MARSEILLE
David NERINI (mailto:nerini(o)com.univ-mrs.fr) (Tél: 04 91 82 91 25)
COM, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines,
UMR CNRS 6117, Campus de Luminy, Case 901, F-13288 MARSEILLE
Jacques VIRET (mailto:jviret(o)imag.fr) (Tél: 04 76 63 69 38)
Centre de Recherche du Service de Santé des Armées (CRSSA)
F-38702 La Tronche Cedex
SFBT site (http://www.sfbt.org)

Schedule and deadlines

March 2006 : First announcement, call for communication and registration
29 May 2006 : Deadline for communication summaries
5 June 2006 : Deadline for registration and final schedule

Registration form [pdf]

Membership form [pdf]