Plenary Event 1: The Living Cell

22-23 July 2013
The Ridge, University of Sheffield

This conference is the first of three ‘plenary’ events which will consider different aspects of the EPSRC NetworkPlus Understanding the Physics of Life. Here we will concentrate on challenges from the molecular to cellular scales. The conference will include a series of invited talks from leading biologists and biophysicists to “set the scene”, as well as beginning the process of drawing up a strategic roadmap for the Network through intensive discussion.

Programme

Day 1

12:30	Lunch
1:30	Introduction
13:45	Talk 1 Prof Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge
14:25	Talk 2 Prof Richard Berry, University of Oxford
15:05	Discussion
15:50	Breakout 1
16:50	Report back
17:10	Talk 3 Prof Viola Vogel, ETH Zurich
18:30	Dinner
20:00	Talk 4 Prof Robert Cross, University of Warwick

Day 2

09:00	Talk 5 Prof Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie
09:40	Talk 6 Prof Christian Soeller, University of Exeter
13:45	Talk 1 Prof Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge
10:20	Discussion
10:45	Coffee
11:00	Breakout 2
12:00	Report back
12:15	Talk 7 Prof Roy Quinlan, University of Durham
13:00	Lunch and Close

Registration

Register for this event. The registration fee (£80) includes lunch on both days and dinner, bed and breakfast for the night of July 22. For those attending all three events, discounted registration at £40 will be available for the final event.

Directions

The meeting will take place in The Ridge, Ranmoor Village, Sheffield S10 3A (see map; Ranmoor village is in the lower left-hand corner and the railway station is on the right-hand side). The entrance to Ranmoor Village is from Shore Lane; from Fulwood road, go up Shore Lane and you will find the entrance on your left after about 100 yards. Just past the barriers are steps leading down to Ramshaw block; The Ridge is just to the right of Ramshaw (see map of Ranmoor Village). It is a short bus journey from Sheffield city centre (take the number 120 from Sheffield Interchange, a few hundred yards from the railway station), or alternatively, a short taxi ride.