PoLNET1 Past Events

After an initial launch meeting attended by 150 people, three plenary meetings featured a series of scientific presentations from eminent UK and international scientists aimed at provoking and spawning discussions. Small group work at these events derived, in turn, candidate topics to be developed in the network’s signature ‘focussed workshops’ – facilitated 2-day thematic meetings of 25-50 people. Eight of these workshops took place over the lifetime of PoLNet1 and worked on ‘pipeline’ research areas in which current challenges have been defined, and which the UK Physics of Life community might tackle at world-class level.

Two graduate Schools were also organised to attract early career researchers who received intense training and networking opportunity.

PoLNET1 concluded with a Final Summit meeting where a series of recommendations outlined in the 'Roadmap for Biological Physics' were made.