Science and Engineering at The University of Edinburgh

Theory Club

Explanatory note

This is a roughly biweekly series of didactical blackboard talks focussing on some theoretical aspect of Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics. The range of topics is sufficiently loosely defined that core interests within SUPA's CMMP theme, the agent-based modelling of complex systems relevant to the NANIA project, or whatever else takes our fancy are all accommodated.

Actually, the best way to find out what we talk about is to look at the list of titles below.

If you're wanting to receive mailings about these talks, request a topic for discussion, or - even better - offer to lead the discussion yourself, please email us Philip Greulich, Bartek Waclaw.

Week beginning 13 May 2012

Wednesday 16 May 12 - 11:30am

Simple models of microbial dynamics and evolution (part 5): horizontal gene transfer

Bartek Waclaw

This talk is for everyone who is interested in how bacteria "do it". Although bacteria are asexual organisms and they reproduce by binary fission, they also have a mechanism called conjugation which allows them to exchange portions of genetic code. Including conjugation in population-genetics equations is not difficult, but as I will show, it leads to some interesting effects.

Most recent meetings

Wednesday 2 May 12 - 11:30am

Simple models of microbial dynamics and evolution (part 3)

Bartek Waclaw

Wednesday 25 Apr 12 - 11:30am

Simple models of microbial dynamics and evolution (part 2)

Bartek Waclaw

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