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LOCATION:MPI-PKS\, Nöthnitzer Straße 3801187 Dresden
SUMMARY:Tu: Nonequilibrium statistical physics in living systems: The role 
 of energy dissipation for biological functions
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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Yuhai Tu\nInstitute of Speaker: IBM T. J. Watson R
 esearch Center\nTopics:\nPhysik\n Location:\n  Name: MPI-PKS ()\n  Street:
  Nöthnitzer Straße 38\n  City: 01187 Dresden\n  Phone: + 49 (0)351 871 0
 \n  Fax: \nDescription: Living systems from biochemical networks to neural
  networks are responsible for carrying out precise biological functions an
 d information processing tasks. However\, most of these complex networks o
 perate far out of equilibrium in which equilibrium statistical mechanics f
 ails to describe even their steady state properties. It thus remains a maj
 or challenge in biological physics to develop a theoretical framework for 
 studying these highly nonequilibrium complex systems. A central problem in
  living (or active) systems is how they manage to perform vital functions 
 (e.g.\, adaptation\, replication\, and computing\, etc.) accurately by usi
 ng highly noisy signals. What are the mechanisms to control noise for accu
 rate information processing? What are the energy costs for implementing th
 ese mechanisms? What are the design principles for achieving these biologi
 cal functions efficiently? In the past 16 years\, we have been working to 
 answer these questions in various biochemical systems including ultra-sens
 itive switch\, sensory adaptation\, accurate biochemical oscillations\, an
 d collective behaviors (e.g.\, synchronization\, flocking\, and pattern fo
 rmation) by using tools and concepts from nonequilibrium statistical physi
 cs. In this talk\, we will first describe the general background on the to
 pic followed by presenting some of our work related to the role of energy 
 dissipation for important biological functions for sensory adaptation and 
 (if time permits) synchronization of molecular clocks.
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