Bridging Stochastic Physical Theories with Biological Experiments

At the most fundamental level, physical and chemical laws govern the operations of a living cell. For example, the energetics of a biochemical reaction obey the law of thermodynamics, and the kinetics the law of mass action. At the functional level, however, when, where and at what rate a biomolecule executes its function through its binding to a partner or enzymatic catalysis is stochastic, and can only be described in probabilistic instead of deterministic terms. At this level, the integration between experiments and theories becomes extremely important, because new theories need to be developed to explain stochastic experimental observations and guide further experimental explorations, and experiments need to be conducted to test theoretical predictions and establish biological significance.

The 2023 GRC is shaping up to be one of the most exciting and important meetings in the discipline, addressing emerging challenges in understanding complex behaviors of biological systems using principles and theories in stochastic physics. We expect to bring together an outstanding and diverse group of physicists, mathematicians, engineers and biologists at the forefront of research and will make every attempt to include younger scientists and students as well.

We have set aside more than twenty short talk slots to be selected from submitted abstracts. The deadline for abstract talk submission is November 15th, 2022. Additionally, we will host a poster competition at the conference and award up to ten poster awards.