A triennial conference of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Hosted by the
Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California

ICBP2011 will be hosted on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, June 19-24, 2011. The first three days (June 19-21) will encompass training workshops, and the remaining three days (June 22-24) will include research symposia and plenary lectures. All workshop and symposium sessions will occur on the UCSD campus. Lodging will be provided by UCSD campus housing and the La Jolla Estancia Hotel & Spa.

Deadlines

  • Poster Abstracts: CLOSED
  • Workshops Registration:
    • Comp Mol Biophysics - OPEN
    • Physics of Living Systems SRN - CLOSED
  • Conference Registration: OPEN
  • Lodging Reservations:
    • UCSD On-Campus Apartment Housing - OPEN - Rooms still AVAILABLE
    • Estancia La Jolla Resort & Spa - FULL (no rooms available)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM (PDF)

General Arrival Information Packet (PDF)

UCSD Warren Housing Arrival Information Packet (PDF)

Confirmed Keynote/Symposia Speakers

ICBP2011 News & Updates
  • SCHEDULE CHANGE - Comp Mol Biophysics Workshop will start Wednesday, June 22 morning at 10:15 AM vs 9:30 AM.
  • ICBP2011 is a CLOSED campus event. You will need to be registered and display an ICBP2011 name badge to enter any ICBP2011 conference activity.
  • A printed version of the Conference Program will be distributed with your name badges at the conference registration desk.
  • The plenary lecture at the Birch Aquarium is FULL. This is a ticketed event - DO NOT take the shuttle to the Aquarium if you do not have an event ticket.
  • UCSD Housing Late Arrivals : the housing registration desk (Earl's Place) is open 6:30 AM to midnight. You can check-in from 11 AM - to midnight. If you arrive after midnight, call (858) 534-3811 for check-in.

Symposia Topics

  • Protein Dynamics, Function & Recognition (C Bustamante, M Gunner, H Frauenfelder)
  • Folding, Misfolding and Aggregation of Proteins (C Clementi, H Grubmueller, P de los Rios)
  • Gene Networks and Signaling Pathways (M Caselle, J Garcia Ojalvo, A Martinez-Arias)
  • Physics of the Cytoskeleton and Biomembranes (F MacKintosh, K Yee Lee, R Ramaswamy)
  • New Biophysical Tools (O Dudko, T Hianik, M Rief)
  • Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics (E Ben Jacob, H Levine)
  • Physics of Neural and Sensory Systems (W Bialek, J Garcia Ojalvo)
  • Physics of Cancer (L Nagahara, K Blagoev)
  • Multicellular Dynamics, Applications to Development and Microorganism Colonies (F Jülicher)
  • Physics of the Living Cell (H Levine, Z Luthey-Schulten)
  • Excitable and Self-Organized Systems (K Weijer, K Yoshikawa, W Zimmermann)
  • Molecular Imaging: Bridging Biology, Physics and Medicine (F Nusslin, R Hoffman)

Workshops

  • The Physics of Living Systems (H Levine)
  • Computational Molecular Biophysics (R. Konecny, A McCammon)