Upcoming Workshops

April 29 - May 3, 2024

This workshop will explore new approaches to ecological dynamics of microbial communities. Co-hosted with the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. To foster discussions on these themes, we’re choosing a problem-centric format: instead of enduring a long series of research talks, participants will succinctly present open problems in the field, which will then be discussed by the whole group and in smaller breakout sessions.

TIME & LOCATION

9:00AM CDT - 5:00PM CDT

875 N Michigan Ave, Suite 4010, Chicago, IL 60611

APPLICATION

Applications to the workshop closed on March 31, 2024. Participants for this workshop will be selected based on their interest in research at the intersection of biological and mathematical sciences.

ORGANIZERS

Stefano Allesina, Luis Amaral, Anindita Basu, Seppe Kuehn

SPEAKERS

Stefano Allesina (University of Chicago)
Luis Amaral (Northwestern)
Martina Dal Bello (Yale University)
Maria Rebolleda-Gomez (UC Irvine)
Karna Gowda (Ohio State)
Jiliang Hu (MIT)
Terry Hwa (UC San Diego)
Britt Koskella (UC Berkeley)
Seppe Kuehn (University of Chicago)
Alex Strang (UC Berkeley)
Mikhail Tikhonov (Washington University)
Keith Tyo (Northwestern)
Christine Ziegler (MIT)

SCHEDULE

Ecological Dynamics of Microbial Communities: new approaches

Monday, April 29

Compositional data in microbial systems: issues and opportunities

Stefano Allesina, Mikhail Tikhonov, Martina Dal Bello, Christine Ziegler, Alex Strang

Time	Event Description
9:00 – 9:30	Introductions and breakfast
9:30 – 10:00	Lightning Talks
10:00 – 12:30 pm	Speakers Session - short talks and discussion time with featured speakers
10:00 – 11:10	Talks & Discussion Time
11:10 – 11:20	Short Break (10 min)
11:20 – 12:30	Talks & Discussion Time
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00	Breakout Session
1:30 – 2:40	Small group work
2:40 – 2:50	Short Break (10 min)
2:50 – 4:00	Small group work
4:00 – 5:00	Reassemble and summarize

Tuesday, April 30

Microbial dynamics change with the environment

Time	Event Description
9:00 – 9:30	Introductions and breakfast
9:30 – 10:00	Lightning Talks
10:00 – 12:30 pm	Speakers Session - short talks and discussion time with featured speakers
10:00 – 11:10	Talks & Discussion
11:10 – 11:20	Short Break (10 min)
11:20 – 12:30	Talks & Discussion
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00	Breakout Session
1:30 – 2:40	Small group work
2:40 – 2:50	Short Break (10 min)
2:50 – 4:00	Small group work
4:00 – 5:00	Reassemble and summarize

Wednesday, May 1

Microbial metabolism

Seppe Kuehn, Terry Hwa, Karna Gowda, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Maureen Coleman

Time	Event Description
9:00 – 9:30	Introductions and breakfast
9:30 – 10:00	Lightning Talk
10:00 – 12:30 pm	Speakers Session - short talks and discussion time with featured speakers
10:00 – 11:10	Talks & Discussion
11:10 – 11:20	Short Break (10 min)
11:20 – 12:30	Talks & Discussion
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00	Breakout Session
1:30 – 2:40	Small group work
2:40 – 2:50	Short Break (10 min)
2:50 – 4:00	Small group work
4:00 – 5:00	Reassemble and summarize

Thursday, May 2

What are the limits to engineering single microbes?

Luis Amaral, Jiliang Hu, Britt Koskella, Keith Tyo

Time	Event Description
9:00 – 9:30	Introductions and breakfast
9:30 – 10:00	Lightning Talks
10:00 – 12:30 pm	Speakers Session - short talks and discussion time with featured speakers
10:00 – 11:10	Talks & Discussion
11:10 – 11:20	Short Break (10 min)
11:20 – 12:30	Talks & Discussion
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00	Breakout Session
1:30 – 2:40	Small group work
2:40 – 2:50	Short Break (10 min)
2:50 – 4:00	Small group work
4:00 – 5:00	Reassemble and summarize

Friday, May 3

Half day

Time	Event Description
9:00 – 9:30	Breakfast
9:30 – 11:00	Small group work, leading to the 11am summary discussion
11:00 – 12:30	Summary of the Week – Discussion of Highlights and Plans for the Future
12:30	Catered lunch & End of program, but stay for the afternoon if you like