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SUMMARY:Physical Biology: Is There an Elephant in the Room?
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Stan Leibler\, The Rockefeller University\nHosted by:
	 Shyamsunder Erramilli\, Pankaj Mehta\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/poster
	s/2013_Spring/11_Leibler.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Se
	ries.\n\nAbstract:\n\nIn physics we are attracted by simple and universal p
	henomena. In biology problems turn out to be often more complicated than an
	ticipated and universality is approximate and rare. One possible reason for
	 this is that biology is essentially a historical science and contingency p
	lays a crucial role. Physical biology tends to ignore this "elephant in the
	 room"\, mainly by limiting itself to molecular investigations. On the othe
	r hand\, it could be interesting if one "replayed the tape" of biology mult
	iple times and then performed statistical analysis of evolutionary historie
	s.  Maybe simple laws of living matter and universality classes of its beha
	vior could then emerge?\n\nIn the meantime\, I will present some results of
	 long-term laboratory experiments in closed microbial ecosystems. Each syst
	em is a small world in itself\, with its idiosyncrasies and (hi)story to te
	ll. Local population dynamics is monitored in dozens of replicates. Surpris
	ingly\, statistical laws governing the population fluctuations seem to be q
	uite simple.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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