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Dynamical Networks in Physics and Biology

At the Frontier of Physics and Biology Les Houches Workshop, March 17–21, 1997

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. D. A. Beysens

    1. Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA Grenoble, Grenoble, France

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  2. G. Forgacs

    1. Department of Physics and Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA

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Part of the book series: Centre de Physique des Houches (LHWINTER, volume 10)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Cooperative Phenomena in Physical Networks

      • G. Forgacs
      Pages 3-13

  3. Networks of Biopolymers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Complex Networks in Cell Biology

      • P. A. Janmey, J. V. Shah, J. X. Tang
      Pages 17-25

    3. The Keratocyte Cytoskeleton: A Dynamic Structural Network

      • K. I. Anderson
      Pages 27-40

    4. Adhesion Mediated Signaling: The Role of Junctional Plaque Proteins in the Regulation of Tumorigenesis

      • A. Ben-Ze’ev
      Pages 41-49

    5. Of Proteins, Redox States and Living Things

      • L. Moldovan, P. J. Goldschmidt-Clermont
      Pages 51-66

    6. Tensegrity and the Emergence of a Cellular Biophysics

      • D. E. Ingber
      Pages 67-80

    7. The Leukocyte Actin Cytoskeleton

      • F. Richelme, A.-M. Benoliel, P. Bongrand
      Pages 81-91

    8. Branched Polymers and Gels

      • M. Daoud
      Pages 93-102

    9. Statistical Mechanics of Semiflexible Polymers: Theory and Experiment

      • E. Frey, K. Kroy, J. Wilhelm, E. Sackmann
      Pages 103-119

    10. Scale Effects, Anisotropy and Non-Linearity of Tensegrity Structures: Applications to Cell Mechanical Behavior

      • S. Wendling, E. Planus, D. Isabey, C. Oddou
      Pages 121-127

  5. Genetic, Immune, Molecular and Metabolic Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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About this book

The 1997 Les Houches workshop on "Dynamical Network in Physics and Biology" was the third in a series of meetings "At the Frontier between Physics and Biology". Our objective with these workshops is to create a truly interdisciplinary forum for researchers working on outstanding problems in biology, but using different approaches (physical, chemical or biological). Generally speaking, the biologists are trained in the particular and motivated by the specifics, while, in contrast, the physicists deal with generic and "universal" models. All agree about the necessity of developing "robust" models. The specific aim of the workshop was to bridge the gap between physics and biology in the particular field of interconnected dynamical networks. The proper functioning of a living organism of any complexity requires the coordinated activity of a great number of "units". Units, or, in physical terms, degrees of freedom that couple to one another, typically form networks. The physical or biological properties of interconnected networks may drastically differ from those of the individual units: the whole is not simply an assembly of its parts, as can be demonstrated by the following examples. Above a certain (critical) concentration the metallic islands, randomly distributed in an insulating matrix, form an interconnected network. At this point the macroscopic conductivity of the system becomes finite and the amorphous metal is capable of carrying current. The value of the macroscopic conductivity typically is very different from the conductivity of the individual metallic islands.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA Grenoble, Grenoble, France

    D. A. Beysens

  • Department of Physics and Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA

    G. Forgacs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dynamical Networks in Physics and Biology

  • Book Subtitle: At the Frontier of Physics and Biology Les Houches Workshop, March 17–21, 1997

  • Editors: D. A. Beysens, G. Forgacs

  • Series Title: Centre de Physique des Houches

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03524-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag France 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65349-3Published: 17 November 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03524-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 315

  • Number of Illustrations: 134 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Complex Systems, Cell Biology, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

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