QLS seminar (in person) by Vitor M. Marquioni on Wednesday 30 March at 14:30 CET

[Quantitative Life Sciences]

Dear All,

Next Wednesday, 30 March at 14:30 Vitor M. Marquioni (UNICAMP) will give 
a seminar in presence titled:

*"Binary sequences and individual-based models applied to evolution**”*

Abstract:

Individual-based models (IBMs), unlike the mean-field ones, are commonly 
not described by equations, but instead by well-defined rules, which are
meant to be ran in a computer. Although widely used in many biological 
fields, it is not easy to achieve general results, once they can bear many
tunable parameters whose interplay can be very complex. In this talk, I 
aim to introduce three interesting models in which a mathematical
description can be formulated and some analytical results can be found.
Considering binary strings as a proxy for individuals’ genetic sequence, 
it is possible to analyze their evolution under different scenarios. The
so-called Derrida-Higgs model, which is an IBM of this type, mimics the 
species formation process in a sympatric community; from this, a model of
coevolution between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA has been proposed by 
Príncepe and de Aguiar (2020), which will also be covered during the talk.
Moreover, binary strings have also been used to model RNA viruses going 
on epidemic, and together with network theory they can provide a powerful
framework for the study of viral evolution.

Indico page https://indico.ictp.it/event/9920/

The seminar will take place in the Common Area, 2nd floor, ex SISSA 
Building, via Beirut, 2 at 14h30.

You are all most cordially invited to attend!

Best regards,

Erica

Erica Sarnataro
Group Secretary
Quantitative Life Sciences
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Trieste,  Italy
Tel. +39-040-2240623
www.ictp.it/research/qls.aspx
e-mail:qls at ictp.it