Course Content: Speakers from all over the world are asked to present pedagogical introductions to their field with an emphasis on basic concepts. After an introductory lecture (open for everybody), the participants of this course will have an additional discussion with the speaker discussing a recent paper and the holy grails of the field. For an overview of past hot topics sessions, please click here.

Audience: The tutorial is open for everyone to attend. The second part of the meeting is reserved as a discussion hour for the registered class of PhD students and postdocs with the lecturer.

Preparation: PhD students who have registered for the hot topics course need to prepare for the session by reading the articles that are mentioned in the below.

Date & Speaker: Thursday April 23rd, 2015 - Prof. dr. Philippe Bastiaens (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Dortmund)

Title:         Recursion and the self organisation of intracellular reaction patterns

Host:         Prof. dr. Hans Tanke    

Location:  Leiden University, Huygens Lab

Room:       HL 226

Time:        11:30-13:00

Required reading: to prepare for the hot topics discussion, read the two articles and prepare two questions per article to ask to prof. Bastiaens.

NB: it is not possible to register anymore. If you want to participate in the hot topics session with prog. Bastiaens, but have not registered yet, please contact Marije Boonstra.