Heredity in the Postgenomic Era II
May 21–22, 2015
In recent decades, especially since the 2001 sequencing of the human genome, biology has been in the genomic era. This genomic age is now dominating much of biological thinking. It has spawned new post-genomic “omic” fields (such as proteomics, metabolomics, as well as systems biology) which are characterized by collection of vast data sets, of which analysis and interpretation remain formidable challenges.
Moreover, these genomic and postgenomic fields challenge much of the conceptual framework of biology inherited from the twentieth century, especially with respect to what was assumed about the nature of heredity and the role it plays atother levels of biology and culture.
The aim of this workshop is to explore the scientific and philosophical implications of these postgenomic disciplines on studies of heredity, including genetics, genomics, and evolution.
Convener
Contact
Vera Pfeffer
Organisation des Aufenthalts
Tel. +49 30 89001 153
Email preparing-your-stay@wiko-berlin.de
Participants
Thomas
Flatt
Fellow
2011/2012
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Raghavendra
Gadagkar
Former Permanent Fellow
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Mathias
Grote
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Neil
Hall
University of Liverpool
Laurence D.
Hurst
University of Bath
Ulrich
Stegmann
University of Aberdeen
Karola
Stotz
University of Sydney
Omri
Tal
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften, Leipzig