We also have a joint event, "International Workshop on Multi-scale Biological Plasticity," on the 8th at the same venue.  You can register both events from the registration link above.

Information processing has been one of the core concepts for understanding complicated responses and behaviors of biological systems. Recent progress in imaging, sequencing, and other technologies has enabled quantitative and temporal measurements and perturbations of biological phenomena at every scale, from a single molecule level to an organism level. The development of theoretical frameworks is critical for elucidating the underlying principles of biological information processing, bolstered by the rapid advancement of data and information technologies.

Historically, the theoretical underpinnings of biological information processing have been developed mainly within the realm of neuroscience over the past century. However, the domain of these theories is now broadening, transcending the traditional confines of neuroscience to encompass the biophysics and systems biology of both single-cell and multicellular dynamics. As a result, the borders between these scientific disciplines are becoming increasingly blurred, paving the way for the emergence of a new, integrative field of biological information processing.

The goal of this workshop is to cast a spotlight on this nascent field by gathering leading-edge researchers from across the diverse yet interconnected domains of quantitative biology, systems neuroscience, and biophysics. Our objective is to establish an international research network dedicated to the exploration of this burgeoning field. We intend to foster a dynamic exchange of knowledge and ideas among neuroscience, biophysics, and quantitative biology, thereby accelerating our collective understanding and research endeavors in biological information processing.

• Yaron E Antebi (Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science)

• Thierry Emonet (Yale University)

• Jean-Baptist Masson (Pasteur Institute)

• Tatyana Sharpee (Salk Institute)

• Olivier Pertz (University of Bern)

• Yumi Konagaya (CDB, RIKEN)

• Kazuhiro Aoki (National Institute for Basic Biology(NIBB), Japan)

• Yuki Tsukada (Keio University)

• Tetsuya J. Kobayashi (University of Tokyo)

This workshop is organized  by Kazuhiro Aoki, Yuki Tukada, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi in the project of  

"Information physics of living matters" (新学術領域研究「情報物理学でひもとく生命の秩序と設計原理」),  

and also partially supported by 

• The Universal Biology Institute (UBI), UTokyo

• The JST CREST program (Mathematical Information Platform)

• Center for Research on Engineering in Medicine and Biology (CREMeB), IIS, UTokyo