Individuals interested in attending the event who are NOT members of the EvoGamesPlus consortium are requested to register here.
Workshop on the applications of evolutionary game theory in ecology, epidemiology, and cancer research.
Location: Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged
Aradi vértanúk tere 1, Szeged: Bolyai and Szőkefalvi Lecture Halls
9:30 - 10:30 Ádám Kun (Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest): Introduction to evolutionary theory
10:30 -11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 Tamás Varga (University of Szeged, Szeged): Replicator dynamics under time constraints
11:30 - 12:30 Balázs Papp (Biological Research Centre, Szeged): Applying evolutionary biology to human health
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45 György Szabó (Centre for Energy Research, Budapest): Elementary orthogonal interactions in symmetric matrix games
14:45- 15:30 Károly Kovács (Biological Research Centre, Szeged): Gene loss and compensatory evolution promote morphological novelties and pre-adaptation to new environments
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Public lecture by Prof. Eörs Szathmáry (Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest):
Models of multilevel selection and their applications
9:00 - 9:45 Attila Dénes (University of Szeged, Szeged): Epidemiology in seasonal environment
9:45 - 10:30 Beatrix Oroszi (Semmelweis University, Budapest): Surveillance systems - what is behind epidemiological data
10:30 -11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 Viktor Müller (ELTE, Budapest): The evolution of virulence
11:45 - 12:30 Tamás Ferenci (Óbuda University, Budapest): What to do with epidemiological and clinical data?
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30 Lőrinc Pongor (HCEMM, Szeged): Cancer development and somatic evolution
14:30- 15:00 Szilvia Juhász (HCEMM, Szeged): Mutational signature dynamics shaping the evolution of colorectal cancer
15:00 - 15:30 Tibor Pankotai (HCEMM, Szeged): Transcriptomic, genomic, and proteomic landscape of the metastatic melanoma
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Public lecture by Prof. Joel S. Brown (Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA):
(R)evolutionary therapies: Beating cancer at its own game
Registration
All interested researchers are welcome at the workshop. Participation is free of charge, however registration is required. If you would like to attend, please REGISTER HERE.
Deadline for registration: 7 January 2024
The two public lectures are fully open. No registration is required if you wish to attend only the public lectures.
EvoGamesPlus members do not need to register. Please note that there are programmes during the week which are only for EvoGamesPlus members.