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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Convergence or Accident: Emergence of Hie
 rarchical Muti-Step Processing in Intracellular Signaling\, Brain Function
  and Artificial Neural Networks"
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Andre Levchenko\, Yale University\, New Haven\, CT (USA)
 \nWEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES (sandwiches provided)\n\nAbstract:\nConver
 gent evolution during optimization of both biological and non-biological s
 ystems can result in strikingly similar solutions to common problems. In t
 he context of sensory perception of complex signals that vary in time\, it
  is important to detect and process information on multiple temporal scale
 s. This challenge is common for both evolved biological and optimized engi
 neered systems. Here\, using recent findings across diverse fields and\, s
 pecifically\, the analysis of signal transduction networks at our lab\, I 
 will argue that the common properties of intracellular\, neuronal and arti
 ficial network signal processing – multi-step organization with hierarch
 ical time scale distribution across successive steps – is an emergent pr
 operty that is universal and convergent across multiple sensory network ty
 pes. This analysis can facilitate understanding and design of sensory syst
 ems in biological and non-biologic contexts\, and enable formulation of fu
 ndamental principles driving evolution of complex networks.\n\n\nBio:\nEdu
 cation:\n\n\n	Eng.Sc.D.\, Columbia University\n	M.S.\, Columbia University
 \n	B.S./M.S.\, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology\n\n\nDr. Andre L
 evchenko is the Principal Investigator of CaSB@Yale. He is the John C. Mal
 one Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale and is also the Founding D
 irector of Yale Systems Biology Institute (YSBI)\, whose major unifying ac
 tivity will be centered on this Project. Dr. Levchenko has been the direct
 or of YSBI since Fall 2013\, guiding it through a 2-fold expansion\, conso
 lidation in a new space\, and establishment of vigorous research experienc
 e on a new campus. Dr. Levchenko is a systems biologist\, bio-engineer\, a
 nd biophysicist who has been among the active developers of Systems Biolog
 y as a discipline since its most recent emergence\, and has made considera
 ble impact on the integrative computational/experimental analysis of cellu
 lar signaling and cell-cell communication. His more recent efforts are in 
 development of novel micro- and nano-fabricated devices for enhanced contr
 ol of cellular micro-environments. His work on understanding of the innate
  immune response and mechanisms of cell migration has received wide acclai
 m (with the latter leading to his election as a Fellow of the American Phy
 sical Society earlier this year). His current focus is on understanding of
  the mechanisms of aggressive cell migration in diverse settings and in re
 sponse to different cues. This research emphasis created the platform for 
 unifying the efforts of multiple Yale researchers.\n\n\nZoom link (with on
 e-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: https://
 go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\n\nInstructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students pla
 nning to attend this talk\, who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar atten
 dance rule:\nIN CASE you cannot attend in-person in the room\, please make
  sure to\n\n\n	send D. Reinhard a note well ahead of time (ideally before 
 seminar day)\, informing that you plan to attend the talk online\, and\, d
 uring seminar:\n	be signed in on Zoom with a recognizable user name (not a
 ny alias making it difficult or impossible to identify you).\n\nStudents a
 ttending the seminar in-person should collect a confirmation signature aft
 er the talk - please print your own signature sheet beforehand (69 kB pdf 
 available for download here). IMPORTANTLY: hang on to this sheet as no sig
 nature record is being kept by anyone else!\n 
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