Dr. Masanao Miwa , Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology. Language: English, no interpretation.

Dr. Toru Hirota, Director, Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. Language: English, no interpretation.

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This week, Dr Dale Koenig (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Trisections of 4-manifolds".

"Individual differences in nonlinear neural dynamics and human behavior" by Dr. Keiichi Kitajo, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center

Speaker : Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Speaker: Dr. Westermann

Prof. Takehiko Shibata " Enzymatic mechanism of RecA-recombinase in homologous recombination: Role of RecA in homology recognition and the functions of RecA-DNA filaments."

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences on a simple level. No prior knowledge of topology is expected.

This week, Dr Dale Koenig (postdoc in the Tsvietkova Unit) will speak on "Heegaard splittings and an introduction to 3-manifold theory".  (The talk by Prof. Juncheol Pyo was cancelled.)

Speaker: Prof. Guido Boffetta from Department of Physics, University of Torino

Seminar "On the value of information in gambling, evolution and thermodynamics" by Luca Peliti, Professor, Deputy Director at SMRI, Italy, Friday, Feb2nd at 2-3pm