Summer School
in
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Conceptual and Methodological Foundations

5th Edition
Process Thinking for Evo-Devo

Organisers: Alessandro Minelli
Gerd B. Müller, and Giuseppe Fusco

School director: Johannes Jaeger

Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

September 18th-21st 2017

Programme Outline: Venice Summer School in Evo-Devo 2017

Process Thinking for Evo-Devo

Mon, Sep 18th: Introduction, History & Philosophy

09:00 – 10:00 Johannes Jaeger: introduction & overview
10:30 – 12:30 Scott Gilbert: history of process thinking leading up to evo-devo

14:00 – 16:00 James DiFrisco: ontology of individual processes & individuals
16:30 – dinner Poster Session (voluntary)

Tue, Sep 19th: Dynamical Systems Theory – Concepts

09:00 – 10:00 Johannes Jaeger: introduction to dynamical systems theory
10:15 – 11:15 Nick Monk: phase space analysis I: autonomous systems
11:30 – 12:30 Berta Verd: phase space analysis II: non-autonomous systems

13:30 – 16:30 Journal Clubs

Wed, Sep 20th: Dynamical Systems Theory – Examples

09:00 – 10:00 Nick Monk: context-dependent dynamics – Notch signaling
10:15 – 11:15 Berta Verd: evol/dev dynamics of the gap gene network
11:30 – 12:30 Johannes Jaeger: of teeth, worms & limbs – other evo-devo models

13:30 – dinner Topical discussions in small groups

Thu, Sep 21st: Evolutionary Dynamics

09:00 – 10:30 Ronald Jenner: pattern vs. process in phylogenetics
11:00 – 12:30 Graham Budd: pattern and process in morphological evolution

13:30 – 15:30 Stuart Kauffman: the emergence & evolution of life beyond physics
16:00 – 18:00 Closing Discussion (moderator: Johannes Jaeger)

Detailed programme