09h00 – 9h15: Welcome
09h15 – 9h30: Introduction: on the explanatory role of self-organization in Biology
– Matteo Mossio (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
Session 1 – Self-organization: from Physics (and Chemistry) to Biology
Chair: Arantza Etxeberria (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
09h30 – 10h30: Self-Organization, Biological Function, and the
Templeton Foundation
– Evelyn Fox Keller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10h30 – 11h30: From Physics to Biology by symmetry breakings
– Giuseppe Longo & Mael Montevil (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
11h30 – 11h45: Coffee break
11h45 – 12h45: Recurring processes
– John Dupré (University of Exeter)
12h45 – 14h30: Lunch
Session 2 – Self-organization and self-assembly in biological systems
Chair: Laura Nuño de la Rosa Garcia (Universidad Complutense & Université Paris 1)
14h30 – 15h30: Different mechanisms of embryonic development, morphological evolution and the evolution of development
– Isaac Salazar-Ciudad (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona)
15h30 – 16h30: Physical force, self organization, morphogenesis and cancer
– Ana Soto & Carlos Sonnenschein (Tuft University)
16h30 – 16h45: Coffee break
16h45 – 17h45: Round Table (leaded by Jon Umerez, Universidad del Pais Vasco)