Topics include:

·         small gene regulatory circuits

·         statistical physics of cell signaling pathways and protein complexes

·         cell motility, cell mechanics and morphodynamics

Invited speakers include: Anders Carlsson, Martin Howard, Jean-F. Joanny, Garegin Papoian, Carsten Beta, Tom Duke, Herbert Levine, John Pearson, Alexander Mikhailov, Ilka Bischoffs, Dave Weitz, Guillaume Charras, Chaouqi Misbah, Raymond Kapral, Chin-Kun Hu, Zhirong Liu, Liu Zengrong, Huhai Xiang, Baohua Ji, Yuan Lin