MMVW03
11 September 2023 to 15 September 2023
The study of interactions among living entities covers broad scientific domains, ranging from molecules and cells through individual organisms and groups to species, populations and communities. Common to all domains is the need to quantify the presumed interactions at the relevant spatial and temporal scales. While no formal theory exists in the literature, there exist different approaches that aim to construct a mechanistic representation of how individuals interact with each other as well as how to measure such interactions, but in most cases such approaches are specific to the problem at hand. The common factor among the existing approaches is their intention to represent the sequential nature of how organisms interact, first acquiring information from their surroundings, then processing that information and subsequently selecting a movement response.
It is this interaction cascade, often challenging to measure and analyse in biotic interactions, that has been the target of model development across disciplines and research areas from predators foraging on prey and pathogen spread in animal ecology to wound healing and cancer growth in cell biology. The modelling efforts distinguish themselves based on the spatial and temporal scale, from those representing pair-wise interaction events at the microscopic scales, to those at a coarser level of description describing an entire population macroscopically. Models may also differ in the tools employed to represent interactions, ranging from the use of an interaction potential that is smooth and well defined at every point in space, to the weighting of the links of an interaction network. As these and other tools and techniques have their pros and cons, it is invaluable to identify their strengths and limitations in light of the tremendous advances in recent tracking and sensor technologies.
By cross-fertilising different ideas and techniques in animal ecology and cell biology we aim to gain a more realistic perspective on measurement and representation of organism interactions, revisiting existing concepts, and permitting new discoveries and insights.
Registration Only
Registration Package: £ 243
Student Registration Package: £ 193
The Registration Package includes admission to all seminars, lunches and refreshments on the days that lectures take place (Monday - Friday), wine reception and formal dinner, but does not include other meals or accommodation.
Formal Dinner Only
Formal Dinner: £ 60
Participants on the Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. For all remaining participants who would like to attend, such as programme participants, the above charge will apply.
Unfortunately we do not have any accommodation to offer so all successful applicants will need to source their own accommodation.
Please see the Hotels Combined website for a list of local hotels and guesthouses.
Lunch
Lunch timings and location will be confirmed with timetable.
Evening Meal
Participants are free to make their own arrangements for dinner.
Formal Dinner
The Formal Dinner will be held at Churchill College on Wednesday 13th September at 19:30.
The event is a tradition for INI participants and gives you a chance to socialise with your colleagues on a more personal level. It is not one to miss!
Participants on the Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event.
Monday 11th September 2023 | |||
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09:15 to 09:50 | No Room Required | ||
09:50 to 10:00 |
Ulrike Tillmann Isaac Newton Institute; University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 10:45 |
Sujit Datta Princeton University |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:15 | No Room Required | ||
11:15 to 12:00 |
Ran Nathan Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Room 1 | |
12:00 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 |
Carles Falco University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 15:00 |
Christen Fleming University of Central Florida |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
15:30 to 16:15 |
Simon Benhamou CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) |
Room 1 | |
16:15 to 17:00 |
Zuzanna Szymańska University of Warsaw |
Room 1 | |
17:00 to 18:00 | Discussion Room |
Tuesday 12th September 2023 | |||
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09:15 to 10:00 |
Emily Shepard Swansea University |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 10:45 |
Jonathan Friedman Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:15 | No Room Required | ||
11:15 to 12:00 |
Matthew Simpson Queensland University of Technology |
Room 1 | |
12:00 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 |
Ohad Vilk Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 15:00 |
Orr Spiegel Tel Aviv University |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
15:30 to 16:15 |
Christine Beardsworth Liverpool John Moores University |
Room 1 | |
16:15 to 16:35 |
Cleo Conacher Stellenbosch University |
Room 1 | |
16:35 to 16:55 |
Thejasvi Ravindra Beleyur Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior; Universität Konstanz |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 13th September 2023 | |||
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09:15 to 10:00 |
Michael Assaf Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 10:45 |
Sara Bernardi Politecnico di Torino |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:15 | No Room Required | ||
11:15 to 12:00 |
Jose A Carrillo University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
12:00 to 13:30 | Room 1 | ||
19:30 to 22:00 | No Room Required |
Thursday 14th September 2023 | |||
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09:15 to 10:00 |
Maria Bruna University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 10:45 |
Denis Boyer Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) |
Room 1 | |
10:45 to 11:15 | No Room Required | ||
11:15 to 12:00 |
Simon Martina Perez University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
12:00 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 |
Bill Fagan University of Maryland, College Park |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 15:00 |
Helen Byrne University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
15:30 to 15:50 |
Annachiara Colombi Politecnico di Torino |
Room 1 | |
15:50 to 16:10 |
Seeralan Sarvaharman University of Bristol |
Room 1 | |
16:30 to 17:30 | No Room Required | ||
16:30 to 17:30 | Room 1 |
Friday 15th September 2023 | |||
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09:00 to 09:45 |
Alexandria Volkening Purdue University |
Room 1 | |
09:45 to 10:30 |
Vivienne Leech University College London |
Room 1 | |
10:30 to 11:00 | No Room Required | ||
11:00 to 11:20 |
Juan Manuel Morales University of Glasgow |
Room 1 | |
11:20 to 12:05 |
Florian Jeltsch Universität Potsdam |
Room 1 | |
12:05 to 13:30 | No Room Required |
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