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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Oskar Hallatschek\nAbstract: Population expansions are
  ubiquitous in nature. They control the speed of many important dynamical 
 processes\, including multicellular development\, biological evolution and
  epidemic outbreaks. Yet\, the theoretical description of spreading behavi
 ors has been limited largely to mean-field models that ignore the randomne
 ss inherent to living systems. In this talk\, I present theoretical argume
 nts and experimental results that elucidate how noise influences spreading
  processes on many scales\, ranging from cellular scales\, where jamming c
 ells impede their own expansion\, to global scales\, where epidemic spread
  relies on rare long-range jumps.  Our results underscore that carrying ex
 cellent genes does not guarantee success in evolution - the pure luck of b
 eing in the right place at the right time can be equally\, or more\, impor
 tant.
LOCATION:Mondi Seminar Room 2\, Central Building\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:bkunes@ist.ac.at
SUMMARY:Oskar Hallatschek: The role of chance in the survival of the fittes
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URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/405
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