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SUMMARY:Life\, Structure and Cognition (LSC) 2026: Breakpoints across Biol
 ogical Systems
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DESCRIPTION:\nThe 2026 edition of the LSC Meeting\, “Breakpoints across 
 Biological Systems”\, aims to discuss how instabilities arise and what a
 re the causes of breakpoints at different scales in biological systems (in
 cluding at the level of cultural evolution in human societies). This topic
  is heavily influenced by the prospects the entire planet and mankind are 
 facing in front of a rapidly changing environment. Taking the topic in a b
 roader sense\, examples of breakpoints that we will discuss include\, but 
 are not limited to\, pathological events like those observed in heart fail
 ure or ecological and social ones when biological niches and societies col
 lapse\, but will also include creative or physiological catastrophe events
 \, such as those observed at the root of major evolutionary transitions or
  in many developmental processes.The scope of this in-person 4 day-long me
 eting is to bring together scientists from the LSC Committee with invited 
 experts and the IHES scientists to present the latest progress in understa
 nding breakpoints as a multifaceted concept and its many implications on d
 ifferent aspects of life and thus fueling discussions\, brainstorm and exp
 lore alternative paths towards a better understanding of this concept. The
  first day will focus particularly on the heart: cardiac death\, arrhythmi
 as\, and fibrosis patterns.\nStay in touch by subscribing to our mailing l
 ist.\n \nCARDIO DAY (June 22nd):\nSpeakers:\n\nOlivier Bernus\, Mechanism
 s underlying Cardiac Arrhythmias\, University of Bordeaux & IHU Liryc\nMic
 hel Haïssaguerre\, Abnormalities of Heart Rhythm\, Hôpital Cardiologique
  du Haut–Lévèque\n\nDiscussants:\n \n\nGuillaume Coutance\, Heart Fai
 lure and Heart Transplant\, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris\nGuilla
 ume Fleury\, Cardiovascular Pathologies\, American Hospital of Paris\nAlex
 ander Panfilov\, Cardiac Modelling\, Ghent University\nHans Dierckx\, Card
 iac Arrhytmais\, Leiden University Medical Center (NL)\n\n \nGENERAL MEET
 ING Speakers:\n\nUri Alon\, Design Principles in Biology\, Weizmann Instit
 ute of Science\nNathalie Balaban\, Antibiotic Resistance\, The Hebrew Univ
 ersity in Jerusalem\nDaniel Kondor\, Social Complexity & Collapse\, Comple
 xity Science Hub\nAthanasios Litsios\, Functional Genomics\, University of
  Toronto\nJenny Reddish\, Social Complexity & Collapse\, Complexity Scienc
 e Hub\nManuel Thery\, Cytoskeleton and Morphogenesis\, CEA / ESPCI\, Insti
 tut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes\n\n \nMore details in the Profiles sections.\
 n \nORGANIZERS:\n\n\nYves Barral (ETH Zurich)\nMikhail Gromov (IHES/U. Pa
 ris-Saclay & NYU) \nBob Penner (IHES/U. Paris-Saclay & UCLA) \nEugene Koon
 in (NIH)\nYann LeCun (AMI Labs & NYU)\nNicolas Minc (U. Paris Cité/CNRS) 
 \nPierre-Yves Oudeyer (INRIA Bordeaux)\nYukiko Yamashita (MIT)\n\n\nEXECUT
 IVE ORGANIZATION: Grazia Gonella\, ETH ZurichCONTACT: lsc@biol.ethz.ch\n\n
 https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/16616/
LOCATION:Centre de conférences Marilyn et James Simons (Le Bois-Marie)
URL:https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/16616/
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