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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.\nINVITED SPEAKERS:\nCARDIO DAY (June 22nd):\nSpeakers:\n\nOlivier Ber
 nus\, Mechanisms underlying Cardiac Arrhythmias\, University of Bordeaux &
  IHU Liryc\nMichel Haïssaguerre\, Abnormalities of Heart Rhythm\, Hôpita
 l Cardiologique du Haut–Lévèque\n\nDiscussants:\n\nGuillaume Fleury\, 
 Cardiovascular Pathologies\, American Hospital of Paris\nAlexander Panfilo
 v\, Cardiac Modelling\, Ghent University\nDaniel Pijnappels\, Cardiac Arrh
 ythmias\, Leiden University Medical Center\nHubert Saleur\, Statistical Ph
 ysics\, Institute of Theoretical Physics (FR) & University of Southern Cal
 ifornia\nCharles Swerdlow\, Cardiac Arrhythmias\, David Geffen School of M
 edicine UCLA\n\nGENERAL MEETING:\n\nUri Alon\, Design Principles in Biolog
 y\, Weizmann Institute of Science\nNathalie Balaban\, Antibiotic Resistanc
 e\, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem\nDaniel Kondor\, Social Complexity 
 & Collapse\, Complexity Science Hub\nAthanasios Litsios\, Functional Genom
 ics\, University of Toronto\nJenny Reddish\, Social Complexity & Collapse\
 , Complexity Science Hub\n\nMore details in the Profiles sections.\nORGANI
 ZERS:\n\nYves Barral (ETH Zurich)\nMikhail Gromov (IHES/U. Paris-Saclay & 
 NYU) \nBob Penner (IHES/U. Paris-Saclay & UCLA) \nEugene Koonin (NIH)\nYan
 n LeCun (AMI Labs & NYU)\nNicolas Minc (U. Paris Cité/CNRS) \nPierre-Yves
  Oudeyer (INRIA Bordeaux)\nYukiko Yamashita (MIT)\n\nEXECUTIVE ORGANIZATIO
 N: Grazia Gonella\, ETH ZurichCONTACT: lsc@biol.ethz.ch\n\nhttps://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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