Economic Principles in Cell Biology          

Our third summer school on Economic Principles in Cell Biology took place at the Learning Planet Institute Paris and online in July 2024, right before the Olympic games. Like our 2022 and 2023 summer schools, the school explored topics from our open textbook “Economic principles in cell biology”, developed as a learning and teaching resource.

The summer schools are open to undergraduate and graduate students as well as to postdoctoral researchers with a natural sciences background (including biological sciences, physics, engineering, or mathematics). They focus on mathematical modeling of cellular systems (without wet experiments) and show how mathematical models and “resource allocation thinking” can help you understand cells.

The school also featured a Night Science lecture on the creative process in science, and an Atelier SEnS, a workshop around participants' personal values and how they align with their work in research.