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Summer school “Economic Principles in Cell Biology” - University of Vienna, July 23-26, 2025

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Topics

The summer school is centered around the topics of our free and open textbook “Economic principles in cell biology” about cellular physiology and resource allocation, and will feature a number of (existing or planned) chapters as lectures. The course addresses students and young researchers with a natural science, engineering, or mathematics background. The first lectures give an introduction to basic metabolic and cell modeling, followed by lectures about more specific topics such as biological behaviour in the presence of randomness.

Course schedule

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 26

Basics

Metabolic models

Cell models

Advanced topics

(10 am)


 


The economy
of the cell  


Optimization of
metabolic fluxes


Principles of
cell growth 


Optimal cell
behavior in time

(11 am)


 


An inventory of
cell components


The enzyme cost of
metabolic fluxes


Growth balance
analysis


Diversity of metabolic
flux distributions

(noon)

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

(1 pm)

Get-together

Practical work (2)

Practical work (4)

Practical work (7)

(2 pm)


 


Cell metabolism
 


Optimization of
metabolic states


Modeling of
microbial communities


Economy of organ
form and function

(3 pm)

Coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

(3:30 pm)

Practical work (1)

Practical work (3)

Practical work (5)

Practical work (8)

(4:30 pm)

 

Group photo, a game,
and poster session

Break
 

Practical work (6)


 


Course feedback

(5 pm)


 


Night Science

Break


 

(6 pm)

Farewell dinner

 Zoom lecture (for online participants)  -  Hours are Vienna time (CEST)

Course activities

Lectures

  1. Lecture slides can be found on the page Lectures.

Computer exercises

  1. Computer exercises ("Practical work") can be found on the page Lectures.

Other activities

  1. Get-together: Participants discuss their own projects
  2. Poster session
  3. Night Science session (Martin Lercher) (more information on page Lectures)
  4. Perspectives lecture "Constraint-based modeling of microbial communities" (Jürgen Zanghellini / Stefan Müller / Michael Predl)

Teachers

  1. Diana Széliová, Universität Wien
  2. Elad Noor, Weizmann Institute of Science
  3. Felipe Scott Contador, Universidad de los Andes
  4. Frédérique Noël, Sorbonne Université
  5. Hidde de Jong, INRIA
  6. Hollie Hindley, University of Edinburgh
  7. Hugo Dourado, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
  8. Jürgen Zanghellini, Universität Wien
  9. Marcelo Rivas-Astroza, UTEM Chile
  10. Martin Lercher, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
  11. Meike Wortel, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  12. Michael Predl, Universität Wien
  13. Michela Pauletti, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
  14. Pranas Grigaitis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  15. Roberto Mulet, Universidad de La Habana
  16. Stefan Müller, Universität Wien
  17. Steffen Waldherr, Universität Wien
  18. Wolfram Liebermeister, INRAE