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* Symposium and thesis defense of Folkert de Boer, 15th of May at Utrecht,NL
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Dear all,

On may 15, 2012 there will be a symposium titled "Origins of
Information Processing: Evolution at Multiple Levels", followed by the
Ph.D. defense of Folkert de Boer, in Utrecht.

The symposium will take place in Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten
(UCK), Domplein 4 , Utrecht The defense will take place in the
Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, at 16:15

Program:

10:00-10:30 coffee
10:30-11:00 Folkert K. de Boer(UU)
Individual and Population Based Information Processing
11:15-12:00 Paul Higgs ( McMaster University)
The Origin of Autocatalytic Biopolymers - How did the RNA World get started?
12:00-12:45 Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo)
The Evolution of Chemical Replicators and the Autonomous Sensor Network
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:30 Barry McMullin (Dublin City University)
Architectures for self-reproduction: abstractions, realisations and a research program
14:30-15:15 Nobuto Takeuchi (NIH, Bethesda)
Evolutionary Dynamics of RNA-like Replicator Systems: the Role of Parasites


16:15-17:00 Ph.D. defense of Folkert de Boer in Senaatszaal
- Reception


For more information, please contact with Folkert de Boer (e-mail:
fkdeboer@gmail.com; office phone: +31 (0)30 253 9043).

See attached seminar-poster (or online:
http://bioinformatics.bio.uu.nl/folkert/symposium.png).