Speaker: Bas Kooijman
Date: 2006/04/25
Place: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich. 
Title: Metabolic organisation of cells as a basis for ecological phenomena.

Abstract: Mass, energy, time and entropy balances for individual
organisms typically help to understand their abundance and
activety. Since the chemical composition of biomass is not constant,
such balances are not simple and advanced stoichiometric contraints
apply for the production of biomass that depend on the metabolic
organisation of organisms. The Dynamic Energy Budget theory offers a
framework within which these balances and constraints can be addressed
in an efficient way. This theory for metabolic organisation is based
on mechanistically inspired assumptions and captures the variation in
the composition of biomass in the dynamics of reserve(s) and
structure.