Description:

Biological systems are inherently multiscale and their mathematical treatment requires complementary perspectives attracting researchers from different scientific fields. From intracellular reaction networks to interacting populations and ecological communities, their dynamics are shaped by complex interactions, stochastic effects, and spatial structure. Capturing these features calls for a diverse mathematical toolbox ranging from stochastic processes and reaction networks to kinetic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations. This research school brings together various perspectives and techniques in mathematical biology. The lectures will introduce recent analytical and probabilistic methods for studying biological systems across scales, emphasizing the interplay between deterministic and stochastic descriptions.

The aim of the school is to provide participants with a coherent view of modern mathematical techniques in mathematical biology, highlighting how PDE analysis, and stochastic techniques interact in the study of non-equilibrium biological systems. Particular attention will be paid to methodological bridges between frameworks and to emerging analytical challenges.

The school is intended to serve as a comprehensive introduction to the program and to facilitate the interaction between different research communities.

Scientific Organizers: 

• Oscar de Wit
• Manuel Esser
• Nadia Loy
• Daniel Morris

Lecture series by:

• Murad Banaji (Lancaster University)
• Michela Ottobre (Heriot Watt University)
• Sepideh Mirrahimi (CNRS, Institut de mathématiques de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier)
• Sylvie Méléard (Ecole polytechnique)

HIM School is a week-long event directed at PhD students and recent Postdocs (up to six years past their PhD). 

The call for participation for this Winter School is now open until September 27, 2026, 11:59 pm (CEST).

Please note: Application is mandatory, except for those who have already been invited to participate in the Junior Trimester Program.

Researchers from the HCM, in particular, early-career researchers, are welcome upon request.

Everyone will be notified in due time about whether participation and partial financial support is possible. After being selected as participant, you will be invited to register.

Further information and registration:  https://math-events.uni-bonn.de/event/1133/overview