Explanation in Complex Biological and Behavioral Systems
May 15 @ 9:00 AM – May 16 @ 1:00 PM
Please register below for the Explanation in Complex Biological and Behavioral Systems workshop happening on Friday, May 15, 2026 – Saturday, May 16, 2026, taking place at the UC Irvine Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Building (ISEB) 1010.
This event is an in-person only event.
Agenda
Friday, May 15, 2026
| 9:00 a.m. | Check-in (Light Refreshments Provided) |
| 9:50 a.m. | Welcome Remarks Lauren Ross, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Barrett, PhD, and Arthur Lander, PhD |
| 10:00 a.m. | James Ferrell, MD, PhD Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry, Stanford |
| 11:00 a.m. | Alice Huang, PhD Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Western University |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (Mendocino Farm Sandwiches) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Sui Huang, MD, PhD Professor, Institute for Systems Biology |
| 2:30 p.m. | Peter Godfrey Smith, PhD (remote presentation) Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney |
| 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon Break (Light Refreshments Provided) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Lior S. Pachter, PhD Professor of Computational Biology & Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech |
| 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Saturday, May 16, 2026
| 9:30 a.m. | Check-in (Light Refreshments Provided) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Discussion Lauren Ross, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Barrett, PhD, and Arthur Lander, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Rosa Cao, PhD Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University |
| 12:00 p.m. | Uri Alon, PhD (remote presentation) Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 1:00 p.m. | Meeting Wrap-Up Lauren Ross, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Barrett, PhD and Arthur Lander, PhD |
Register to attend the Explanation in Complex Biological and Behavioral Systems workshop
If you have questions about this event, please email tinatt5@uci.edu.