Johannes Berg
Statistical physics of biological systems
- genetic regulation and gene expression
- networks of bio-molecular interactions
Disordered systems
- extremal value statistics
- spin glasses, neural networks, game theory
Selected publications
- F. Stauffer and J. Berg, Adaptive gene regulatory networks, EPL 88, 48004 (2009)
- J. Berg, Out-of-equilibrium dynamics of gene expression and the Jarzynski equality,
Phys.Rev.Lett 100, 188101 (2008)
(PRL Editors' suggestion, featured in HFSP Journal) - J. Berg and M. Lässig, Cross-species analysis of biological networks by Bayesian alignment, PNAS 103 (29), 10967-10972 (2006)
- J. Berg and M. Lässig, Local graph alignment and motif search in biological networks, PNAS 101(41), 14689-14694 (2004)
Summer Schools
| 2009 | Physics of Biological Function, 435th WE Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef |
| 2008 |
Theoretical Approaches for the Genome,
Annecy-le-Vieux (France), organized by Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and Laboratory of Mathematics, Université de Savoie |
| 2007 | Physbio 2007: Systemic
approaches to biological physics , St Etienne de
Tinée, organized by A. Ott, F. Jülicher, R. Goldstein "Random Shapes" Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics , UCLA NATO-ISE Advanced Study Institute in Physics, Geilo, Norway |
| 2006 | Les Houches Summer School Complex
Systems, organized by J.-P. Bouchaud and M. Mézard |
| 2005 | Biological Networks:
genetic regulation and protein interactions, workshop at the
ISI (Turin), organized with M. Leone, A. Pagnani, and M. Weigt |
| 2004 | Paradoxa of special relativity, summer school of the Studienstiftung, with A. Engel |
Contact
Institute for Theoretical
Physics
University of Cologne
Zülpicher Straße 77
50937 Köln, Germany
Tel.: +49 (221) 470 3286
Fax.: +49 (221) 470 5159
Office: 207
berg_at_thp.uni-koeln.de