Lässig
research
group
Statistical Physics and Quantitative Biology
University of Cologne
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Summer 2025
Physics of the immune system
Thursday 10:00 - 11:30 S0.02, ETP
Friday 10:00 - 11:30 S0.02, ETP
Friday 10:00 - 11:30 S0.02, ETP
Past Physics Courses
Statistical Physics (Winter Term 2024/25)
Statistical Biology of Evolution (Summer 2024)
Immunology for Physicists (Winter 2023/24)
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists (Summer 2023)
Physics and Biology of Information (Summer 2022)
Immunology for Physicists (Winter 2021/22)
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists (Summer 2021)
Preliminary Course (Winter 2020/21)
Physics and Biology of Information (Summer 2020)
Advanced Statistical Physics (Winter 2019/20)
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists (Summer 2019)
Theoretical Physics IV (Winter 2018/19)
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists (Summer 2018)
Preliminary Course (Summer 2017)
Preliminary Course (Winter 2016/17)
Statistical Genetics (Summer 2016)
Statistische Mechanik (Winter 2015/16)
Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics (Summer 2015)
Stochastic Processes (Winter 2013/14)
Statistical Biology Seminar (Winter 2013/14)
with J. Berg, J. Krug, and B. Maier
Statistical Mechanics (Winter 2012/13)
Statistical Biology Seminar (Winter 2012/13)
with J. Berg and J. Krug
Statistical Biology Seminar (Winter 2011/2012)
with J. Berg and J. Krug
Evolutionary Biology and Genomics for Physicists (Summer 2010)
Quantum Physics
Classical Theoretical Physics II: Advanced Mechanics and Electrodynamics (Winter 2009/2010)
Statistical Physics II
Physics
of Biological Systems
Past Interdisciplinary Courses
Quantitative Evolutionary Biology (Summer 2013)
with K. Hofmann and T. Wiehe
Phylogeny
with M. Melkonian and D. Tautz
with M. Melkonian and D. Tautz
Genotypes, Phenotypes, and Evolution
with D. Tautz
with D. Tautz
Evolution of Transcriptional Regulatory Processes
with D. Arnosti, D. Tautz, and T.Wiehe
with D. Arnosti, D. Tautz, and T.Wiehe
Networks in Molecular Biology
with A. Büschges, D. Tautz, T. Wiehe
with A. Büschges, D. Tautz, T. Wiehe
Schools and Workshops
Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences Munich (Lecture, May 2016)
Statistical Physics, Biology, Inference and Networks 
Summer School, Beg Rohu, France, August 2015 (lecture series)
Summer School, Beg Rohu, France, August 2015 (lecture series)
The Physics Behind Systems Biology
Summer School, Bremen, July 2015 (lectures)
Summer School, Bremen, July 2015 (lectures)
Evolutionary Cell Biology
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, August - October 2015 (member of advisory committee)
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, August - October 2015 (member of advisory committee)
2nd Santa Barbara Advanced School of Quantitative Biology
July - August 2014 (lecture)
July - August 2014 (lecture)
Münster Graduate School of Evolution June 2014 (lecture)
Mechanisms, Strategies, and Evolution of Microbial Systems
Summer School, Bad Honnef (Germany), June 2014 (organization)
Summer School, Bad Honnef (Germany), June 2014 (organization)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Graduate School
Lisbon (Portugal) (member of advisory board)
Lisbon (Portugal) (member of advisory board)
Quantitative Population Genetics and Evolution
Summer School, Cargese, July 2013 (lecture)
Summer School, Cargese, July 2013 (lecture)
STATPHYS 25
Conference, Seoul, July 2013 (member of steering committee)
Conference, Seoul, July 2013 (member of steering committee)
Bayesian Methods in Science
Workshop, Pondicherry (India), January 2012 (lecture)
Workshop, Pondicherry (India), January 2012 (lecture)
Cologne Spring Meeting
Cologne University, 2012 (organization)
Cologne University, 2012 (organization)
Evolutionary Genomics: New Data, New Challenges
Workshop, Pelham (Germany), 2011 (organization)
Workshop, Pelham (Germany), 2011 (organization)
German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB 2011)
Weihenstephan, 2011 (member of program committee)
Weihenstephan, 2011 (member of program committee)
Models of Evolution
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 2011 (lecture)
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 2011 (lecture)
Bacterial and Viral Evolution
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, 2011 (organization)
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, 2011 (organization)
Physics and Evolution
Summer School, University of California, San Diego, August 2010 (lecture)
Summer School, University of California, San Diego, August 2010 (lecture)
Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Innovations
Workshop, Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium), 2010 (organization)
Workshop, Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium), 2010 (organization)
Populations, Evolution, and Physics
Winter School, Aspen Center for Physics, 2010 (organization and lecture)
Winter School, Aspen Center for Physics, 2010 (organization and lecture)
Physics of Biological Function
Heraeus Foundation Summer School, Bad Honnef, 2009 (organization)
Heraeus Foundation Summer School, Bad Honnef, 2009 (organization)
Introductory Lectures on Aspects of Complexity
Manchester, 2009 (lecture)
Manchester, 2009 (lecture)
Cologne Spring Meeting
Cologne University, 2009 (organization)
Cologne University, 2009 (organization)
From Biological Networks to Cellular Function: Evolution, Dynamics and Spatial Organization
School and Conference, ICTP Trieste, 2009 (organization and lecture)
School and Conference, ICTP Trieste, 2009 (organization and lecture)
Evolution of Molecular Networks
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, 2007 (organization)
Workshop, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, 2007 (organization)
Havana School on Bio-Molecular Networks
Universidad de Havana, 2006 (lecture)
Universidad de Havana, 2006 (lecture)
Bio-Systems
School, Bejing, 2006 (lecture)
School, Bejing, 2006 (lecture)
Otto Warburg International School and Workshop on Evolutionary Genomics
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, 2006 (organization and lecture)
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, 2006 (organization and lecture)
1st Latin American School and Conference on Statistical Physics and Interdisciplinary Applications
La Havana, Cuba, 2005 (lecture)
La Havana, Cuba, 2005 (lecture)
Otto Warburg International School and Workshop on Regulation and Networks in Biology
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, 2005 (organization)
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, 2005 (organization)
Complex Biological Networks: Gene Regulation and Protein Interactions
Summer School and workshop, Torino, Italy, 2005 (lecture)
Summer School and workshop, Torino, Italy, 2005 (lecture)
Fundamental Aspects of Complexity
School and Conference, Trieste 2004 (lecture)
School and Conference, Trieste 2004 (lecture)
Brain, Genome, Evolution: Physics of Biological Networks (student workshop)
Summer Academy, German National Scholarship Foundation, 2002
Summer Academy, German National Scholarship Foundation, 2002
Statistical Mechanics
workshop, Nordita, Copenhagen, 1999 (organization)
workshop, Nordita, Copenhagen, 1999 (organization)