Evening lecture by Prof. Dr. Willem Kegel, organized by the Bossche Chemische Kring.

The Boltzmann genome: the statistical thermodynamics behind genetic regulation

Summary
Modern microscopic fluorescence techniques and new developments in molecular biology have recently made it possible to quantitatively test theoretical models for genetic regulation by systematically measuring the degree of expression of a gene in vivo.

In this lecture, I will show that a combination of statistical-thermodynamic theory and recent experiments point to a general underlying mechanism for various genetic regulation scenarios.

CV
Willem Kegel obtained his PhD in physical chemistry from Utrecht University in 1993. He then did postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Back in Utrecht, he was a KNAW fellow and associate professor. He received an NWO-VICI grant in 2005 and became a professor in 2006. He has been a visiting professor at New York University, Caltech (Pasadena, California) and Humboldt University (Berlin).

His research group works on various experimental and theoretical topics in soft matter and biophysics. He also has a deep interest in the fundamentals of thermodynamics and statistical physics.

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