5th bwHPC Symposium

Session

Session 2

Sep 24, 2018, 1:30 PM

Großer Hörsaal der Physik (University of Freiburg)

45. Immunology going wild: genetic variation and immunocompetence in ducks

Ms Elinor Jax (Konstanz University)

9/24/18, 1:30 PM

Scientific Track

Talk

Wild animals are vectors and reservoirs of emerging infectious diseases with major implications on human health. Still little is known about the interactions of these pathogens and their main hosts in their natural environment. In my PhD project I studied several aspects of the immune and its interactions between the mallard duck and its pathogens. The methods ranged from gene expression...

49. Chicken caeca microbiome is altered by feed supplementation of phosphorous and calcium

Mr Daniel Borda-Molina (University of Hohenheim)

9/24/18, 1:50 PM

Scientific Track

Talk

This study investigates the disturbance of the chicken microbiome under the influence of minerals phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca). Microbial taxonomy was elucidated targeting the taxonomic marker 16S rRNA gene, and functionality was acquired through metagenome sequencing. Both tasks comprise bioinformatic processing, which demands computational calculations, and they were done in the bwHPC...

71. Proteins under pressure: crash-testing cellular junctions in supercomputers

Csaba Daday (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies)

9/24/18, 2:10 PM

Scientific Track

Talk

61. Dynamics of large-scale spiking neural networks

Eric Müller (Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University)

9/24/18, 2:30 PM

Scientific Track

Talk

The focus of our work lies in exploring and analyzing the function of large-scale spiking neural networks that are inspired by the cerebral cortex of the mammalian brain. The Leaky Integrate-and-Fire model serves as a starting point to investigate, e.g., biologically inspired learning methods, auditory information processing, or phase transitions in large networks. While there is plenty of...