Celebrating Women in Mathematics 2026
When? 6th May 2026, 3 pm - approx. 7:30 pm
Where? Math Center, Endenicher Allee 60, Lipschitzsaal and Plückerraum (for the talk and pubquiz), and room 2.025 in the Computer Science Institute (for the movie night)
Who is this for? for all interested people from Bonn Mathematics
15:00
How mathematical concepts can help understand neuronal dynamics
Talk as part of the HSM Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Tchumatchenko (University of Bonn)
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Lipschitzsaal
16:00
Pub Quiz about women in mathematics
with drinks and snacks
Plückerraum
18:15
Movie Night
"Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani"
with drinks at cost price and free popcorn
organized by the Fachschaft Mathematik
Room 2.025 in the Computer Science Institute
Abstract
Tatjana Tchumatchenko: How mathematical concepts can help understand neuronal dynamics
Some of the most fascinating open scientific topics lie at the interface between disciplines, often between biology, medicine, and math. I will show how standard mathematical concepts such as linear algebra, topology, and differential equations can help understand numerous processes inside neurons, from molecular trafficking inside individual cells to multi-cell activity patterns. I will discuss our recent work showing how activity manifolds can jointly encode behavioral variables and how molecular dynamics can be traced down to optimality concepts and multi-dimensional diffusion equations.