Upcoming conferences:
Systems Biology: Integrating Biology, Technology and Computation
Biological inquiry has undergone a number of profound changes. Early studies emphasized complex systems, whereas recent studies have shied away from complexity, instead focusing on detailed knowledge of circumscribed physiologic, cellular and molecular entities. The sequencing of the human genome, in concert with emerging genomic and proteomic technologies, permit the definition of a complete and dynamic parts list of all biological systems. When harnessed with powerful new computational approaches it will be possible to obtain a comprehensive molecular description of complex biological processes. This meeting will focus on the symbiotic interplay between biology, technology, and computation that lies at the heart of systems biology.
March 5 - 10, 2006 • Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center • Taos, New Mexico
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ICSB 2006
October 9-13, 2006 - Yokohama, Japan
Past conferences:
October 19-22, 2005 - Boston, Massachusetts
The sys-bio group will give a tutorial at ICSB. Here the details:
The Systems Biology Workbench: model building and model analysis
Instructors: Herbert Sauro, Vijay Chickarmane, Keck Graduate Institute
The Systems Biology Workbench (SBW) is the only extensible software framework specifically designed for Systems Biology. Originally developed under the Kitano ERATO project at Caltech, it has continued to be developed under the auspices of DARPA and the DOE.
This tutorial will introduce the basic concepts of SBW and in particular introduce modeling concepts using JDesigner and Jarnac.
A number of areas of interest to novice modelers will be introduced:
- Introducing the concept of time course and steady state behavior, understanding the different kinds of models, particular continuous and stochastic models (30 mins)
- Brief introduction to the control of enzyme pathways using Metabolic Control Analysis (30 mins)
- Understanding basic network motifs, such as bistable and oscillatory circuits (40 mins) in signaling networks, how to identify them in networks.
- Understanding the role of positive and negative feedback in modifying the behavior of networks (30 mins).
- Tips on how to build models when data is incomplete, strategies on how to fit models to data, approaches to model validation (40 mins) and model exchange using SBML.
In this tutorial, intervals of lecture will be interspersed with demonstrations to highlight the relevant concepts. The instructors' website, www.sys-bio.org, will contain the tutorial material and downloadable software. Participants will find it very helpful to bring their own laptop computers.
The instructors will be Herbert Sauro and Vijay Chickarmane; software assistance will be provided by Frank Bergmann.
News: ICSB 2005 Tutorial/Workshop presentations online.
ECAL 2005 - VIIIth European Conference on Artificial Life
Monday 5th to Friday 9th September 2005
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (UK)
The field of systems biology has emerged in the last several years at the interface between genomics and engineering & quantitative sciences-with an overall emphasis of analyzing complexity in biological systems using integrative, systems approaches. The problems addressed in systems biology range from reverse engineering regulatory mechanisms to expand the boundaries of scientific knowledge to forward engineering problems involving drug targeting and the development of biomedical therapies.
August 7 - 10, 2005 - Corwin Pavillion, University of California Santa Barbara Campus
This international two day workshop on Microbial Systems Biology will bring together the leading scientists in the field to discuss and evaluate recent developments and identify major research challenges. The meeting will be split into two one day sessions:
July 14-15 2005 in Guildford UK
