Dynamics of biological systems: Modelling genetic, signalling and microbial networks
Workshop
The workshop aims to bring together leading scientists who study, through computational modelling, the role of networks in the dynamics of biological systems. It will focus on the multidisciplinary efforts made by researchers to understand the basic mechanisms by which interacting organisms, cells, signalling molecules and genes can give rise to the specific, highly organized characteristics of biological systems.
The workshop will be divided in five sessions, covering the following topics:
Development and cell differentiation
Circadian rhythms
Cell cycle
Calcium signalling
Microbial systems biology
For each topic, it is expected that the theoretical, analytical or computational approach will provide significant biological insight, through a close link with experimental approaches. The cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas between the participants of the various sessions will benefit all researchers using network science to understand how living systems organize and adapt.
Invited Speakers
Martin Falcke (MDC, Berlin, Germany)
Shiri Freilich (Agricultural Research Organization, Israel)
Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo (U. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain)
Albert Goldbeter (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Isabelle Gordo (Gulbenkian Science Institute, Oeiras, Portugal)
Michael Henson (U. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
Hanspeter Herzel (ITB, Berlin, Germany)
Dagmar Iber (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
Elisabeth Klerman (Harvard University, USA)
Ursula Kummer (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Yang-Yu Liu (Harvard University, USA)
Felix Naef (Comp. Systems Biology lab, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Béla Novàk (University of Oxford, UK)
Alexander Skupin (Université du Luxembourg)
Ricard Solé (ICREA, Barcelona, Spain)
Mary Teruel (Stanford University, USA)
Denis Thieffry (ENS, Paris, France)
Organising Committee
Geneviève Dupont (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Karoline Faust (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Claude Gérard (UCL, Louvain, Belgium)
Didier Gonze (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Jean-Christophe Leloup (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
