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Please join us for the International Conference Frontiers in Systems and Synthetic Biology ’13 (FSSB’13). We will celebrate the rapid progress in the computational analysis and manipulation of biological systems and highlight as one of the cross-cutting themes the role, advancements and applications of Biochemical Systems Theory as one of the contributors to this progress.
FSSB’13 will be held in a single-track fashion and allow plenty of discussion among all participants. The program will consist of invited and contributed presentations, poster sessions, an interactive session on education, and a panel discussion. These activities will be organized in four topical areas:
Topic 1: Novel Methods of Systems Biology
Model design and identification
Simulation systems
Design and operating principles
Topic 2: Novel Methods of Synthetic Biology
Computational and experimental methods
Gene circuits
Molecular dynamics
Topic 3: Applications of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Microbial systems
Metapopulations from the microbiome to terrestrial and oceanic biosystems
Metabolic engineering
Applications in higher organisms
Topic 4: Education and Science Communication
Undergraduate education
Graduate education
What do postdocs in systems and synthetic biology need to know?
Two special events will be the following:
The educational session will be organized in an interacting fashion that will highlight how knowledge in systems and synthetic biology can be acquired by young scientists and newcomers with diverse backgrounds and how it can be communicated effectively.
Toward the end of the conference, we will hold a panel discussion addressing the following questions:
Do large-scale simulations help us understand how a biological system functions?
Do we need to understand design principles to succeed in systems and synthetic biology?
What needs to be done to move systems biology forward and how can it inform synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
To initiate this discussion, three leading experts will give brief presentations. Afterwards, the audience is requested to contribute to the discussion. It is hoped that the frank discussion of these types of probing questions will enable students and junior researchers to put the conference presentations into perspective and to align their own niches within this exciting new field of biology.
Organizing Committee
Jeff Caimano
Sepideh Dolatshahi
Jessica Forness
Melissa Kemp
Linda Kippner
Wendy Newstetter
Manu Platt
Jeffrey Skolnick
Eberhard Voit (Chair)
Joshua Weitz
For complete information, visit the conference website here.
