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The
Systems Biology Workshop at ECAL 2005
is part of the workshop
programme at ECAL 2005. This is the official workshop website,
http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/sysbio_ecal/.
Please visit this page on a regular basis, as it is frequently updated
with new information. We look forward to seeing you in Canterbury.
The workshop has now been held. Please have a look at the
Call for Papers for a Special Issue on
Systems Biology of the Artificial Life journal
Important Dates
| 29. May 2005 | Extended
deadline for submissions |
| 15. June 2005 | Notification of acceptance |
| 22. June 2005 | Final camera-ready copies due |
| 6. September 2005 | Systems Biology Workshop at
ECAL 2005 |
Aims and Scope
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Systems biology involves modelling and simulating the
complex dynamic interactions between genes, transcripts, proteins,
metabolites and cells using integrated systems-based approaches.
Encompassing proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and
functional genomics, systems biology uses computational and
mathematical models to analyse and simulate networks, pathways and
the spatial and temporal relationships that give rise to cause and
effect in living systems. Such work is of great importance to a
better understanding of disease mechanisms, pharmaceutical drug
discovery and drug target validation.
from the
Introduction
to the Systems Biology Journal
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Artificial Life is a field of study devoted to
understanding life by attempting to abstract the fundamental
dynamical principles underlying biological phenomena, and recreating
these dynamics in other physical media — such as computers —
making them accessible to new kinds of experimental manipulation and
testing.
from the preface of Artificial Life II
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According to the definitions quoted above, Systems Biology and
Artificial Life both involve computer modelling of living systems, and
both aim at revealing mechanisms that underlie biological processes
and phenomena. Systems Biology is closely associated with analysing
"postgenomic" data, coming from novel, high-throughput methods such
as microarrays, mass spectroscopy etc. On the other hand, Artificial
Life embraces computational models as objects of experimentation. The
Systems Biology and Artificial Life communities can mutually benefit
from each other. Artificial Life models can be tested using biological
data from high-throughput measurements, Systems Biology methods can be
evaluated using Artifical Life models, and modelling approaches can be
compared and finally be integrated to arrive at advanced models of
biological systems.
The Systems Biology workshop at the ECAL 2005 will focus on bringing
the Systems Biology and the Artificial Life communities closer
together in order to enable such synergies. To achieve this, it will
provide an introduction into Systems Biology which is accessible to a
general Artificial Life audience, and presentations of research from
(the intersection of) Systems Biology and Artificial Life. The
workshop intends to bridge gaps and difficulties that result from
differences in technical jargon, to increase the awareness of Systems
Biology progress in the Artificial Life community, and to give Systems
Biology researchers an opportunity to discuss their work under
Artificial Life perspectives.
Programme Committee
- J. Andrew Bangham, University of East Anglia
- Mark A. Bedau, Reed College
- Dennis Bray, University of Cambridge
- Peter Dittrich, University of Jena
- Roland Eils, University of Heidelberg
- Andrew Finney, University of Hertfordshire
- Jan T. Kim, University of East Anglia (organiser)
- Christopher Krause, University of Lübeck
- Winfried Kurth, Brandenburg University of Technology
- Thomas Martinetz, University of Lübeck
- Wolfgang Marwan, University of Magdeburg
- Eric Minch, Merck Research Laboratories
- Vincent Moulton, University of East Anglia
- Chrystopher Nehaniv, University of Hertfordshire
- Rintaro Saito, Keio University
- Herbert Sauro, Keck Graduate Institute
- Markus Schwehm, University of Tübingen
- Masaru Tomita, Keio University
- Claus O. Wilke, Keck Graduate Institute
- Katsuyuki Yugi, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
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