WCN Symposium 2009
3rd Frontiers in The New Biology: Models of Life
Monday September 21 at Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institute
WCN invites you to the third one-day symposium in the Frontiers in The New Biology series. This year the theme of the symposium is modeling of life processes or systems biology with an emphasis on comparing modeling approaches between different life processes and between different organisms. The studied organisms include bacteria, plants, C elegans, Drosophila, mammals and humans.
Speakers: International Guests
Norbert Perrimon, Dept of Genetics, Harvard
Gary Ruvkun, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Harvard
Albert-László Barabási, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern Univ Boston
Tobias Meyer, Dept Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford
Mark Stitt, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm
Speakers: WCN Nominees
Stefan Jansson, Dept of Plant Physiology, UmU
Johan Elf, Linnaeus Center for Bioinformatics, UU
Göran Andersson, Dept of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU
Erik Lindahl, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, SU
Jussi Taipale, Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition, KI
David Engblom, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, LiU
The symposium is free of charge and is open to all interested (registration required)!
Program: program_frontiers-in-the-new-biology_2009_v3.pdf
Registration: NOTE: The lecture hall is now full! Unfortunately we cannot register anymore attendants! The last registered will be put on a waiting list. If you havent received a confirmation by email before the symposium you can only attend standing dependent on space. Only confirmed registered participants may have a seat as well as lunch and coffee.
Note: You will receive confirmation of a place on the symposium beforehand. There are a limited number of participants - please cancel your registration at stefan.nobel@ki.se if you cannot come to leave room for someone else!
Earlier symposium in the Frontiers in The New Biology series:
Frontiers in The New Biology 2008 with WCN stars/nominees of 2007 - download here: programbook_wcn_symposium_2008.pdf
Frontiers in The New Biology 2007 with WCN stars/nominees of 2006 - download here: program_wcn_symposium2007.pdf
