Complexity in Life Sciences: Combining Biological and Computational Approaches
15 Aug 2011
Workshop on Tuesday 6 September 2011 in Frank Adams Room, Alan Turing Building
Background
Complexity in the Life Sciences arises (1) due to the non-linear mechanisms frequently involved and (2) due to the complex data generated by ever more sophisticated experimental techniques.
It is becoming increasingly recognised (also by the research councils) that the major problems in biology cannot be solved by life scientists alone but that cross-disciplinary collaboration with experts in mathematical and computational methods has a crucial role. The aim of this workshop is to catalyse such collaborations. In some cases, the pay-off may be ‘quick wins’ on research questions; in other cases, it may be the establishment of research links that will facilitate future funding.
- 1.00pm - 1.10pm Introduction
Dr Rasmus Petersen (Faculty of Life Sciences) - 1.10pm – 1.30pm Inhibiting inflammation by computational optimisation
Dr David Brough (Faculty of Life Sciences) - 1.30pm – 1.50pm Systems biology of multi-scale inflammatory signalling
Dr Pawel Paszek (Faculty of Life Sciences) - 1.50pm – 2.10pm Analysing the complexity of cell adhesion: A proteomic approach
Dr Adam Byron (Faculty of Life Sciences) - 2.10pm – 2.30pm Evolving networks of environmental cues and responses
Dr Christopher Knight (Faculty of Life Sciences) - 2.30pm – 3.00pm Coffee/Tea
- 3.00pm – 3.20pm Dimensionality Reduction for Dynamical Systems
Mr Chris Welshman (Mathematics) - 3.20pm – 3.40pm Functional Phylogenies
Dr John Moriarty (Mathematics) - 3.40pm – 4.00pm TBA
Dr Mark Muldoon (Mathematics) - 4.00pm – 4.20pm Fitness landscapes in biology and computation
Dr Joshua Knowles (Computer Science) - 4.20pm – 5.20pm Discussion & Wine
Registration and organisers
if you are interested in attending this event, in the first instance please contact:
- Helen Harper at Helen.Harper@manchester.ac.uk
The organisers of the event are:
- Dr Rasmus Petersen (Faculty of Life Sciences) (R.Petersen@manchester.ac.uk); and
- Professor Paul Glendinning (Acting Director of CICADA) (Paul.Glendinning@manchester.ac.uk)
Further information can be found at the website:
The event is an initiative by The Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis (CICADA) and the Faculty of Life Sciences.