[alife] IPCAT2009 in Ascona: NEW call for extended abstracts, submission until February 15th

Chrystopher Nehaniv C.L.Nehaniv at herts.ac.uk
Fri Feb 6 01:56:55 PST 2009


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>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Please find enclosed the announcement for the IPCAT conference 2009  
>> (Information Processing in Cells and Tissues), in Ascona (on the  
>> beautiful shore of the lago maggiore, in the Swiss Alps) with  
>> emphasis this year on predictive modeling of  and harnessing  
>> insights from biological processes, as well as the interface  
>> between theory and experiments. I believe many of you may be  
>> interested. Extended abstracts are two by 15 February. Authors of  
>> selected papers/abstracts will be invited to submit to a dedicated  
>> issue of the journal BioSystems.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Prof. Chrystopher Nehaniv
>> Research Professor in Mathematical & Evolutionary Computer Sciences
>> Centre for Computer Science & Informatics Research, University of  
>> Hertfordshire
>> Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, United Kingdom
>> ********************************************
>>
>> We are excited to announce the upcoming 8th international  
>> conference on "Information Processing in Cells and Tissues", IPCAT  
>> 2009 (http://ipcat2009.epfl.ch). The conference will be held 5-9th  
>> april 2009 in Ascona Ticino at the Centro Stefano Franscini, a  
>> lovely place in southern Switzerland (http://www.csf.ethz.ch).  
>> Registration is now open.
>>
>> The IPCAT conferences enable the dialogue between scientists from  
>> multiple disciplines, with emphasis on biological
>> information processing and modeling biological processes. This 8th  
>> conference, entitled "From Small Scale Dynamics To Understanding  
>> Systems Behavior" brings together outstanding international  
>> scientists (cf. below) working in experimental and theoretical  
>> systems biology.
>>
>> The conference will be organized around the following sessions:
>> Spatio-temporal patterning in development
>> Biological oscillators and synchronization
>> The evolution of gene regulatory networks
>> Cell autonomous behavior
>> Multi-cellular organization and phenomena
>> Poster sessions are planned and 15-20 short oral contributions will  
>> be selected among the submitted abstracts.
>>
>> A limited number of fellowships for PhD students and postdocs will  
>> be granted on a competitive basis upon review by the scientific
>> committee.
>>
>> NEW: call for extended abstracts, deadline for submission is on  
>> February 15th.
>> Selected submissions and talks will be invited to submit a full  
>> paper for a special journal issue of BioSystems.
>>
>> Note: the submission deadline for abstract submission has now been  
>> extended to February 15th 2009.
>>
>>
>> Important upcoming new deadlines:
>>
>> February 15th 2009 : Short abstract submission, application for  
>> short talks and posters
>> February 15th: submit extended abstract
>> February 15th 2009 : application for fellowships closes
>> March 1rst 2009 : notification for short talks, acceptance of  
>> abstracts for contributed oral presentations and posters
>> March 5th: early registration closes
>> March 20th 2009 : registration closes
>> The number of participants will be limited to about 100 so it is  
>> important to register early.
>>
>> Confirmed invited speakers include:
>> Konrad BASLER, Zürich, Switzerland
>> Fred CROSS, New York, USA
>> Brigitte GALLIOT, Geneva, Switzerland
>> Marcos GONZALEZ-GAITAN, Geneva, Switzerland
>> Hans-Peter HERZEL, Berlin, Germany
>> Sarah TEICHMANN, Cambridge, UK
>> Ryoichiro KAGEYAMA, Kyoto, Japan
>> Wolfgang MARWAN, Magdeburg, Germany
>> Irina MIHALCESCU, Grenoble, France
>> Gines MORATA, Madrid, Spain
>> Felix NAEF, Lausanne, Switzerland
>> Chrystopher NEHANIV, Hertfordshire, UK
>> Erik van NIMWEGEN, Basel, Switzerland
>> Andrew OATES, Dresden, Germany
>> John REINITZ, New York, USA
>> Anirvan SENGUPTA, Rutgers, USA
>> Peter SWAIN, McGill, Canada
>> Andy TYRRELL,York, UK
>> Jose VILAR, MSKCC, USA
>> Günter WAGNER, Yale, USA
>>
>> We hope wou will be interested in attending this exciting event,
>>
>> The organizing committee,
>>
>> Felix Naef
>> Brigitte Galliot
>> Chrystopher Nehaniv
>>
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