[alife] 1st announcement: Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School: Biology meets Engineering and Computer Science, Taormina - Sicily, Italy June 15-19, 2014

[Mario Pavone]

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Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies)
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Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School: Biology meets Engineering  
and Computer Science
Taormina - Sicily, Italy, June 15-19, 2014

W: http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss2014/
E: ssbss at dmi.unict.it

Application Deadline: February 15 2014

Recent advances in DNA synthesis have increased our ability to build  
biological systems. Synthetic Biology aims at streamlining the design  
and synthesis of robust and predictable biological systems using  
engineering design principles. Designing biological systems requires a  
deep understanding of how genes and proteins are organized and  
interact in living cells: Systems Biology aims at elucidating the  
cellular organization at gene, protein, cell, tissue, organ and  
network level using computational and biochemical methods.

The Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School (SSBSS) is a  
full-immersion course on cutting-edge advances in systems and  
synthetic biology with lectures delivered by world-renowned experts.  
The school provides a stimulating environment for doctoral students,  
early career researches and industry leaders. Participants will also  
have the chance to present their results (Oral presentations or  
Posters) and to interact with their peers.


Confirmed List of Speakers
Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Jef Boeke, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, USA
Angela DePace, Harvard University, USA
Paul Freemont, Imperial College London, UK
Tanja Kortemme, University of California San Francisco, USA
Giuseppe Nicosia, University of Catania, Italy
Sven Panke, ETH, Switzerland
Rahul Sarpeshkar, MIT, USA
Ron Weiss, MIT, USA

Other speakers will be announced soon.


School Directors
Jef Boeke, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Giuseppe Nicosia, University of Catania, Italy
Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy
Giovanni Stracquadanio, Johns Hopkins University, USA


Short Talk and Poster Submission
Students may submit a research abstract for presentation. School  
directors will review the abstracts and will recommend for poster or  
short-oral presentation. Abstract should be submitted by February 15,  
2014. The abstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out  
material of the summer school.

W: http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss2014/
E: ssbss at dmi.unict.it

-- 
Dr. Mario Pavone (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Catania
V.le A. Doria 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy
tel: 0039 095 7383038
fax: 0039 095 330094
Email: mpavone at dmi.unict.it
http://www.dmi.unict.it/mpavone/
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