Call for Papers BIOMOLECULAR NETWORKS: FROM ANALYSIS TO SYNTHESIS A Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2009 session January 5-9, 2009, Fairmont Orchid, The Big Island of Hawaii
Paper deadline July 14, 2008 Acceptance notification September 8, 2008 PSB Session and Tutorials January 5-9, 2009 Questions? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Session Topics Technology, capable of designing cellular systems for specific functions and applications, has revolutionized molecular biology via the new area of synthetic biology- which focuses on design rather than analysis. There have been numerous recent advancements in synthesizing biological networks in academia as well as the corporate world. At the same time, the field still must overcome several challenges. This session aims to introduce novel engineering and other mathematical / computational methods that are successfully translated to yield significant biological applications. Another goal is to promote communication and collaboration of scientists from different arenas through this session. Papers within the following areas of design and synthesis of networks are encouraged: synthetic biology networks, bio-knowledge networks, and general mathematical/computational methods for network design/synthesis. Some of the objectives of this session include: 1. Emphasize the guiding role that computational methods should play in the design/synthesis of biological networks. 2. Create a new paradigm whereby biocomputing researchers can take more active, leading role in synthetic biology. 3. Promote communication and collaboration by scientists from other areas, especially from mathematics, engineering, physics, biological, and medical communities. 4. Apply novel network-related methods from engineering and applied mathematics (e.g. information theory, game theory) from the last couple of years to biological network design and synthesis. Paper Submission Considering the popularity of biological network analysis, this PSB session was developed to have a special focus on design and synthesis of biological networks in order to encourage the research in this new area. This session deals with both molecular networks (e.g. interactions, regulation) and supporting knowledge representation networks. Both the biocomputing and biological community could benefit from exchanges of ideas and this could open up new research venues. This call for papers seeks original, high quality manuscripts which are not submitted or published elsewhere. PSB also has a history of generous travel support. Please see submission details at: http://psb.stanford.edu/cfp-biomole.htm Session Co-chairs: Gil Alterovitz, Harvard/MIT Judith A. Blake, The Jackson Laboratory Drew Endy, MIT Marco F. Ramoni,Harvard/MIT _______________________________________________ BBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bbb
