Glasgow University Workshop 1-2 October 2009

‘in vivo Mammalian Biology - get it out of your system!’

A workshop to integrate Systems Biology and in vivo Mammalian Biology

Integrative Mammalian in vivo Biology at Glasgow

Integrative Mammalian Biology is the study of how the body functions at a whole animal level and is central to development of new therapeutic approaches to human and animal diseases.

A partnership between biomedical scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde has attracted £3M in funding from the BBSRC, BPS, HEFCE, KTN, MRC and SFC to build capacity and support leading integrative mammalian biology teaching and research. IMB, Glasgow

Systems Biology and Systems Medicine at Glasgow
http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/keyresearchareas/interdisciplinaryresearch/systemsbiology/

Systems biology at the University of Glasgow brings together specialists working across fields as diverse as applied mathematics, molecular biology, theoretical computer science and medicine. The combined research strength of this grouping allows the development of new computational methods and technologies that answer biological questions.

The Meeting

This BBSRC funded two day workshop brings together key scientists from both of these disciplines in an intensive two day workshop that will involve seminars but will focus around two hands-on facilitated workshops where actual problems and potential collaborations can be discussed. These will take the form of case studies between in vivo scientists and systems biologists and can be arranged in advance. The event will provide an excellent environment for networking and developing interdisciplinary research collaborations.

The event is being organised by the Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow

The meeting will be held in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow.

The workshop will start at lunch time on 1st October and end at lunch time on 2nd October. The evening of the 1st will include a dinner which will allow networking and a continuation of the discussions and interactions that arise from the workshop that day.

Please use the links in the right column to register, to see the programme and for accommodation and travel information.

Confirmed speakers:

Dr Peter Kohl - Senior Fellow of the British Heart Foundation; Reader in Cardiac Physiology at The University of Oxford:
" Cardiac mechano-sensitivity, from ion channel to man-a systems approach"
Prof Anna Dominiczak - Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director of the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre:
" Systems biomedicine in cardiovascular studies"
Prof Stephen Coombes - Professor of Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Nottingham; Member of the Nottingham Institute of Neuroscience
"Mathematical biology and neural systems"
Prof David Willshaw - Chair in Computational Neurobiology, Edinburgh University:
"Computational approaches - mathematical analysis and computer modelling - to an understanding of the development and functioning of the nervous system"