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European Conference on Synthetic Biology (ECSB) II: Design, Programming and Optimisation of Biological Systems

 
  November 25, 2008  
     
 
ESF-UB Conference, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
29 March - 3 April 2009


Programme available online at http://www.esf.org/conferences/09294

Scope: The field of synthetic biology holds a great promise for the design, construction and development of biological systems (artificial or modified), by offering viable new routes to ‘genetically modified’ organisms, smart drugs and hybrid computational-biological devices. The informed manipulation of such biological systems could have an enormous positive impact on our societies, with its effects being felt across a range of activities such as the provision of healthcare, environmental protection and remediation to the construction of smarter more ubiquitous bio-integrated computing systems, etc.
The basic premise of synthetic biology is that methods commonly used to build non-biological systems, such as those employed in the computational sciences and the engineering disciplines that can deal with large and complex systems, could also be used to specify, design, implement, test and deploy novel synthetic biosystems. 
Synthetic biology lies at the interface of a variety of disciplines ranging from biology through chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics and engineering. Although undeniably multidisciplinary, this nascent field of research has tended to be locked within the narrow remits of each of its constitutive disciplines. The specific overarching aim of this conference is thus to generate new vigorous interactions between the disciplines that impinge (and contribute to) synthetic biology, and to highlight the latest developments in the field, with a focus on the European arena.
ECSB 2008 is the second conference in a series, and will draw on international expertise from, on the one hand, biological disciplines (e.g. genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc) and on the other hand, computational and engineering experts, to present a balanced overview of the very latest key technologies and research advances as pertaining to synthetic biology in general and to the quest for minimal living forms in particular.  The conference will bring together some of the most well known international researchers in their respective areas to (1) present introductory tutorials (2) showcase, through papers and posters presentations, the latest research outputs on this nascent field and (3) to sow the seeds for a more robust and well connected multi-disciplinary research community in synthetic biology.  We expect this to be a major international and multi-disciplinary scientific and educational event.
Some, but not all, of the topics to be presented in the conference include: DNA sequencing and synthesis, chemical and biological networks, computational techniques (modelling, data mining, optimisation) for synthetic biology, minimal genomes, evolution (natural, directed and simulated), origins of life, biological systems, cell cycles and circuits, infrastructures for synthetic biology, minimal cells, etc. 

Grants for young researchers available.

Chair: David Gilbert, Brunel University, UK
Co-chairs
:  Alfonso Jaramillo, Ecole Polytechnique, FR - Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK - Víctor de Lorenzo, CNB, ES
Organising committee: Sibylle Gaisser, Fraunhofer ISI, DE - Markus R. Schmidt, IDC – idialog, AT

 
 
Organized by: European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with University of Barcelona (UB)
Invited Speakers: Edward Bayer, Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
Mark Bedau, Reed College, US
Irene Chen, Harvard University, US
Antoine Danchin, Institute Pasteur Paris, FR
Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zürich, CH
Rafael Giraldo, CIB Madrid, ES
Albert Libchaber, Rockefeller University, US
Pier Luigi Luisi, Università degli Studi di Roma, IT
Sheref Mansy, Denver University, US
Philippe Marlière, Heurisko SAS, FR
Didier Mazel, Institute Pasteur Paris, FR
Luis Serrano, CRG Barcelona, ES
David Eric Smith, Santa Fe Institute, US (tbc)
Edward Trifonov, University of Haifa, IL
Alfonso Valencia, CNIO Madrid, ES
Ralf Wagner, Gene Art, DE
 
Deadline for Abstracts: 14 January 2009
 
Registration:

In order to attend the conference, please submit an application form.

Application form: http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=294&meetno=1

E-mail: jkelly@esf.org
 
   
 
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