Constructing gene networks:
observation, analysis and control

January 15, 2009
Paris, France

Presentation

The recent joint development of synthetic biology and systems biology brings new opportunities and raises new problems. An efficient collaboration between biologists and mathematicians/computer scientists/physicists will be essential for the development of these domains in France.
The objective of this meeting is to strengthen the links between the communities of dynamical modelling and simulation of biological systems and synthetic biology.
More precisely, this meeting will focus on methodological aspects, both experimental (new observation techniques) and computational (novel methods for analysis and control). A special attention will be devoted to interdisciplinarity.

Among the topics that are of interest for the workshop we mention:

links between models and experiments in qualitative and quantitative biology: towards really predictive models?
standardization approaches in biology (e.g. BioBricks) and computer-assisted modelling (bottom up approach)
genetic regulatory networks and protein interaction networks: discrete, continuous and stochastic models
from understanding to exploiting biological systems: from analysis to control

Invited speakers

Pascal Hersen, MSC CNRS-Paris7, single cell signal transduction activity using microfluidics devices
Jerome Robert, LPS ENS, gene expression variability in monoclonal population using microfluidics cell sorter

Selected presentations

The complete list of selected abstracts is available here

Program

The program is available here

Registration

The participation is free, but registration is mandatory. To register, please send an email to gregory.batt@inria.fr before Jan. 7.
The workshop will take place on Jan. 15, 2009 at the Denis Diderot University. See here for location and directions.