International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Disease
The International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Disease (SBHD 2012) takes place on May 2-4 in Heidelberg. The SBHD 2012 is continuing a conference series launched some years ago at Harvard Medical School and has developed into a transatlantic event and communication platform for scientific exchange between The United States and Germany. It is focusing on mammalian systems biology, particularly as it applies to human disease and therapy. SBHD website
FMI director Susan Gasser receives highly esteemed Inserm International Prize
Dec 2011. Susan Gasser, director of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research of the Novartis Research Foundation, receives today the highly esteemed Inserm Prix International in Paris, for her outstanding scientific contributions to the field of epigenetics. She is honored for her lifetime achievements, which contribute to our understanding of the genetic processes that drive cancer, cell type differentiation and aging. Since 2004, the Inserm Prix International has been awarded by the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médical in Paris.
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Medically Relevant Systems Biology
A comment by Nico Battich, University of Zurich
The conference provided an opportunity for people around the world to discuss current and future research involving systems and synthetic biology.
In the first section of the conference two talks particularly highlighted the challenges and the potentials of a systems biology approach to medicine.
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Synthetic Biology
A comment by Sven Dietz
The synthetic biology session covered a variety of topics ranging from fundamental research to industrial applications. Of particular interest in this session was the broad range of applications of synthetic biology methods showing how advances produced over the past years are successfully being applied to solve real world problems and opening possibilities for research and industry.
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Open Position: IT Technician, Basel
Nov 2011. As part of InfectX and in collaboration with SyBIT, both funded by SystemsX.ch, the Dehio group at the Biozentrum, Basel, is looking for an IT technician to provide data and IT maintenance support, to operate data processing tools, and to support microscope based data generation. The position is integrated within, and should support, a group of Image Analysis and Data Processing experts. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team which is part of the InfectX consortium made up of 11 research groups. This position is initially for one year, with the possibility of extension depending on project requirements.
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SystemsX.ch Fifth Call for Proposals
SystemsX.ch is issuing its 5th Call for Proposals. For more information please read the following Call Information (click on image).
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Prof. A. Bairoch, SIBThe HUPO Award goes to . . .
Sep 2011. Prof. Amos Bairoch, Director of the Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Department at Geneva University, and Group Leader at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, will receive the «HUPO Distinguished Achievement Award in Proteomic Sciences» on 7 September. This Award honours Prof. Bairoch for his outstanding career in the field of protein sequencing, particularly for the development of diverse resources such as the worldwide renowned Swiss-Prot database.
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Probability Theory and Network Inference
Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 November 2011 - Basel
Recent developments on the foundations of probability have lead to a theory that unites methods from statistics, statistical inference, information theory and Bayesian statistics into an integrated framework. The purpose of this course is to familiarize bioinformatics students with this general theory in the context of concrete applications in Bioinformatics. The course will cover all the basic theoretical methods and illustrate each of them with examples from the day-to-day praxis in Bioinformatics.
SystemsX.ch IPP paper published in Nature
Aug 2011. Paper High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services from the SystemsX.ch IPP Plant interaction networks published in Nature.
3 Postdoctoral and 1 Senior Researcher Position - Network/Systems and Computational Biology - Linding Lab, Technical University of Denmark
The Linding Lab at the DTU (Technical University of Denmark) is opening four positions in the lab. Links to the full adverts are below
The positions are available immediately and the application deadline is Sep 12th. Information about application procedure and description of the projects can be found at the DTU website.
- SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
- International postdoc in Systems Biology: ”Network medicine approach to cancer progression”
- International postdoc in Evolutionary Network Biology: ”Evolution of the JNK Phosphorylation Network”
- International postdoc in Systems Biology: ”Multivariate Dynamics of the JNK Phosphorylation Network in Complex Diseases"
More information can also be found at www.lindinglab.org/jobs and www.lindinglab.org/research
Current Job Opportunities - Systems Biology Ireland
Jun 2011. Systems Biology Ireland advertises several posts.
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9th Basel Computational Biology Conference9th [BC]2 Basel Computational BiologyConference «Multiscale Modeling» on June 23 & 24, 2011
May 2011. [BC]2 is the annual scientific symposium of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. This year’s meeting will focus on the latest ideas and results on problems related to multiscale modeling and simulation. Participation at [BC]2 will be a prime opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research in Computational and Systems Biology, and to network with other members of our community.
A fruit fly served as test object (photo: UNIGE)How does an embryo make organs with a precise size
Mar 2011. Nature has ensured that the proportions of our limbs are respected, whether we are meant to be tall or short. One of the puzzling questions in developmental biology is how growth and patterning of tissues is controlled. Addressing this issue also helps to understand how the lack of coordination between growth of the tissue and specialization of its constituent cells leads to malformations. A team led by Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan, professor at the University of Geneva, discovers a growth control mechanism that regulates the size of the tissue. The scientists unveil how molecular actors named morphogens determine the dynamics of proliferation in developing organs. The authors of this study, published in the March 4th 2011 edition of Science, are currently investigating whether such a “growth rule” could explain some conditions leading to tumor development.
Pfizer Research Prize 2011
| Feb 2011. Three researchers working on the SystemsX.ch RTD project ”Neurochoice“, were awarded the coveted Pfizer Research Prize. Professor Fritjof Helmchen and Dr. Benjamin F. Grewe of the University of Zurich received the prize for their work “Observation of neuronal network activity by fast laser-scanning”. |
Publication of an IPP
Jan 2011. Manfredo Quadroni launched in 2008 together with Frédérique Lisacek the Interdisciplinary Pilot Project «Development of techniques for analyzing the Trypsin-Resistant Proteome (TReP)». The recent findings of their work were published in the Journal of Proteome Research. Please see the abstract below http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21166477
