January 11, 2010
News from SystemsX.ch — The Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology

2nd live-streaming Lecture Series

SystemsX.ch announces the live-streaming of the 2nd Lecture Series (more information below).The guest invited for January 11, 2010 is Prof. Ron Shamir (picture).

Prof. Ron Shamir leads the Computational Genomics group at the Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University (TAU). He is the head of the Edmond J. Safra Bioinformatics Program at TAU and holds the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair in Bioinformatics. He focuses on developing novel algorithmic methods in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology. His research interests include gene expression analysis, modeling and dissection of molecular networks, gene regulation and cancer genomics. Methods and software tools developed by Shamir’s group are in use by many laboratories around the world.

Shamir received a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University in 1977, and a PhD in Operations Research from UC Berkeley in 1984. He is on the faculty of TAU since 1987. Shamir has published over 200 scientific works, including 14 books and edited volumes. He has supervised 45 graduate students to date.  He is on the editorial board of eleven scientific journals and series, and was a founding member and served on the RECOMB Conference series steering committee for thirteen years. In 2000 he founded the Bioinformatics undergraduate program at TAU. He co-founded the Israeli Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and was society president in 2004-2006.

PROF. RON SHAMIR LECTURE (LIVE-STREAMING):

  • Title: Integrated computational analysis of biological data: from connectivity to cancer
  • When: January 11, 2010
  • Time: 14:00h
  • Location: Room HCI J 4 , ETH Zurich (Science City)

To follow the lecture via Live-Streaming, please click on Live-Streaming

Note: Prof. Shamir's lecture will later be available on SystemsX.ch home page in the form of a podcast.

SystemsX.ch Lecture Series

SystemsX.ch Lectures take place about every two months. They are given by an international renowned Systems Biology researcher, who is chosen and invited by a Principal Investigator of one of the Research, Technology and Development Projects of SystemsX.ch. The lecture is directed to a broader audience, beyond the Systems Biology community.