Free Seminar – Learning to guide the behaviour of cells

Events — By Greta Harrison on December 8, 2011 5:01 pm

Date and time: Wednesday 21 December, 10am – 11am
Location: Brown Theatre, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (MAP)

Leading international expert in theoretical systems biology, Professor Michael Stumpf will present a seminar on 21 December, hosted by NICTA and The Melbourne School of Engineering, along with the Faculties of Science and Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Biological systems have evolved intricate mechanisms by which they sense, respond to, and interact with their environment. They process extra-cellular signals and alter their behaviour in response to these stimuli. We are only beginning to comprehend some aspects of the molecular machinery underlying such cellular decision-making processes.

In this seminar, Professor Strumpf will discuss how to clarify the structure and dynamics of biological information processing systems in the context of the innate immune response. The seminar will briefly outline a flexible framework for the analysis of inter and intra-cellular signaling processes. Professor Strumpf will discuss how the same framework can be employed in rationally designing synthetic regulatory and signaling networks that lead to specified cellular behaviour.

Professor Stumpf’s research interests include theoretical and statistical systems biology, systems medicine, statistical bioinformatics, dynamic systems and networks, and evolutionary theory. For further information visit his website.

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