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Systems Biology: Moving Towards the Next Generation Biology

04 November 2010
Systems Biology: Moving Towards the Next Generation Biology

Event Details

  • Date
    04 November 2010
  • Time
    8:30am to 5:00pm
  • Venue
    Bio21 Institute
  • Price
    This event is free of charge

About This Event

This Symposium brings together experts from diverse fields to answer the question:

"What is systems biology and what can a systems biology approach achieve?"

 A wide range of speakers from various fields will provide practical examples of solving scientific problems using a systems biology approach.

Who should attend?  The symposium will be of interest to scientists at all levels in the biomedical arena, including students, who wish to understand more about this emerging field and discover potential applications to their own research.

About The Speakers

Plenary Speaker:

Professor Peter Hunter

Professor of Engineering Science and Director, Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Director of Computational Physiology at Oxford University

Professor Hunter's major research interests focus on modelling many aspects of the human body using specially developed computational algorithms that combine detailed anatomical and microstructural measurements and material properties.  

As co-Chair of the Physiome Committee of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, Professor Hunter helps lead the international Physiome Project, which uses compuational methods to understand integrated physiological functions.

 

Other Speakers:

Paul Chambers, AWRI, South Australia

Mark Cook, Dept Medicine, St Vincent's Health

Terry O'Brien, Dept Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital

David Bowtell, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Phil Hodgkin, Immunology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Susie Nilsson, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering

Peter Harris, Dept Physiology, University of Melbourne

Liam O'Connor, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, La Trobe University

Event Location

Bio21 Institute
30 Flemington Rd, Parkville