Math Modeling Tutorial Workshop

Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22, 2013

UC San Diego

Host

San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)

Organizer

Dr. Lev Tsimring, BioCircuits Institute, UC San Diego (BioCircuits Institute)

Description

The SDCSB Mathematical Modeling Core presents a series of hands-on tutorials on kinetic modeling of intracellular dynamical processes and gene regulation.

The topics covered by the tutorials will include:

1. Deterministic modeling: model derivation, simulation, and techniques

2. Bifurcation analysis of deterministic models

3. Stochastic modeling techniques

4. Model fitting and parameter sensitivity analysis

The format of the …

SDCSB Symposium

Autophagy in Cell Stress: from Distinct Pathways to Global Responses

Thursday, March 14th, 2013 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

with Afternoon Poster Session and Reception

Location

Sanford Consortium Auditorium (www.sanfordconsortium.org)
2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

Host

San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)

Organizers

*Dr. Amy Kiger, UC San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences (Kiger Lab)
*Dr. Andreas Till, UC San Diego, Division of Biological …

Quantitative Biology – Hawaii

Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki

Febrary 18-21, 2013

Links

AGENDA
REGISTRATION
VENUE

Description

Technology is driving revolutionary changes in biology. Over the past decade, scientists and engineers have begun to define the path forward in the genomic era. Systems Biology has arisen as the deduction of interaction networks from -omics data generated in the wake of remarkable technological achievements. Likewise, DNA synthesis technologies are driving the development of Synthetic Biology, whereby engineered circuitry and even …

Friday, January 11th, 2013 – 9:00AM-5:00PM

Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium

Host

San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)

Description

The goal of the SDCSB Cellular Imaging workshop is to educate participants about the state of the cutting-edge cellular imaging and how it’s toolbox of technologies can be employed to dissect the dynamic nature of complex biological systems. For example, to understand embryogenesis, cellular communication, genome regulation and signaling, an integrated approach to imaging using technologies that facilitate observation over many different length …

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 – 9:00AM-12:00PM

Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium

Host

San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)

Description

Cytoscape is an open source bioinformatics software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks and biological pathways and integrating these networks with annotations, gene expression  profiles and other state data.   Although Cytoscape was originally designed for  biological research, now it is a general platform for complex network analysis and  visualization.    Cytoscape core distribution provides a basic …

Intellectual Property & Licensing

November 8, 2012  – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute Bldg 12 Auditorium

Hosts

San Diego Center for Systems Biology  (SDCSB)

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute  (SBMRI)

Organizer

Kamala Janiyani, PhD, UC San Diego

Description

 This workshop will bring together researchers, attorneys and Intellectual Property managers from local academic institutes, law firms and industry, interested in protecting their IP and licensing activities. With the recent implementation of the “America Invents Act”, changes …

NextGen Gene Expression Analysis Symposium and Workshop

Friday, September 28th, 2012 – 9:00AM-4:00PM

Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium

This event will bring together researchers from local academic institutes and industry that are interested in emerging experimental techniques and analysis strategies for studying gene expression. Advances in sequencing methodology have enhanced our ability to detect both different types of RNA and their dynamics, the effects of DNA mutation, chromatin states, and even the 3D organization of the genome, fundamentally changing our understanding …

Friday, June 1st 2012 – 8:00AM-5:00PM

The Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffman Auditorium

Description

Drug discovery and development is recognized to be one of the most complex and risky endeavors undertaken by mankind. Recent evaluations of the drug industry and productivity over the last 10 years has shown that the average cost of each new drug reaching the market now exceeds 1 billion dollar and takes over a decade.  While much has been written from a business perspective about the process and …

Tuesday, February 28th 2012 – 8:30AM-5:00PM

The Salk Institute, Frederic de Hoffman Auditorium

Description

Since the first description of miRNAs in the early 1990s, there has been a steady stream of discoveries on how these small non-coding RNAs regulate gene expression.  Please join local academic and industry researchers who will present on the advantages of using miRNA for screening, as a basic research tool, for therapeutics and as means to decipher complex biological systems.  Talks will describe in detail how you can …

When:

Thursday, November 17 – Friday, November 18, 2011.  2:00pm – 4:00pm

Where:

UCSD, Revelle Campus, Bonner Hall, Room 2130

Description:

The Mathematical Modeling Core of the San Diego Center for Systems Biology will hold a hands-on workshop on using CellProfiler software designed for automatic processing and analysis of cell images.  The first session on 11/17 will introduce you to image analysis using CellProfiler. We will cover the basics of automated image analysis, the workflow of using CellProfiler, the in-built functions and capabilities of CellProfiler and …