First SICSA Workshop on Biological Networks:
theory and applications

8^th October 2010

Informatics Forum, Room G.03
University of Edinburgh
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh EH8 9AB

This workshop will bring together scientists of different backgrounds with an interest in biological networks in an informal, friendly atmosphere. A central aim is to enhance communication between disciplines and to potentially initiate new cooperations. The workshop will consist of short talks and ample time for discussion and interaction.

Programme

09:00-09:20 registration and coffee (G.03)

9:20 welcome

09:30-09:50 Dirk Husmeier, Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
Inferring gene regulatory networks with non-stationary dynamic Bayesian networks

09:50-10:10 Rainer Breitling, University of Glasgow
Inferring metabolic networks from high-accuracy metabolomics

10:10-10:30 Clare Lee, University of Strathclyde
Reordering multiple networks simultaneously

10:30-11:00 coffee (G.03)

11:00-11:20 Ollivier Julien, McGill / University of Edinburgh
Scalable rule-based modelling of allosteric proteins and biochemical networks

11:20-11:40 Seymour Knowles-Barley, University of Edinburgh
Fruit Fly Brain Networks

11:40-12:00 Ernesto Estrada, University of Strathclyde
On heterogeneity of biological networks

12:00-13:30 lunch (Mini Forum 1) and coffee (G.03)

13:30-13:50 Hongwu Ma, University of Edinburgh
A new method for the decomposition of biological networks

13:50-14:10 Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University
Topological constraints on the function of immune networks

14:10-14:30 Desmond Higham, University of Strathclyde
Computational Methods in Network Science

14:30-14:40 Derek Gatherer, University of Glasgow, MRC Centre for Virus Research
Modelling versus Realization: Rival Philosophies of Computational Theory in Systems Biology

14:40-15:20 break out discussions

15:20-15:50 plenum discussion

15:50-16:10 coffee break

16:10-17:10 Lecture by Anne Smith, University of St Andrews
Using Bayesian networks to explore complex biological systems: genes, brains, and ecosystems

Organisers

Dr. Matthias Hennig (m.hennig@ed.ac.uk)
Dr. Pierluigi Frisco (P.Frisco@hw.ac.uk)

Sponsors

SICSA (http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/)
The Scottish Bioinformatics Forum (http://www.sbforum.org/)