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Practical Systems Biology: Visualisation and Reverse engineering gene regulatory networks.
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The European Society of Human Genetics (www.eshg.org) offers 5 fellowships covering the registration fee. Applicants for fellowships should submit their request together with C.V. and a reference letter to esgm.fellowships@eshg.org (please put serena.paterlini@eurogene.orgin cc). Deadline for sending cv: 10th September, at 18.00 (Bruxelles time)
Registration fee: 300 euro + VAT 20% = 360 euros. The fee includes tuition, course material, lunch, coffee break and shuttle bus from Porta San Mamolo (meeting point) to the course venue and back. For info about accommodation, local transportation and other details please contact serena.paterlini@eurogene.org
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FOR COMPANIES: 550 euro + VAT 20%= 660 euros. Please contact serena.paterlini@eurogene.org for registration rules.
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This course offers European and Italian credits for Continuing Medical Education (CME). Credits will be assigned to physicians and biologists through the accreditation procedure carried out by Menarini International Foundation.
Course in Practical Systems Biology: Visualisation and Reverse engineering gene regulatory networks.
EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano
Bologna (Italy) October 9-11, 2010
Bologna (Italy) October 9-11, 2010
Director:
Diego di Bernardo ( Naples, Italy)
Invited Speakers:
D. di Bernardo ( Naples, Italy); V. Belcastro ( Naples, Italy); F. Iorio ( Naples, Italy); A. Honkela ( Helsinki, Finland); N. Lawrence ( Manchester, UK); S. Lebre ( Strasbourg, France);
9 October, 2010
Lectures:
14:00 – 15:00 D. di Bernardo Theory: Introduction to Biological Networks
15:00- 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 D. Di Bernardo Theory: Introduction to Reverse Engineering approaches
Afternoon Workshops:
16:30-18:30 V. Belcastro and R. Iorio: Computer Lab Practice: Using reverse-engineered networks to understand gene function, drug mode of action and for gene signature analysis.
10 October, 2010
Lectures :
9:30 – 10:30 S. Lebre:Reverse engineering genetic networks using dynamic Bayesian networks
10:30- 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 S. Lebre : Recovering the time-varying structure of gene-regulation
12:00 – 13:00 N. Lawrence: Bayesian approaches to transcription factor target identification
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Afternoon Workshops:
14:30- 15:30 N. Lawrence and A. Honkela Theory: Bayesian approaches to transcription factor target identification
15:30 – 18:30 N. Lawrence , S. Lebre, A. Honkela Computer Lab Practice: R packages to reverse-engineer gene networks from gene expression data using Bayesian Networks and for Transcription Factor Target identification
11 October, 2010
Lectures:
9:30 – 10:30 F. Iorio : Reverse Engineering using Differential Equations
10:30- 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 V. Belcastro : Reverse Engineering using Mutual Information
12:00 – 13:00 V. Belcastro Computer Lab Practice: How to use ARACNE to reverse-engineer gene networks from gene expression data
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Workshop:
14:00- 15:00 F. Iorio Computer Lab Practice: How to use NIR/TSNI to reverse-engineer gene networks from gene expression data
Departure
Price: 360.00 € including VAT 20%
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