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2004 Program and Audio Presentations

Keynote Address

Leroy Hood, MD, PhD Institute for System Biology

Abstract

Session I Detailed Local Models of Signaling Pathways

Andre Levchenko, PhD John Hopkins University NF-kb Isoforms and Switching Functions in Gene Regulation	Abstract Presentation
David de Graaf, PhD AstraZeneca	Abstract
Doug Lauffenburger, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Abstract) Multivariate Cue/Signaling/Response Analysis of Cell Decision Processes	Abstract  Presentation
James M. McCollum Accelerating Exact Stochastic Simulation of Coupled Chemical Reactions	Presentation

Session II Cellular Models and Spatial Complexity

Dennis Bray, PhD University of Cambridge	Abstract
Emmanuele DiBenedetto, PhD Vanderbilt University Mathematical Model of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Second Messengers in Visual Transduction	Abstract Presentation
Marc Kirschner, PhD Harvard Medical School Mathematical Modeling of Wnt Signaling	Abstract Presentation
Joseph Levine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stochastic Analysis of a Phosphorylation Cycle	Presentation

Session III Experimental Approaches to Understanding Networks

Naama Barkai, PhD Weizmann Institute of Science	Abstract
Stephen Michnick, PhD University of Montreal Towards a Molecular Spectrometer of the Cell	Abstract  Presentation
William Bialek, PhD Princeton University Noise and Information Flow in Biochemical Signaling	Abstract  Presentation
Chinlin Guo, MD, PhD Harvard University The Mechanism for Polarity Control and its Influence on Gradient Detection	Abstract
Michael J. Stern Yale University School of Medicine Dynamic Modeling of Developmental Genetics Using Computer Science Methodologies for System Design	Presentation

Lunch Discussion Mathematical Challenges in System Biology

John Doyle, PhD California Institute of Technology Mathematical Challenges in Systems Biology

Presentation

Session IV Analysis of Network Architecture

Rama Ranganathan, MD, PhD The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Evolutionary Rules for Specific Protein Folding and Function	Abstract
Ravi Iyengar, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine Analysis of Regulatory Loci within Signaling Networks	Abstract
John Doyle, PhD California Institute of Technology Universal Organizing Principles of Networks	Abstract  Presentation
Keith O. Elliston, PhD Genstruct, Incorporated	Abstract

Final Address and Dinner