FST TCS 2007 Satellite Workshop
BioInformatics and Systems Biology

December 15, 2007
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Invited Speakers

Sridhar Hannenhalli University of Pennsylvania Deciphering Gene Regulatory Networks by in silico approaches
Cenk Sahinalp Simon Fraser University, Canada taveRNA: A Combinatorial Toolkit for Predicting the Independent and Joint Structure of RNA Sequences
Francois Fages INRIA Rocquencourt, France Formal verification and inference of biochemical reaction models
Sanjay Jain Delhi University The dynamics of large scale biological networks and system level properties of E. coli cells
P. S. Thiagarajan National University of Singapore A Parameter Estimation Technique for Bio-Pathway Models.

Venue

CSE Seminar Room (Room IIA-501)
Bharti Building
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016

Objectives

There has been a great upsurge of interest in Computational Biology, Bio-Informatics and Systems Biology in various computer science research groups in the country. This workshop aims at generating further interest among researchers and students in the problems being examined in the area. The presentations in the workshop will examine the problems posed by biology from the computing and mathematical analysis viewpoint.

Special Event: Felicitation of Sachin Maheshwari

IARCS will felicitate Prof. Sachin Maheshwari on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Schedule

9:15-9:30 Registration and Welcome
9:30-11:00 Sridhar Hannenhalli Deciphering Gene Regulatory Networks by in silico approaches
11:00-11:15 Tea Break
11:15-12:15 S. Cenk Sahinalp taveRNA: A Combinatorial Toolkit for Predicting the Independent and Joint Structure of RNA Sequences
12:15-12:45 Felicitation of S. N. Maheswari
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:15 Sanjay Jain The dynamics of large scale biological networks and system level properties of E. coli cells
15:15-15:30 Tea Break
15:30-16:30 P.S. Thiagarajan A Parameter Estimation Technique for Bio-Pathway Models
16:30-17:30 Francois Fages Formal verification and inference of biochemical reaction models



Abstracts



Sponsors

This workshop is made possible due to the generous sponsorship of Microsoft Research India.

Organizers