Discrete Systems Biology

Friday, October 28, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room B4 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chairs:
Brandilyn Stigler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University and Alan Veliz-Cuba, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Description: Mathematics has proved to be a rich resource for the biological sciences. While discrete mathematics has influenced other fields, its use in biology is modest. We aim to showcase its impact in biology, the potential for biology to transform it, and how the relationship between these fields can be strengthened.



10:30 AM
Connections Between Discrete and Continuous Modeling of Biological Systems
Alan Veliz-Cuba, PhD , Research Assistant Professor , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:50 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:55 AM
Boolean Approaches in Modeling Transcriptome Data and Signal Transduction Networks
Ruisheng Wang, PhD , Associate Professor , Pennsylvania State University
11:15 AM
Network Structure and Dynamical Properties of Biological Interaction Systems
Gheorghe Craciun, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:35 AM
Mathematics and Cancer Systems Biology
Franziska Hinkelmann, PhD , Research Fellow , Mathematical Biosciences Institute