U.S.-Polish Workshop: Spatial and Stochastic Phenomena in Gene Regulation and Signaling Pathways

这是一个关于基因调控和信号通路的空间和随机现象的美国-波兰研讨会。该研讨会将于2005年5月29日至6月3日在波兰的贝德勒沃举行，以配合国际生物学数学建模会议。研讨会的组织者是莱斯大学的Marek Kimmel博士和波兰华沙基础技术研究所的Tomasz Lipniacki博士。本次研讨会将致力于细胞和细胞内过程的代谢途径的数学建模，特别是它们的随机和空间方面。其目的是探索这两种模型的新方面，使用生物学上重要的信号通路例子，包括NFkB和干扰素通路以及控制生物体发育过程的途径。本次数学建模研讨会实现了将美国和中欧/东欧的顶尖专家聚集在一起的项目目标，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的努力和能力。把这些专家聚集在一起可以大大加强最近研究成果的交叉传播，并有助于推动最新技术的发展。

This is a US-Polish workshop on spatial and stochastic phenomena in gene regulation and signaling pathways. The workshop will be held in Bedlewo, Poland in connection with the international conference in Mathematical Modeling in Biology, May 29-June 3, 2005. The organizers of the workshop are Dr. Marek Kimmel from Rice University and Dr. Tomasz Lipniacki from the Institute for Fundamental Technological Research in Warsaw, Poland. This workshop will be devoted to mathematical modeling of metabolic pathways of cellular and intracellular processes, particularly their stochastic and spatial aspects. Its purpose is to explore novel aspects of both types of models, using biologically important examples of signaling pathways, including the NFkB and interferon pathways and pathways governing developmental processes of the organism.This workshop on mathematical modeling fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit. Bringing together such experts could greatly enhance cross dissemination of recent research findings and help advance the state-of-the art.