ACSB 2015: A Conference on Algebraic and Combinatorial Approaches in Systems Biology

“系统生物学中的代数和组合方法”会议(ACSB 2015)将于2015年5月22-24日在康涅狄格大学健康中心举行。会议的主要目标是为研究人员提供一个分享计算代数和组合学在生物学应用方面的最新进展的场所。大会将包括特邀演讲者的演讲、来稿演讲、S和海报部分。这笔资助用于支付受邀演讲者的费用，并为参加会议的研究生、博士后研究人员和其他初级研究人员提供交通和住宿。过去20年见证了数学生物学中一种新范式的出现和加速，它利用计算代数和离散数学中的先进方法来模拟生物系统。特别是在分子生物学中，丰富的基因调控、蛋白质相互作用和高通量基因表达谱文库使得构建越来越细粒度的离散模型成为可能，这就需要开发和分析新的代数和组合技术。虽然数学生物学中的传统方法受益于强大的期刊、组织和会议基础设施，但代数和组合生物学的基础设施仍在形成中。这次会议的一个核心目标是巩固ACSB作为介绍、讨论和整合当前外地工作的国家论坛。ACSB 2015将侧重于分子网络建模的不同方面，特别是基因调控网络，重点是离散建模方法，包括网络的随机方面。除了具体的分子网络模型外，它还将探索网络结构与其动力学的关系以及分子网络的设计原则等问题。会议将讨论分子网络建模的数学和生物学方面，会议将以这两个方面的演讲开始。会议网址：http://acsb2015.cqm.uchc.edu/

The conference "Algebraic and Combinatorial Approaches in Systems Biology" (ACSB 2015) will be held at the University of Connecticut Health Center during May 22-24, 2015. The primary goal of the conference is to provide a venue for researchers to share recent advances in applications of computational algebra and combinatorics to biology. The conference will consist of talks by invited speakers, contributed talk,s and a poster session. This grant helps to defray the expenses of the invited speakers and also to provide transportation and lodging for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other junior researchers attending the conference.The previous two decades have witnessed the emergence and acceleration of a new paradigm in mathematical biology, which employs advanced methods in computational algebra and discrete mathematics toward modeling biological systems. In molecular biology in particular, rich libraries of gene regulation, protein-protein interactions and high-throughput gene expression profiling enable the construction of increasingly granular discrete models, which require the development and analysis of new algebraic and combinatorial techniques. Whereas traditional methods in mathematical biology benefit from a robust infrastructure of journals, organizations, and conferences, such infrastructure for algebraic and combinatorial biology is still taking shape. A core objective of this conference is to consolidate the ACSB as a national forum for the presentation, discussion, and integration of current work in the field. ACSB 2015 will focus on diverse aspects of modeling of molecular networks, in particular gene regulatory networks, with an emphasis on discrete modeling approaches, including stochastic aspects of networks. In addition to models of specific molecular networks, it will explore questions such as the relationship between network structure and their dynamics and design principles of molecular networks. Both mathematical and biological aspects of molecular network modeling will be discussed, and the conference will open with talks on both.Conference web site: http://acsb2015.cqm.uchc.edu/