[PRL] POPL Trip Report: Systems Biology Speaker is here

[Karl Lieberherr]

The heavy weight is here:
*February 11, 2008* - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Vincent Danos
Title/Abstract: Rule-based modelling of cellular
signalling<http://www.ccs.neu.edu/events/speech/2008/VincentDanos.html>

Please come to his talk tomorrow.

-- Karl

On Jan 10, 2008 8:44 PM, Mitchell Wand <wand at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> Alas, I have to leave tonite, so this will be the last installment.
> Enjoy. --Mitch
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>
> Invited Talk: Walter Fontana, Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
> Systems Biology & Programming Languages
>
> This guy is a molecular biologist with a more-than-passing interest in
> CS and PL in particular. (He's found the shortest term for predecessor
> on Church numerals, using a genetic algorithm!).
>
> He's been working with Vincent Danos and several other heavyweights.
> Danos has a language called Kappa for describing molecular
> interactions.  The speaker claims that this language is good for
> describing models and suggesting the questions that wetlab biologists
> should ask.  (NOT in themselves as answering biological
> questions). "Models as a communication medium".
>
> eg if you do analysis of a Kappa program (AKA a model of a biological
> system), you can find possible pathways, etc.
>
> He also has a startup in Cambridge, called Plectix BioSystems,
> producing "Kappa Factory: a model-based reasoning environment useful
> to every molecular biologist".  (They do NOT have a website, but write
> to andrea at plectix.com for employment opportunities.  They are looking
> for a senior technologist + others).
>
> In any case we should invite him to give a talk (Distinguished
> Lecture?)
>
>
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