BioSysBio 2 0 0 7
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Synthetic Biology
www.biosysbio.com
Thu 11
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– Sat 13
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Jan 2007
Manchester UK
Abstracts edited by:
Welcom e m essage
About BioSysBio 2007
BioSysBio 2007 w as held at t he Manchest er Conference Cent re. I t is aim ed at st udent s, post - docs and j unior facult y working in biot echnology and all are welcom e t o at t end.
The conference included sessions in Com put at ional Syst em s Biology, Bioinform at ics and Synt het ic Biology.
The new session in Synt het ic Biology highlight ed som e of t he European ent ries in t he MI T based I nt ernat ional Genet ically Engineered Machines com pet it ion ( iGEM)
Organisers
Con fe r e n ce Ch a ir s
Joh n Cu m be r s
A gr aduat e st udent at Brow n Universit y, Rhode I sland, USA. His research int erest s are cent ered around ageing. This includes t he st udy of t he m olecular pat hways t hat ext end lifespan. His research uses bot h com put at ional and w et lab t echniques for m odelling gene regulat ory net w orks and predict ing t ranscript ion fact or binding sit es.
Tel. UK + 44( 0) 207 617 7824, Tel. USA + 1 401 523 8190 E- m ail enquiries: JohnCum [email protected] .
D r Jon a t h a n Re e s
UK Bioinform at ics Forum
Proj ect Manager for UK Bioinform at ics Forum . Pr ior t o t hat Jon spent 3 years as a post - doct oral research officer at t he Universit y of Oxford. He is also t he founder of
Bioinform at ics.Net , one of t he leading online direct ories of bioinform at ics soft ware.
Tel. + 44( 0) 1865 484224
M a n u e l Cor pa s ( h e a d)
Universit y of Manchest er ( UK)
Manuel's research has focused on t he developm ent of bioinform at ics t echniques t hat com bine sequence and st ruct ure prot ein dat a for charact erisat ion of evolut ionarily det erm inant prot ein regions. More specifically, his research syst em at ically discrim inat es funct ional and st ruct ural m ot ifs based on a pr ot ein folding score. His research involved com put at ional st at ist ics, m achine learning and visualisat ion t echniques.
D r D ie t e r W e ich a r t
MCI SB Proj ect Manager
Tel. UK + 44( 0) 161 30 65197 MCI SB
Fr a n k Br u gge m a n
Universit y of Manchest er, UK / Free Universit y Am st erdam , Net herlands
Research: Syst em s Biology: t he applicat ion of com bined experim ent al, t heoret ical and m odelling approaches t o bet t er underst and living syst em s, from cells t o ecosyst em s.
Current Research: Applicat ion of Met abolom ics Profiling of recom binant m am m alian cells t o bioprocess design. I n t his proj ect w e hope t o opt im ize t he product ion of het erologous prot eins by m am m alian cells using a syst em s- biological approach involving m et abolom ics, isot opom er flux balancing, m achine learning, and kinet ic m odelling.
Ju lia H a n dl
Universit y of Manchest er
Julia Handl is a PhD st udent in t he School of Chem ist ry at t he Universit y of Manchest er. Her publicat ions over t he past t hree years (ht t p: / / dbkgr oup.org/ handl/ publicat ions.ht m l) have covered a variet y of t opics relat ed t o unsuper vised and sem i-supervised classificat ion including clust er validat ion
t echniques, ant - based clust er ing and m ult iobj ect ive
approaches t o clust ering and feat ure select ion. She chaired t he special session on evolut ionary clust ering at t he 2005 and 2006 I EEE Congress on Evolut ionary Com put at ion, and serves as a referee for a num ber of int ernat ional conferences and j ournals in t he field of evolut ionary com put at ion and
bioinform at ics.
Or ga n isin g Com m it t e e
Ja m e s Br ow n
Universit y of Cam bridge
Having gr aduat ed wit h an Engineering Mast ers degree from Cam bridge earlier t his year, Jam es has spent t he sum m er working out of MI T as an iGEM Am bassador. He has since ret urned t o Cam bridge t o undert ake a PhD program in t he Haseloff Lab, Depart m ent of Plant Sciences t o w ork on biological pat t ern form at ion and m orphogenesis. He is looking t o engineer self- organising, synt het ic m orphogenet ic syst em s in bot h bact eria and ult im at ely plant s.
M a ck e n z ie Cow e ll
Bost on Universit y, USA
Lu n a D e Fe r r a r i
Universit y of Edinburgh, UK
Luna is a Soft w are Developer in Prof. Goryanin's
Com put at ional Syst em s Biology group. She is int erest ed in web services and dat a m ining. Right now she's t rying t o put t oget her Taverna workflows and dat a m ining w it h Weka t o do som e Bayesian lear ning of enzym e propert ies. She is a st rong support er of Open Source soft ware and t he Wiki m ast er for t he ECB and CSBE cent res. She is involved in t he t eaching of t he Com put at ional Syst em s Biology Mast er cour se and
collaborat es w it h t he RiboSys European pr oj ect on yeast RNA. Luna has an MSc in I nform at ics and a BSc + MSc in
Biot echnology and is now a PhD candidat e. ht t p: / / hom epages.inf.ed.ac.uk/ ldeferra/
D e r e k Ga t h e r e r
Universit y of Glasgow , UK
Derek Gat herer t rained as a m olecular developm ent al biologist at I m perial College and, aft er post docs in Quit o, Warwick and Cam bridge, was Lect urer in Molecular Genet ics at Liverpool John Moores Universit y from 1996 t o 1999. Since 2003 he has been at t he Medical Research Council Virology Unit in Glasgow . During t he int ervening period he w orked in t he phar m aceut ical indust ry in various
bioinform at ics- relat ed capacit ies for Organon, EraGen, RiboTarget s and Chem ical Com put ing Group ( CCG I nc) . His int erest s are anyt hing t hat can be done on a com put er w it h applicat ion t o biology, but for pract ical purposes over t he last couple of years t his has m eant t he com parat ive m olecular evolut ion of herpesviruses. His previous work has covered t he origin and evolut ion of periodically- st ruct ured prot eins, t he relat ionship of codon bias wit h genom ic GC cont ent , and, w hile in indust ry, t he product ion of exhaust ive cat alogues of G- prot ein coupled recept ors from com plet ed genom es. He is current ly writ ing an unreasonably long review art icle on t he pioneering syst em s biology work of Walt er Elsasser ( 1904-1991) .
N ils Ge h le n bor g
I nst it ut e for Syst em s Biology, Seat t le, USA
I n dr a n i H a lde r
Pennsylvania St at e Universit y, USA
Sa r a t h Ch a n dr a Ja n ga
UNAM, México Cit y
Sa r a h Lu ge r
Universit y of Edinburgh, UK
You n e s M ok r a b
Universit y of Cam bridge, UK
V ij a ya Pa r t h iba n
Cologne Universit y, Germ any
Ra m a z a n Sa e e d
Oxford Universit y, UK
Ve n k a t a P. Sa t a gopa m
EMBL Heidelberg, Germ any
D om in ic Tolle
European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e, UK
Ole Sch u lz - Tr ie gla ff
Free Universit y of Berlin, Germ any
I st udied in I nform at ics in Berlin and Edinburgh. During m y st udies. I specialized in Applied Mat hem at ics and Machine Learning applied
t o biological dat a. Current ly I am PhD candidat e at t he Max Planck gr aduat e school for Com put at ional Biology and Scient ific Com put ing in Berlin, Germ any. My Phd research involves t he ident ificat ion of pept ides from m ass
spect rom et ry t hat are associat ed w it h allograft rej ect ion aft er renal t ransplant at ions.
N a j l V a le y e v
Universit y of Oxford, UK
Ja m e s W a sm u t h
Hospit al for Sick Children, Toront o, Canada
Joa n n a You n g
Universit y of Edinburgh, UK
Scie n t ific Advisor y Boa r d
D ou gla s Ar m st r on g
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKTe r r i At t w ood
Universit y of Manchest er, UKGe off Ba r t on
Universit y of Dundee, UKJa son Cr a in
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKD a r r e n Flow e r
Edw ard Jenning I nst it ut e, UKD e r e k Ga t h e r e r
MRC Vir ology Unit , Glasgow, UKD a v id Gilbe r t
Glasgow Universit y, UKJa n e H illst on
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKAla st a ir Ke r r
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKTom Kir k w ood
Universit y of Newcast le, UKN ich ola s Lu scom be
European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e, UKAn dr e w M illa r
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKJose Pe r e ir a - Le a l
I nst it ut o Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Port ugalColin Se m ple
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKJa r osla v St a r k
I m perial College London, UKSve n Pa n k e
ETH Zurich, Swit zerlandBon n ie W e bbe r
Universit y of Edinburgh, UKPle n a r y Spe a k e r s:
H a n s V . W e st e r h off
Universit y of Manchest er
Hans West erhoff is Professor of Syst em s Biology at Manchest er Universit y and also Professor of Microbial
Pysiology ( Free Universit y Am st erdam , VUA) and Professor of Mat hem at ical Biochem ist ry ( Universit y of Am st erdam , UvA) at t he BioCent rum Am st erdam . He heads a t ransnat ional
research group on Syst em s Biology w hich spans t he
Manchest er Cent re for I nt egrat ive Syst em s Biology ( MCI SB) in t he Manchest er I nt erdisciplinary BioCent re ( MI B) and t he BioCent rum Anm st erdam ( see also
ht t p: / / w w w .bio.vu.nl/ hw conf ) . His research int erest focuses on how t he int eract ions of m acrom olecules can lead t o
biological funct ioning, and int egrat es quant it at ive experm ent at ion wit h m at hem at ical analyses
Alfon so Va le n cia
Universidad Aut onom a Madr id
Alfonso Valencia is a biologist by t raining. He has a Ph.D. in m olecular biology by t he U. Aut onom a ( Madrid) . Since 1986 he has been w orking in t he field of Bioinform at ics ( init ially com bined w it h experim ent al approaches) . From 1988 t o 1994 he w orked at t he EMBL- Heidelberg in t he group of Chris
Sander, st udying t he evolut ion of prot ein funct ion w it h a com binat ion of sequence and st ruct ur e based approaches. I n 1994 he st art ed his own group in Madrid, t he Prot ein Design Group ( PDG) . The PDG is current ly com posed of m ore t han 28 scient ist s, engineers and t echnicians. Alfonso Valencia is t he coordinat or of t he Spanish net w ork of bioinform at ics, form er VP and founder m em ber of t he I nt ernat ional Societ y of Com put at ional Biology, and Execut ive Edit or of t he j ournal Bioinform at ics.
Ron W e iss
Princet on Universit y
Developm ent s in Synt het ic Biology Ron Weiss is an Assist ant Professor of Elect rical Engineering at Princet on Universit y, and also holds a facult y appoint m ent in t he Depart m ent of Molecular Biology. He received his PhD from t he
Se ssion spe a k e r s
Rola n d Eils
- DKFZ ( Germ an Cancer Research Cent re) Gene regulat ion and profilingRoland Eils is t he head of t he Depart m ent of Bioinform at ics and Funct ional Genet ics at t he I nst it ut e of Molecular Biot echnology at t he Universit y of Heidelberg as w ell as head of t he Depart m ent of Theoret ical Bioinform at ics at t he DKFZ ( Germ an Cancer Research Cent re) . He specializes in gene regulat ion and expression profiles from m icroarrays.
D ou gla s Ke ll
- Universit y of Manchest er, UK Met abolom ics and m achine learning:quant it at ive bioanalysis for syst em s biology
Douglas Kell is t he Direct or of t he Manchest er Cent re for I nt egrat ive Syst em s Biology ( MCI SB) based in t he Manchest er I nt erdisciplinary Biocent re ( MI B) His research covers a br oad range of t opics from analyt ical chem ist ry t o syst em s biology, usually coupled t o biochem ical and dat a m odeling. Universit y of Manchest er, UK
N icola s Le N ove r e
- European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e, UK Modeling and dat abases in syst em s BiologyAft er graduat e in Paris and post doct oral work in Paris and
Cam bridge ( UK) , Nicolas Le Novere now runs a research group at t he EBI ( European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e) near t o Cam bridge, UK. His previous w ork in Syst em s Biology includes t he
developm ent of SBML ( t he Syst em s Biology Markup Language) , t he m odeling of signaling syst em s and BioModels Dat abase.
Ra n dy Re t t be r g
- MI T ( Massachuset t s I nst it ut e of Technology) , USASynt het ic Biology and iGEM
Randy or ganizes iGEM and runs MI T's Regist ry of St andard Biological Part s. More inform at ion t o follow.
H e r be r t Sa u r o
- Universit y of Washingt on, USA Modeling and m odularit y, t ools for syst em s biologyHerbert Sauro is one of t he aut hors of t he Syst em s Biology
Workbench, a collect ion of t ools t hat allow s t he sharing and cross com pat ibilit y of m odels using t he Syst em s Biology Markup
Sa r a h Te ich m a n n
- Laborat ory of Molecular Biology, Cam bridge, UKGene regulat ory net w orks, St ruct ural and Com put at ional Genom ics
Sarah Teichm ann works on t he evolut ion of prot ein- prot ein and prot ein- nucleic acid int eract ion at t he level of bot h prot ein st ruct ure and com parat ive genom ics. Over t he past few years, she has been focusing on t he funct ional annot at ion of DNA-binding t ranscript ion fact ors, and t heir evolut ion and dynam ic expression. Recent ly, t his com put at ional research has been
com plem ent ed by experim ent al m olecular biology in her group at Cam bridge.
Ch r is V oigt
- UCSF ( Universit y of California, San Diego) USA Synt het ic BiologyPr ogr a m
Th u r sda y 1 1 t h Ja n
9 .0 0 a m - 1 0 .1 5 a m
1. M ode lin g w it h t h e Syst e m s Biology W or k be n ch, Herbert Sauro, Universit y of Washingt on, USA.
2. Flu x Ba la n ce An a lysis a nd it s a pplica t ion s, Evangelos Sim eonidis and Balázs Papp Universit y of Manchest er
3. Edin bu r gh Pa t h w a y Edit or pa r t I, St uart Moodie, Anat oly Sorokin, Edinburgh Universit y.
4. St a t ist ics for M icr oa r r a ys, Ernst Wit , Lancast er Universit y
5. Pr oba bilist ic m ode ls a n d Ba ye sia n in fe r e n ce, Magnus Rat t r ay, Universit y of Manchest er
6. Pr ot e in Ann ot a t ion Jennifer McDowell, EBI
10.15 - 10.45 Refreshm ent s break
1 0 .4 5 a m - 1 2 .1 5 a m
1. Pr e dict ion a nd e volu t ion of t r a n scr ipt ion fa ct or s a n d t h e ir e v olu t ion a r y fa m ilie s in pr ok a r yot e s, Sarat h Chandra Janga 2. D e v e lopm e n t a n d a n a lysis of k in e t ic m ode ls of int r a ce llu la r n e t w or k s, Frank Bruggem an, MI B
3. Edin bu r gh Pa t h w a y Edit or pa r t I I, St uart Moodie, Anat oly Sorokin, Edinburgh Universit y.
4. St a t ist ics for M icr oa r r a ys, Ernst Wit , Lancast er Universit y 5. Biocondu ct or t ools for gr a ph s, Wolfgang Huber , EBI 6. To be confirm ed
Apologies, t here is no longer a workshop on BioPerl/ Bioruby
W or k sh ops
A
Th u r sda y 1 1 t h Ja n
12.00 – 13.00 Regist rat ion 13.00 – 13.15 Opening and w elcom e
1 3 .1 5 – 1 4 .0 0 St e ve Oliv e r - Universit y of Manchest er
1 4 .0 0 – 1 4 .4 5 Alfon so V a le n cia - Universidad Aut onom a Madrid
14.45 – 15.15 Refreshm ent s
1 5 .1 5 - 1 5 .5 5 Rola n d Eils - DKFZ ( Germ an Cancer Research Cent re)
1 5 .5 5 - 1 6 .2 0 M a r t in o Ba r e nco - I nst it ut e of Child Healt h UCL ( Universit y College London)
" rHVDM – A fast and user- friendly R package t o predict t ranscript ion fact or t arget s from m icroarray t im e series dat a."
1 6 .2 0 - 1 6 .4 5 Alok M ishr a - I m perial College London
" Effect of m icroarray dat a het erogeneit y on gene regulat ory m odule discovery"
1 8 .0 0 – 2 1 .0 0 I n dust r y Pa r t n e r sh ip Fa ir and Welcom e part y sponsored by t he Doct oral Training Cent re
Con fe r e n ce
Ope n in g ple na r y spe a k e r s:
Fr ida y 1 2 t h Ja n
08.00 - 8.45: Breakfast
0 8 .4 5 – 0 9 .2 5 D ou gla s Ke ll - Universit y of Manchest er , UK
0 9 .2 5 - 0 9 .5 0 Ra u l M un oz H e r na n de z - Universit y of Manchest er, UK Met abolic flux analysis t o st udy t he product ion of a non- r ibosom al lipopept ide, cda, by st rept om yces coelicolor
0 9 .5 0 - 1 0 .1 5 D a n ie l M a t e u s - CEA/ List Saclay, France
Modeling Genet ic Regulat ory Net works from specified behaviours
10.15– 11.45 Break & post er session 1
1 1 .4 5 – 1 2 .1 5 Ra n dy Re t t be r g - MI T ( Massachuset t s I nst it ut e of Technology) , USA
1 2 .1 5 – 1 2 .3 5 Un ive r sit y of Edin bu r gh iGEM t e a m, UK Modeling Arsenic Biosensor Syst em
1 2 .3 5 – 1 2 .5 5 I m pe r ia l Colle ge Lon don iGEM t e a m
Engineering a synt het ic m olecular oscillat or based on t he Lot ka- Volt erra dynam ic.
1 2 .5 5 – 1 3 .1 5 Un ive r sit y of Ca m br idge iGEM t e a m, UK Aut onom ous pat t ern form at ion bet ween bact erial populat ions
1 3 .1 5 – 1 4 .1 5 Lunch + iGEM w orkshop - What do I need t o do t o t ake part in iGEM 2007?
1 4 .1 5 – 1 4 .5 5 N icola s Le N ove r e - European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e, UK
Se ssion 4 : M ode lin g a n d da t a ba se s in syst e m s Biology Se ssion 3 : Syn t h e t ic Biology a n d iGEM
1 4 .5 5 – 1 5 .2 0 M icha e l Le e s - Univer sit y of Not t ingham BacGrid: Sim ulat ions of Bact eria using t he GRI D
1 5 .2 0 – 1 5 .4 5 I sa be l Roj a s - EML Research gGm bH, Heidelberg, Germ any SABI O- RK: a dat abase of biochem ical react ions and t heir kinet ics
15.45– 17.15 Break & post er session 2
1 7 .1 5 – 1 7 .5 5 H e r be r t Sa u r o - Universit y of Washingt on, USA
1 7 .5 5 – 1 8 .2 0 M a r t in H e m be r g - I m perial College London A st udy of t he propert ies of st ochast ic genet ic oscillat ors
1 8 .2 0 – 1 8 .4 5 t alk t o be confirm ed
19.30– onwards, Conference m eal – sponsored by Chem ical Com put ing Group.
Sa t u r da y 1 3 t h Ja n
08.00 - 8.45: Breakfast
0 8 .4 5 – 0 9 .2 5 Sa r a h Te ich m a n n - Laborat ory of Molecular Biology, Cam bridge, UK
0 9 .2 5 – 0 9 .5 0 Sa n n e Abe ln - Universit y of Oxford Linking evolut ion of prot ein st ruct ures t hrough fragm ent s
0 9 .5 0 – 1 0 .1 5 Em ily Je ffe r son - Universit y of Dundee
The relat ionship bet w een dom ain- dom ain int eract ion orient at ion and sequence sim ilarit y
10.15– 10.45 Refreshm ent s break
1 0 .4 5 – 1 1 .2 5 Ch r is V oigt - UCSD ( Universit y of Califor nia, San Diego) USA
1 1 .2 5 – 1 1 .5 0 Ja m e s Br ow n - Univerist y of Cam bridge Navigat ional Cont rol of Bact eria
1 1 .5 0 – 1 2 .1 5 Alfon so Ja r a m illo - Ecole Polyt echnique, France Com put at ional Design of Prot eins Wit h New Funct ions
1 2 .1 5 – 1 3 .0 0 Closin g Ple na r y: Ron W e iss - Princet on Universit y Developm ent s in Synt het ic Biology
13.00– 13.15 Prize giving and conference close
Se ssion 7 : Synt h e t ic Biology
Regist ered Delegat es
Khairiah Abd Karim - The Universit y of Manchest er
Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahm an - Universit y of Edinburgh Sanne Abeln - Universit y of Oxford
Oyeniyi Abioye - Olabisi Onabanj o Universit y I brahim Alabdulkareem - KAMC
Moham m ed Albalw i - KAMC
Hosam Aleem - Universit y of Manchest er Jam ie Allen - Newcast le Universit y
Ricardo Alm eida - Wellcom e Trust Cent re for Cell Biology Universit y of Edinbur gh
Enkhbayar Alt ant set seg - Mongols Life Science I nst it ut e Mart yn Am os - Manchest er Met ropolit an Univer sit y Sim on Andrew s - The Babraham I nst it ut e
Cam argo Anyela - Universit y of Ulst er
Moham m ed At ee - Alnahrain universit y, Biot echnology depart m ent , I raq DAWI T AYALEW - self
Gow ri Shankar Bagavanant hem Andavan - Universit y of Sydney David Bakew ell - Liverpool Universit y
ABHI JI T G. BANERJEE - Universit y of Manit oba, Winnipeg, Canada AMAL BANI K - Not re Dam e College, Dhaka
Mart ino Barenco - I nst it ut e of Child Healt h UCL Michael Bart on - Universit y of Manchest er Kaj Bernhardt - Universit y of Cam bridge David Blinco - Universit y of Manchest er
Cost as Bouyioukos - Universit y off East Anglia Soren Brage - MRC Epidem iology Unit
Chris Bridson - John I nnes Cent re Jam es Br ow n - Universit y of Cam bridge Mart in Brown - Universit y of Manchest er Frank Bruggem an - MI B Manchest er
Jan Christ ian Br yne - CBUBer gen Cent er for Com put at ional Science Yizhi Cai - Univ. of Edinburgh
Dr Kat hleen Carroll - MCI SB Universit y of Manchest er Nikhilesh Chand - Universit y of Cam bridge
Sarat h Chandra Janga - UNAM, Mexico
Lukas Chavez – Max PlanckI nst it ut e for Molecular Genom ics ChihChun Chen - UCL
Claudia Choi - Technische Universit ät Braunschw eig, Germ any John Coadw ell - The Babraham I nst it ut e
Ornella Com inet t i - Universit y of Chile, CMM, LBMG Manuel Corpas - Universit y of Manchest er
John Cum bers - Br ow n Univer sit y
Albert o de la Fuent e - Virginia Bioinfor m at ics I nst it ut e, USA Kim de Mora - Universit y of Edinburgh
Vinayak Doraiswam y - Post doc - Nat ional Universit y of Singapore Warw ick Dunn - Universit y of Manchest er
Wit old Dyrka - Kingst on Universit y
Sebast ian Fallert - Cam bridge Universit y Gang FANG - I nst it ut Past eur, Paris sondes fayech - I SG TUNI S
Kat ie Finch - EPSRC
Ronan Flem ing - Nat ional Universit y of I reland, Galw ay Siew Chinn Fong - Universit y of Dundee
Derek Gat herer - MRC Virology Unit
Nils Gehlenborg - European Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e David Gilbert - Universit y of Glasgow
Pet er Giles - Cardiff Universit y
Alexandre Gm ez - Universit y Pom peu Fabra Eduardo Gonzalez Cout o - Siena Biot ech S.p.A. Cat herine Hack - Universit y of Ulst er
Luke Hakes - The Universit y of Manchest er Kat rina Halliday - Cam bridge Universit y Press Hyesun Han - Yonsei Universit y
Julia Handl - Universit y of Manchest er Mart in Hem berg - I m perial College London Karl Heuer - TU Ham bur g Harburg
Brendan Hickey - Brown Universit y iGEM
MUHAMMAD HOSSAI N - NORTH SOUTH UNI VERSI TY Michael Hubank - I nst it ut e for CHild Healt h, UCL Wolfgang Huber - EBI
Eun j u I m - Yonsei Universit y ( Korea)
iGEM2006 I m perial College - iGEM I m perial College London
Sergii I vakhno - School of I nform at ics, The Universit y of Edinburgh
Alfonso Jaram illo - Laborat oire de BI OCHI MI E, Ecole Polyt echnique, France Em ily Jefferson - Universit y of Dundee
Dafyd Jenkins - Universit y of Birm ingham Tiem ing Ji - New Mexico St at e Universit y, USA Caroline Johnst on - Universit y of Essex
Philip Jones - EMBLEuropean Bioinform at ics I nst it ut e Gabriela Kalna - Universit y of St rat hclyde
Gokhan Karakulah - Dokuz Eylul Universit y, Healt h Sciences I nst it ue, Depart m ent of Medical I nform at ics
Ana Kat erine de Carvalho Lim a Lobat o - Universit y of Manchest er
Koray Dogan Kaya - Bilkent Universit y, Depart m ent of Molecular Biology and Genet ics
Douglas Kell - The Universit y of Manchest er I m t iaz Khan - Cardiff Universit y
Hyunj i Kim - Universit y of Oxford Tom Kirkw ood - New cast le Universit y
Christ ian Knuepfer - I nst it ut fuer I nform at ik, Jena, Germ any Alexey Kolodkin - Vrij e Universit y
Alper Kucukural - Sabanci Universit y
Jan Kuent zer - Cent er for Bioinform at ics Saarland Universit y Judit Kum ut hini - Cranfield Universit y
Andrey Kuznet sov - Freiburg Universit y
Nuno Lages - Facult y of Sciences of t he Universit y of Lisbon
Okoror Law rence - Lect urer - Am brose Alli Universit y Ekpom a, Nigeria Nicolas Le Novere - EBI
Michael Lees - Universit y of Not t ingham Thorst en Lenser - FSU Jena
Melissa Li - Georgia I nst it ut e of Technology Pet er Li - Universit y of Manchest er
Allyson List er - New cast le Universit y
Lin Liu - I nst it ut e of Psychiat ry, Kings College London KoYun Lo - Universit y of Oxford
Jason Lohm ueller - Brown Universit y Royer Loic - TU Dresden
Adrin Lpez - UPF
Hongw u Ma - Universit y of Edinburgh Greg Machray - Universit y Of Dundee St eve Maginn - Chem ical Com put ing Group Jonat han Manning - Universit y of Dundee
Olga Markova - Bogom olet z I nst it ut e of Physiology
alex m arshall - Mult idisciplinary Cent re for I nt egrat ive Biology Agust ino Mart inezAnt onio - I NSERM
Daniel Mat eus - CEALI ST Saclay, France Pat rick May - Zuse I nst it ut e Berlin Em m et McI nt yre - Universit y of Kent anam ika m eht a - na
sherif m eligy - aast
Filippo Menolascina - Nat ional Cancer I nst it ut e " Giovanni Paolo I I " . I t aly Suraj Menon - Cardiff Universit y
Nina Mian - Ast raZeneca
Andrew Millar - Universit y of Edinburgh David Milroy - I TI Life Sciences
Alok Mishra - I m perial College, London Lat ifa Moham ed - King Faisal Hospit al Duart e Molha - Universit y of Ulst er St uart Moodie - Edinburgh Universit y
Pablo Moreno - Bioinform at ics Genom e Mat hem at ics Lab, Universit y of Chile Elisa Mori - Universit a degli st udi di Siena
Mark Muldoon - Universit y of Manchest er Jonas Nart - ETH Zurich
ADAK NASI RI POURDORI - TMU universit y ( t ehran,iran) Chris Neugebauer - Cam bridge Univer sit y
Judit h Nicholson - Edinburgh iGEM t eam
Nadt anet Nunt haboot - Chulalongkorn Universit y St eve Oliver - Universit y of Manchest er
Allan Or ozco - Universit y of Cost a Rica
Fernando Ort ega - The Universit y of Birm ingham Balázs Papp - Manchest er Universit y
HOSI L PARK - The Universit y of Manchest er Helen Par sons - Universit y of Birm ingham Ricardo Paxson - Mat hworks
John Pinney - Universit y of Manchest er Mat t hew Pocock - Newcast le Universit y
abhishek prat ap - Vellore I nst it ut e of Technology Mal Prim et - NS Ulm
Leight on Prit chard - Scot t ish Crop Research I nst it ut e Vilda Pur ut cuoglu - Lancast er Universit y
Mahbubur Rahm an - AI UB
Vij ayan Ram achandran - Jaw aharlal Nehru Universit y Mat t ias Rant alainen - I m perial College London
Jonat han Rees - UK Bioinform at ics Forum Randy Ret t berg - MI T
I da Ret t er - Technische Universit ät Braunschw eig, Germ any CHRI STELLE ROBERT - BioSS SCRI
Guillerm o Rodrigo - Universidad Polit ecnica Valencia, Spain I sabel Roj as - EML Research gGm bH
DAurizio Rom ina - Universit a di Siena ( I t aly) Vincent Rouilly - I m perial College London
Alexander Rurainski - Cent er for Bioinform at ics, Saarland Universit y, Germ any j yot i rusia - U.I .E.T,C.S.J.M Universit y Kanpur
Ram azan Saeed - Universit y of Oxford Kurt Saet zler - Universit y of Ulst er Nat asha Sahgal - Cranfield Universit y
Padchanee Sangt hong - Universit y of Manchest er
Rhodri Saunders - Universit y of Oxford, Depart m ent of St at ist ics Herbert Sauro - Universit y of Washingt on
Ole SchulzTrieglaff - Free Universit y Berlin Michelle Scot t - Universit y of Dundee
Anne Segonds- Pichon - Babr aham I nst it ut e Huseyin Seker - De Mont ffort Universit y Shachi Sharm a - Am it y Universit y
Joanna Sharm an - Universit y of Edinburgh
Evangelos Sim eonidis - Universit y of Manchest er safiyeh soofian
safyeh soofian - Tarbiat Modares Universit y Anat oly Sorokin - Edinburgh Universit y Melanie St efan - EMBLEBI
lanzeni st efano - Universit y of Milan Bicocca Nadine St ein - Forschungszent rum Juelich Gm bH Dov St ekel - Birm ingham Universit y
Xiaoliang Sun - Max Planck I nst it ut e for Molecular Biology Vaidy Sunderam - Em ory Universit y
Neil Sw ainst on - Universit y of Manchest er
I m an Tavassoly - Mazandaran Universit y of Medical Sciences Sarah Teichm ann - MRC Laborat ory of Molecular Biology Manoj Thapa - College For professional St udies
Nancy Thom as - bioinform at ics Dom inic Tolle - EBI
Alfonso Valencia - Universidad Aut onom a Madrid Naj l Valeyev - Universit y of Leicest er
Jeroen Van Goey - Open Universit y Net herlands Olga Vasieva - Universit y of Dundee, BRC
Keit h Vass - The Beat son I nst it ut e for Cancer Research Quy Vo Cam - Viet nam Nat ional Universit y HCM Cit y Christ opher Voigt - UCSF
I nes Wagner - MPI CBG TUDresden
Kat j a Wegner - STRI , Universit y of Hert fordshire St efan Weinges - Geneart
Ron Weiss - Princet on Universit y
Pat ricia Welham - Universit y of Birm ingham Thom as William son - Universit y of Manchest er claire w ilson - Epist em
Ernst Wit - Lancast er Universit y
ChihHsien Yang - I nst it ut e of Bioinform at ics, Nat ional Yang Ming Universit y Abubakar Yaro - JMU
Le Yu - Universit y of St rat hclyde m ahboobeh zarrabi - universit y
Evgeny Zat ulovskiy - Saint Pet ersbur g St at e Polyt echnical Universit y, Research I nst it ut e for Experim ent al Medicine of Russian Academ y of Medical Sciences Shanfeng ZHU - Bioinform at ics cent er, I nst it ut e for Chem ical Research, Kyot o Universit y, Japan
