Probabilistic Modelling of Biological Networks and Pathways

The Edge Conference Centre, University of Sheffield, U.K.
04 - 05 September 2007

Conference Schedule

13:40 - 14:20	Gene Regulatory Networks during Development: Understanding the Logic [abstract]
	Eileen Furlong, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany.

14.20 - 14:40	Gene Regulatory Network Inference: In Silico Hypotheses and Experimental Validation [abstract]
	David Wild, University of Warwick, U.K..

14.40 - 15:00	Least squares estimation of a transcription regulation model [abstract]
	Mahesan Niranjan, University of Sheffield, U.K..

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15.30 - 16:10	Reverse engineering gene and protein regulatory networks using graphical models: A comparative evaluation study. [abstract]
	Marco Grzegorczyk, Biomathematics andStatistics Scotland, U.K..

16.10 - 16:30	Learning gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis Thaliana [abstract]
	Chris Needham, University of Leeds, U.K..

16.30 - 16:50	ProBic: identification of overlapping biclusters usinf Probabilistic Relational Models, applied to simulated gene expression data. [abstract]
	Tim Van Den Bulcke, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.

16.50 - 17:10	Estimating parameters and hidden states in biological networks with particle filters [abstract]
	Minh Quach, I.B.I.S.C., University of Evry, France.

17:15 - 18:15

Discussion

19:15

Dinner at Nonna's.

9.00 - 9:40	Evolution of protein complexes and protein interaction networks [abstract]
	Sarah Teichmann, M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.

9.40 - 10:00	Inferring ancestral states of the bZIP transcription factor interaction network [abstract]
	John Pinney, University of Manchester, U.K.

10.00 - 10:20	Mixture models on graphs [abstract]
	Guido Sanguinetti, University of Sheffield, U.K.

10.20 - 10:40	Bayesian Inference of transcription factor activity - an application to the fission yeast cell cycle [abstract]
	Simon Rogers, University of Glasgow, U.K.

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11.00 - 11:40	Stochastic estimation of fluxes in metabolic networks[abstract]
	Visakan Kadirkamanathan, University of Sheffield, U.K.

11.40 - 12:00	Stochastic Parameter Estimation in Biochemical Signalling Pathways [abstract]
	George Papadopoulos, University of Manchester, U.K.

12.00 - 12:20	A comparison of hypothesis testing methods for ODE models of biochemical systems [abstract]
	Vladislav Vyshemirsky, University of Glasgow, U.K.

12:30

Lunch and departure

Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP