BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20111112T220000Z DTEND:20111112T230000Z LOCATION:WSCC 2A DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: This introductory level session presents an overview of the field of systems biology, exploring some of the online resources in the field that draw on community standards such as the Systems Biology Markup Language. The second half of this session explores computational modeling in systems biology, and introduces concepts of dynamic modeling through hands-on activities.=0A=0ADynamic modeling of biomolecular systems provides scientists with quantitative hypotheses. Once an adequate hypothesis (model) is produced, it can be used to anticipate the effects of perturbations to the system resulting from disease or medical intervention. This session introduces JDesigner, Jarnac and Systems Biology Workbench Software tools, which can be used to build, run and analyze biological system models. The Biomodels repository will also be described, together with new advanced design tools such as Tinkercell can be use as teaching resources.=0A=0AAssumed background: "Computational Biology Overview" session or equivalent. SUMMARY: PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR