General Information General Information 2 016 Venue ISGSB Organisers JENA Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena Stefan Schuster ISGSB Auditorium maximum Department of • FSU Jena Fürstengraben 1 Dominik Driesch 07743 Jena, Germany BioControl Jena GmbH INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP Oliver Ebenhöh Date Institute for Quantitative and Theoretical Biology for SYSTEMs BIOLOGY 4–7 October 2016 HHU Düsseldorf Marc Thilo Figge Conference Website Applied Systems Biology • HKI Jena www.isgsb2016.de Pu Li Institute for Automation and Systems Engineering CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Conference Chair TU Ilmenau Stefan Schuster Manja Marz Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena RNA Bioinformatics and High Throughput Analysis • FSU Jena Department of Bioinformatics Günter Theißen Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2 Department of Genetics • FSU Jena 07743 Jena, Germany Johannes Woestemeyer Institute of Microbiology • FSU Jena Conference Organisation Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH YSGSB Organisers Anja Kreutzmann Kailash Adhikari Carl-Pulfrich-Strasse 1 Oxford Brookes University 07745 Jena, Germany Mathias Bockwoldt Tel. +49 3641 31 16-357 University of Tromsø Fax +49 3641 31 16-243 Sybille Dühring [email protected] Department of Bioinformatics • FSU Jena © Sergey Nivens - fotlia.com www.conventus.de Sabrina Ellenberger Institute of Microbiology • FSU Jena Industrial Exhibition Alexander Heberle The meeting will be accompanied by a specialised industrial exhi- University Medical Centre Groningen germany bition. Interested companies are invited to request information on Sebastian Henkel 04–07 october jena, the exhibition modalities from the conference organisation through BioControl Jena GmbH 2016 Conventus. Franziska Hufsky RNA Bioinformatics and High Throughput Analysis • FSU Jena Registration James Rowe Further information about registration and fees can be found online Durham University at www.isgsb2016.de soon. Dipali Singh Oxford Brookes University Agnieszka Wegrzyn © FSU Jena © FSU Jena University Medical Centre Groningen www.isgsb2016.de Welcome Note Major Topics and Call for Abstracts Programme Committee

Abstract Submission B. M. Bakker, Groningen/NL (Chair) We cordially invite you to submit your abstracts (length: max. 3,000 L. Acerenza, Montevideo/UY characters) online at www.isgsb2016.de to the topics below. Ab- E. Albers, Göteborg/SE Dear colleagues, stracts must be submitted in English by May 31, 2016. D. A. Beard, Wisconsin, WI/US The programme committee and expert reviewers will evaluate the F. Bruggeman, Amsterdam/NL abstracts according to scientific content and suitability for the con- M. Cascante, Barcelona/ES ference. A limited number of abstracts will be accepted for oral or G. Cedersund, Linköping/SE it is our great pleasure to announce that the next meeting of the poster presentation. P. Diolez, Bordeaux/FR International Study Group for Systems Biology (ISGSB, formerly O. Ebenhöh, Düsseldorf/DE BTK) will be held in Jena from October 4–7, 2016 and, thus, for Abstracts are welcome on topics of Systems Biology within the D. A. Fell, Oxford/GB the first time, in Germany. In addition, there will be special scientific following main themes: S. Grellscheid, Durham/GB and social activities by the Y(oung)SGSB (early career ISGSB). The M. Heinemann, Groningen/NL biennial ISGSB meetings are devoted to advancing the biological 1. Infection modelling I. Heiland, Tromsø/NO sciences by exploring the interplay between mathematical model- 2. regulatory interactions and signalling J.-H. S. Hofmeyr, Stellenbosch/ZA ling, computer simulation and wet-lab experiments. ISGSB had dealt 3. Plant physiology and development J. A. L. Jeneson, Groningen/NL with topics of Systems Biology even before that term was coined. 4. biological thermodynamics P. R. Jensen, Lyngby/DK Models can be presented and discussed in more detail than usual 5. optimality principles U. Kummer, Heidelberg/DE at other conferences. 6. multiscale systems medicine J. P. Mazat, Bordeaux/FR ISGSB 2016 will be devoted to the memory of one of the founders 7. Analysis Y. R. Nartsissov, Moscow/RU of Systems Biology, (1946–2006). His sudden 8. towards whole-cell models M. Poolman, Oxford/GB death was a shock to the community. A decade later, we want to J. M. Rohwer, Stellenbosch/ZA come together to exchange and discuss scientific ideas in his lively The Reinhart Heinrich lecture will be given by Tom A. Rapoport S. Rossell, Amsterdam/NL spirit. He had always been enthusiastic in doing so and provided (Harvard Medical School). S. Schuster, Jena/DE us with a plethora of novel ideas. D. Shanley, Newcastle/GB Jena is a lively city shaped by Science. The university, founded in J. L. Snoep, Stellenbosch/ZA 1558 (the evolutionary biologist Ernst Haeckel and the discoverer B. Teusink, Amsterdam/NL of the living plant cell, Matthias Schleiden, worked here), three K. Thedieck, Freiburg/DE Max-Planck institutes, three Leibniz institutes, the Carl Zeiss Jena H. V. Westerhoff, Amsterdam/NL GmbH and many biotech companies with young and dynamic A. Zupanic, Zürich/CH researchers provide an incredible impetus to the city. The meeting will cover several topics of Systems Biology in various sessions. Besides invited and contributed talks, poster sessions will be of high importance. We will be happy to welcome you in Jena in October 2016 and look forward to an exciting meeting!

With best wishes,

Stefan Schuster, Sybille Dühring and Sebastian Henkel