Program

2016 Conference on Computational Modelling with COPASI

The Conference takes place on 12th and 13th of May, 2016, in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. All sessions take place in the MIB Auditorium; breaks, meals, and poster sessions take place in the MIB Atrium (outside the Auditorium).

Poster sizes: the poster boards are A1 size: 59.4 x 84.1 cm (23.4 x 33.1 inches)

Final Schedule and Abstracts (PDF)

	Thursday, 12th May
9:15–9:30	Welcome Address
9:30–10:15	Invited Talk: Ines Heiland (The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø): Tissue specific models of Trp- and NAD-metabolism — insights into metabolic crosstalk.
10:15–11:05	Session 1 (Chair: Norman Paton) Jens Hahn: From pieces to the whole — concepts for modular modelling of yeast. Sven Sahle: A new efficient approach to fit stochastic models on the basis of high-throughput experimental data using a model of IRF7 gene expression as case study. Vijayalakshmi Chelliah: BioModels: a public model sharing resource for computational models of biological/biomedical systems.
11:05–11:35	Coffee break
10:35–12:25	Session 2 (Chair: Ettore Murabito) Adaoha Ihekwaba: Computational modelling and analysis of the molecular network regulating sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Jennifer R. Chase: Modeling of uterine glycogen metabolism of the mink. Edelmira Valero: Plant metabolic modeling: the ascorbate-glutathione cycle in chloroplasts under light/dark conditions.
12:25–13:25	Lunch and poster session
13:25–14:10	Invited Talk: Carole Proctor (Newcastle University): Computational modelling of musculoskeletal ageing.
14:10–15:20	Session 3 (Chair: Chris Redfern) Mark McAuley: Computational modelling of folate metabolism from microbes to mammals: Implications for health and ageing. María Isabel González-Sánchez: Catalase-like activity of hemoproteins involved on oxidative stress: Kinetic study and computer simulation. Amy Morgan: Computationally modelling the dynamics of cholesterol metabolism and ageing. Alvaro Martinez Guimera: In silico simulation of chronic oxidative stress interference with redox signalling.
15:20–15:50	Coffee break
15:50–17:10	Session 4 (Chair: Douglas Kell) Emma Saavedra: Kinetic modeling of the antioxidant metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi: In search of therapeutic targets. Ina Pöhner: Insight for anti-parasitic drug design - From comparative pocketome analysis to computational modeling of a parasitic folate & biopterin pathway. José Manuel Villalba: Computer-aided simulation of the enzymatic synthesis of O-diphenolic compounds using tyrosinase. Philip Hall: A systems modelling study of the integrated stress/damage response and nutrient signalling network.
17:10–18:30	Reception (drinks and appetisers)

	Friday, 13th May
9:15–10:00	Invited Talk: Nicolas le Novère (Babraham Institute, Cambridge): Calcium signalling.
10:00–11:05	Session 5 (Chair: Brian Klahn) Megan Uttley: Modelling the network of bioactive lipid mediators in human skin cells. David Hodgson: Investigating the changes in TGF-β signalling with age using a systems biology approach. Neil Mcdonald: Using Copasi to model the effect of protein stoichiometry on the unfolded protein response in cancer cells. Nadine Veith: Combining Dynamic Modelling and Quantitative Proteomics.
11:05–11:35	Coffee break
11:35–12:40	Session 6 (Chair: Frank Bergmann) Ciaran Welsh: Pydentify: A python module for performing identifiability analysis using COPASI. Peyman Zarrineh: Managing systems biology models throughout their lifecycle. Chuan Fu Yap: Towards automated construction of kinetic metabolic models with GRaPe. Elaina Maldonado: Development of a dynamic multi-scale, computational model of human hepatic glucose and fructose metabolism.
12:40–12:50	Final remarks
12:50–13:30	Pack lunch and departure