National Centers for Systems Biology

CCBS at UC Irvine announces January, 2012 3-week Short Course in Systems Biology

Published September 29, 2011

We are pleased to announce our second annual 3-week National Short Course in Systems Biology to be held at the University of California, Irvine from January 9 – 27, 2012.

The course emphasis will be on the systems biology of morphogenesis and spatial dynamics. These two themes are well represented by participating faculty expertise from departments affiliated with the Center for Complex Biological Systems (CCBS), the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) and the Institute for Genomics & Bioinformatics (IGB) at UC Irvine.

The course format consists of didactic lectures covering central topics in systems biology, extensive laboratory work on biological projects to develop practical skills and in depth computational analysis/modeling of results. Consequently, we hope to attract graduate students, postdocs, faculty and industry researchers from a broad range of scientific disciplines with strong interests towards long term commitments to Systems Biology research but with little or no formal prior training. To facilitate entry into this field, we offer 1 week optional Preparatory Workshops in either foundational biological paradigms or computational/mathematical tools dependent on an individual applicant’s background. The subsequent Systems Biology Core Course (2 weeks) is intended to present a high-level exploration of biological problems and questions from a systems biology perspective.

Space is limited; early registration deadline – December 2nd 2011. Tuition fellowships/travel awards are available – please inquire for eligibility. Further information and application details can be found at our CCBS course website: http://ccbs.bio.uci.edu/shortcourse/shortcourse.html, or by contacting Felix Grun, Ph.D., Education and Outreach Director at fgrun@uci.edu, or 949/824-6432.