Program

9:00 - 9:10

Opening remarks (Erzsébet Ravasz Regan)

    Section 1 - Effects of network structure on regulatory dynamics

9:10 - 10:00		Kim Sneppen - Epigenetics in Cis and multistability in olfactoric differentiation Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
10:00 - 10:25		Zsolt Lázár - Local and Global Criticality Conditions in Highly Modular Random Boolean Networks Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
10:25 - 10:50		Tim Rogers - Noise-induced metastability in biochemical networks University of Bath, UK
10:50 - 11:20		Coffee Break

    Section 2 - Design principles of small regulatory circuits

11:00 - 11:50		Pawel Paszek - Dynamics and function of the NF-kappaB regulatory Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
11:50 - 12:15		Qi Ma - Exploring links between structure and function of biological networks by current-reinforced random walks Uppsala University, Sweden
12:15 - 12:40		Vera Pancaldi - Time-scales and stochasticity in a Boolean model of stress response in yeast Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Spain
12:40 - 2:00		Lunch Break (on your own)

    Section 3 - Interdependence of regulatory network evolution and dynamics

2:00 - 2:30		Zoltán Toroczkai - Functional modularity from simultaneous adaptation to multiple constraints Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science & Applications, University of Notre Dame, USA
2:30 - 2:50		Erzsébet Ravasz Regan - Dynamical Modularity of Mammalian Cell Proliferation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
3:15 - 4:05		Chaoming Song - Global Epigenetic State Network Governs Cellular Pluripotent Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation Northeastern University, USA
3:15 - 4:05		Sergei Maslov - Parkinson's Law in bacterial regulation Brookhaven National Laboratory
4:05 - 4:35		Coffee Break

    Panel Discussion

4:35 - 5:15

The future of mechanistic modeling in biology Theme: What is missing from our conceptual or technical repertoire?

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