University of Maryland / NIH National Cancer Institute

Systems Biology Collaboration Workshop

THURSDAY, March 15 2007 11.30 AM – 3.00 PM

Energy Research Facility, Rm 1207 University of Maryland College Park, MD

This workshop will feature posters by graduate students currently participating in this interaction, and short talks by National Cancer Institute (NCI) investigators and University of Maryland faculty in Computer, Math, and Physical Sciences and Engineering.

The goal will be to identify topics for collaboration, and to discuss possible research projects for graduate students. Summer student support may be arranged to pursue some of these projects.

Seating is limited - to indicate your attendance at the workshop, please email either James McNally mcnallyj@dce41.nci.nih.gov or Wolfgang Losert wlosert@umd.edu . If you would like to make a short presentation please contact Wolfgang Losert wlosert@umd.edu 301-405-0629

Agenda:

11:30-12:10 Lunch and Review of Posters of current projects

12:10– 12:20 Introductory remarks

12:20 – 2:30 Short research presentations

12.20-12.30 Arpita Upadhyaya (UMD Biophysics)

Biophysics of cellular movements

12.30-12.40 Larry Samelson (NCI, cell and molecular biology)

T cell antigen receptor signaling

12.40-12.50 Michelle Girvan (UMD Physics - Nonlinear Dynamics Theory)

Exploring complex networks

12.50- 1.00 Bruce Shapiro – (NCI, Nanobiology)

Computational analysis of RNA structure

1.00 -1.10 Ben Shapiro (UMD Engineering)

Dynamics and control of microsystems

1.10 – 1.20 Javed Khan (NCI, nanobiosensors),

The NanoBiosensor Initiative

1.20 – 1.30 Arthur LaPorta (UMD Physics – Single Molecule Biophysics)

Using force and torque to probe regulatory mechanisms in transcription

1.30- 1.40 Aleksandra Michalowsaka (NCI, Jeff Green lab)

Deciphering biologic networks in cancer transcriptomes through cross-species approaches

1.40-1.50 Dionisios Margetis (UMD Mathematics – applied analysis – continuum modeling)

Mathematical modeling across the scales

1.50-2.00 John Weinstein (NCI, bioinformatics)

Integrative Cancer Research: Genomics and Bioinformatics

2.00-2.10 Bill Bentley (UMD Bioengineering)

Magnetic Nanofactories for In situ Synthesis and Delivery of Small Molecules

2.10-2.20 Sean Davis (NCI, Paul Meltzer lab)

High Resolution Views of the Cancer Genome

2.20-2.30 TBA

2:30-3:00 coffee and discussions

Directions: Please park at the Paint Branch Drive visitor parking lot – the Energy Research Facility Bldg is on the side of the parking lot across Paint Branch Drive. Directions to the visitor parking lot can be found at: http://www.ireap.umd.edu/ireap/visitor.htm

Building Map: http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/map.asp?location=H6&zoom=3