[Bioundgrd] Fwd: EMBS-BMES Distinguished Lecture Series - April 21st

[Janice Chang]

>>
>>Dear colleagues and friends,
>>
>>The Boston chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
>>         (IEEE)-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
>>                                  &
>>               the MIT Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
>>                           proudly present:
>>
>>        *** The 2003-2004 EMBS-BMES Distinguished Lecture Series ***
>>
>>We invite you to join us for our new monthly lecture series in 
>>which we explore
>>recent developments and stimulating topics in the expanding field 
>>of biomedical
>>engineering.  In the spring, speakers from both academia and 
>>industry will introduce such
>>subjects as genes, genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.
>>
>>Our eighth lecture will be:
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Systems Biology of Cell-Cell Signaling
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>Peter Sorger, Ph.D.
>>Department of Biology & Biological Engineering Division
>>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>Cambridge, MA
>>
>>Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
>>7PM (Refreshments at 6:30PM)
>>MIT Building 66, 25 Ames Street, Room 66-110
>>(For directions to MIT, please visit http://whereis.mit.edu)
>>
>>* This event is free and open to the public.*
>>
>>************************************************************************
>>
>>ABSTRACT:
>>
>>Systems Biology, as it is being developed at MIT, combines 
>>systematic experimentation and computational modeling to describe 
>>complex biological networks. Systems biology models combine data 
>>about networks of proteins with precise mechanistic information 
>>about individual molecules. These models are numerical, but they 
>>are formulated on the basis of experimental data and subjected to 
>>rigorous experimental verification. Sorger will discuss emerging 
>>concepts in systems biology with reference to electrical and 
>>chemical engineering antecedents and to the study of epidermal 
>>growth factor (EGF)-mediated signaling in mammalian cells.
>>
>>
>>SPEAKER BACKGROUND:
>>
>>Peter Sorger, Ph.D. is Director of the MIT Computational and 
>>Systems Biology Initiative (CSBi), a campus-wide program that links 
>>biology and engineering in the study of complex biological 
>>processes. Sorger is a Professor jointly in the MIT Dept. of 
>>Biology and the Biological Engineering Division and holds associate 
>>appointments at the MIT Center for Cancer Research and the Broad 
>>Institute. Sorger received his Ph.D. from Trinity College 
>>Cambridge, U.K., in 1993 and trained as a postdoctoral fellow with 
>>Harold Varmus and Andrew Murray at the University of California, 
>>San Francisco. Sorger's lab of 21 graduate students, postdoctoral 
>>fellows and staff scientists is involved in both computational and 
>>experimental biology.
>>
>>
>>************************************************************************
>>
>>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.  We look
>>forward to seeing you!
>>
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>
>>Mandy Yeung					Alexis DeSieno
>>VP of Special Programs			President
>>BMES,MIT Chapter				BMES, MIT Chapter
>>mandyy at mit.edu				alexisd at mit.edu
>>
>>M a n d y  Y e u n g
>>MIT Biology, c/o 05
>>410 memorial drive rm 451-a
>>cambridge, ma 02139
>>tel: (617) 794-1431
>>
>M a n d y  Y e u n g
>MIT Biology, c/o 05
>410 memorial drive rm 451-a
>cambridge, ma 02139
>tel: (617) 794-1431
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