Evolutionary Systems Biology
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for the Evolutionary systems biology aims to build a bridge between evolutionary biology and systems biology. Many questions about molecular systems in cells and larger cellular structures interconnect both branches of biology. This symposium focuses on related methods, results, and perspectives. More details below. The annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution usually attracts well over 1000 participants. It offers many different symposia in different tracks, some of which cover other aspects of EvoSysBio (see SMBE 2017 website) This symposium provides an exciting opportunity for presenting the latest results in EvoSysBio and for interacting with some of the leading researchers in the field. Key dates
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Detailed description of symposium Cells are the basic units of life. Decades of research in molecular-, cell-, and systems-biology have accumulated impressive insights into the molecular mechanisms of life, but the biodiversity of cellular systems remain vastly under-explored despite its critical role in evolution. Building on successful models of well-known cells in controlled environments, this symposium aims to bring together cell biologists, systems biologists, evolutionary biologists, and others interested in advancing models of evolution at the cellular level. This focus on cellular systems celebrates the latest advances in the relentless Evolutionary Synthesis that started with Fisher 1918, and has been continuing whenever evolutionary biologists study complex biological systems to achieve an integrative understanding of evolution. Topics of interest include, but are not be limited to:
We will discuss how to integrate recent advances in genome biology, computational molecular systems biology, cell biology and evolutionary biology.
Conceptual connection to the For several years there have been steady streams of talks about systems biology at evolution conferences and talks about evolution at systems biology conferences. Most attendees of SMBE might think of the “Molecular Biology” in the society name as indicating a particular interest in the molecules of inheritance (i.e. genomics) and the molecular biology tool-kits used for doing evolutionary genomics or phylogenomics. However, it could also be interpreted as the part of computational molecular systems biology that might be pivotal for helping us to construct mechanistic models of the fitness causality networks that govern the evolution of populations on fitness landscapes. For more details, see this conceptual overview of EvoSysBio with a definition of EvoSysBio and a series of milestones of progress in EvoSysBio. Interest in a synthesis has been rising steadily and this symposium is part of a series of trans-disciplinary EvoSysBio meetings that have been addressing a range of topics relevant for building bridges between systems biology and evolution more efficiently.
Symposium organizers Dr. Laurence Loewe Prof Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis 10 Oct 2017 |