Systems Biology Summit, 2007

Participants should be able to:

Identify basic types of mathematical and computer simulation models based upon time and spatial scaling in biomedical and biological research.
Identify basic types of mathematical and computer simulation structures in biomedical and biological research.
List computer software available to carry out mathematical and computer simulation of biomedical and biological research problems.
Identify general modeling approaches in biomedical and biological research.
List computer software available to carry out mathematical and computer simulation of biomedical and biological research problems.

Workshop I – Participants in this workshop, upon leaving the series of 3 lectures, should be able to:

Identify the role of network modeling and pathway modeling and simulation in basic biomedical research.
Identify the role of mathematical and computation modeling of cellular processes in basic biomedical research systems.
Identify the role of mass action metabolic network modeling and simulation in basic biomedical research.
Describe software packages to facilitate research in the above areas.
Identify how these methods would apply to their own individual research efforts.
Apply these methods using a variety of relevant software packages.

Workshop II - Participants in this workshop, upon leaving the series of 3 lectures, should be able to:

Identify the role of disease network modeling and pathway modeling and simulation in clinical research.
Identify the role of mathematical and computation modeling of cellular processes in clinical research.
Identify the role of signal processing and dynamical systems analysis in clinical research.
List software packages to facilitate research in the above areas.
Identify how these methods would apply to their own individual research efforts.
Apply these methods using a variety of relevant software packages.