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Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering 2024

10th IFAC International Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering

Technical - Social Program

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Day 1: Sunday, September 8
12:00 – 18:00Conference Registration (Hotel Reception Hall)
14:30 – 15:00

Opening Remarks

Maria I. Klapa, FORTH/ICE-HT, Greece

15:00 – 16:00Keynote Lecture I
Microbiome data science: from earth microbiome to global virome
Nikos Kyrpides, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
16:00 – 18:30General Session 1Modeling Microbial Systems
Session Chair: Kristel Bernaerts, KU Leuven, Belgium
16:00 – 16:30Invited Lecture 1: Feedback control of microbial consortia
Davide Fiore, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
16:30 – 16:50OP1: Spatiotemporal modeling of a synthetic microbial community during colony expansion
Asli Sahin, Estelle Pignon, Yolanda Schaerli, Vassily Hatzimanikatis, EPFL, Switzerland
16:50 – 17:10OP2: A Pipeline for Calibrating Agent-Based Models of Microbial Populations
Atiyeh Ahmadi, Aaron Yip, Jonathan Chalaturnyk, Marc Aucoin, Brian P. Ingalls, University of Waterloo, Canada
17:10 – 17:40Coffee Break
17:40 – 18:00OP3: Comprehensive theory of (microbial) community growth in constraint-based modeling
Stefan Müller, Marianne Mießkes, Juergen Zanghellini, Diana Széliová, University of Vienna, Austria
18:00 – 18:30Invited Lecture 2: Zymomics: A One-Stop Omics Database of Zymomonas mobilis
Shihui Yang, Hubei University, China
18:30 – 19:00Invited Lecture 3: Taming the genomic era and democratising bioinformatics to face biodiversity challenges
Tereza Manousaki, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
19:00 – 20:00FOSBE AWARD PRESENTATION
Chairs: Maria I. Klapa, FORTH/ICE-HT, Greece; Alejandro Vignoni, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Synthetic Biology and Biosystems Control
Jesus Pico, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
20:30 –Welcome Reception

SOCIAL PROGRAM

LAKONES PANORAMA, MAKRADES & SCENIC TOUR

This tour begins with a scenic drive through the wonderful Corfiot countryside, full of olive groves, pine, cypress, lemon and orange trees.

You will first visit the LAZARIS KOUM KOUAT Distillery, where you will be able to watch the cultivation and distil process of the koum kouat (traditional Corfiot Product) and other product such as the mandolato etc, you will have the chance to taste from all types of liqueurs and rest products.

The tour then continues to the picturesque traditional village of Lakones, situated high up the mountain slopes, from where you can enjoy a panoramic vista over the whole bay of Paleokastritsa. Lunch will be served.

Your next stop will be at the village of Makrades, where you will have the chance to wander around small narrow streets of the village  and admire the life of a village.

After a panoramic drive through the countryside of the island you will return to your hotel.