"Systems Biology Research for Industry" DTI Life Science Beacon Projects Conference Thursday 11 May 2006 Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD

The following presentations were given On May 11, 2006, when the DTI hosted a one day event at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London to celebrate the successes and disseminate the results to date of the Beacon Projects. It was most appropriate that the event was opened by Lord Sainsbury who also launched the Beacon Projects in 2002.

The event was attended by representatives from industry, research councils and other funding bodies, the government and DTI and all the Beacon project teams. The presentations cover both the excellent science that is being achieved and some short commentary on the different ‘experiences' of being part of a Beacon project. The day was indeed varied and challenging and finished with an entertaining and thought provoking keynote speech from Professor Bill Dawson.

Presentations
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Opening remarks – Lord Sainsbury, Science Minister, DTI

Professor Michael White, University of Liverpool High throughput analysis of gene function in mammalian cells Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Dr Raul del Coso, Imperial College The Project Manager experience

Professor Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College Metalog – integrated machine learning of metabolic networks applied to predictive toxicology

Professor Muffy Calder, University of Glasgow Multidisciplinary communications challenge – learning to do systems biology research

Professor David Gilbert, University of Glasgow Software tools for the simulation and analysis of biochemical networks

Dr Colin Campbell, University of Edinburgh The post-doctoral experience

Professor Robert Seymour, University College London Vertical integration across biological scales – towards in silico organs for computational physiology

Professor Peter Ghazal, University of Edinburgh Genomic nanoprocessors – creating a platform technology for bio-intelligent medication

Professor Simon Bright, University of Warwick Beacons and Flagships: Research Council action on Systems Biology

Professor Paul French, Imperial College Functional bio-imaging using fluorescence lifetime imaging

Professor Bill Dawson, Bionet Ltd and ABPI Academic Liaison Action Groups Partnerships in science – an industry perspective

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