Presentations

Monday, 12 January

Dr. Sampsa Hautaniemi: What is Systems Biology?

Prof. Eric Wright: Radiation-induced genomic instability and systems biology.

Dr. Oleg Belyakov: 3D Tissue Systems.

Dr. Petri Salvén: Stem cells contributing to cancer.

Dr. Yoshihiro Morishita: Mathematical approach to developmental biology.

Dr. Tom Weber: Interrogation of cell transformation mechanisms to identify susceptibility factors for low dose radiation health risks.

Dr. Peter Jacob: Modelling of radiation carcinogenesis by inclusion of genomic instability and bystander effect.

Dr. Francis Cucinotta: Modelling approaches to address radiation health risks of astronauts.

Dr. Mika Ala-Korpela: NMR metabonomics as a high throughput methodology to study vascular diseases.

Prof. Herwig Paretzke: The physics of Aurora Borealis.

Tuesday, 13 January

Prof. David Fell: Modelling the cell cycle with the aim of accounting for the actions (and interactions) of anti-cancer drugs.

Dr. Alison Dunning: Genome-wide SNPs mining, cancer predisposition and radiosensitivity.

Prof. Carmel Mothersill: Evolutionary and ecological aspects of stress response.

Prof. Mats Harms-Ringdahl: Do "Omics" approaches and high throughput techniques motivate systems biology modeling of radiation response?

Dr. Michael Atkinson: How can biomarkers bridge the gap between exposure and final health effects in terms of individual sensitivity?

Breakout session 1: Do "Omics" approaches and high throughput techniques motivate systems biology modeling of radiation response?

Breakout session 2: How can biomarkers bridge the gap between exposure and final health effects in terms of individual sensitivity?

Wednesday, 14 January

Moderators' reports

General discussion

Prof. Sisko Salomaa: Conclusion and future perspectives.