Preliminary Program subject to change
21017 Computational Biology: Systems Modeling I
OverviewThis session is devoted to new developments in the theoretical and computational studies of biological systems. Such systems include protein/DNA interactions, protein/protein interactions, genetic networks, metabolic pathways, signal transduction pathways and inter- or intra-cellular transport of biomolecules. Presentations will focus on theoretical and computational techniques to predict, engineer or analyze the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of these systems. Emphasis will be placed on techniques that enable engineering by connecting molecular-level to macroscopic system-level properties. Additional favored topics include: new biological insights from studies of systems and industrial applications of computationally-driven biological systems engineering. Validation through comparison with experimental results is strongly encouraged.
Primary SponsorComputational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (21)
Co-Sponsor(s)Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d)

Chair

Vassily Hatzimanikatis
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone Number: 847-491-5357
Email: vassily@northwestern.edu

CoChair

David Klinke
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6102
Morgantown, WV 26506-6102
Phone Number: 304-293-2111 ext 2432
Fax Number: 304-293-4139
Email: david.klinke@mail.wvu.edu
Computational Approaches for Prediction of Cross Reactivity in Human Protein Kinome
Sridhar Maddipati1, Ariel Fernandez2 and Sangtae Kim1, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47906, (2)Bioenegineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
Separating True Positive Residue Contacts from False Positive Ones in Proteins, Using Constrained Metropolis Monte Carlo Simulations
Spyridon Vicatos, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 407 7th Street SE #215, Minneapolis, MN 55414 and Yiannis N. Kaznessis, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 151 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Atomic Molecular Dynamics of Blood-Clotting Proteins
Coray M. Colina1, Robert E. Duke2, Lalith Perera3, Tom Darden3 and Lee Pedersen3, (1)Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 121 Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Laboratory of Quantitative and Computational Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC 27709, (3)National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC 27709
W-Sift, a Structural Interactions Based Potency-Wise Screening Technique for Protein-Small Molecule Complexes
Ravi Nandigam1, Claudio Chuaqui2, Juswinder Singh2 and Sangtae Kim1, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47906, (2)Computational Drug Design group, Biogen Idec, 14 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02135
Microarray Data Mining: A Novel Optimization-Based Iterative Clustering Approach to Uncover Biologically Coherent Structures
Meng Piao Tan1, James R. Broach2 and Christodoulos A. Floudas1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Optimization Based Automated Curation of Metabolic Reconstructions
Vinay S. Kumar, Department of Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 147A, Fenske Lab, University Park, PA 16802, Madhukar S. Dasika, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, 147A Fenske Lab, University Park, PA 16802, Priti Pharkya, The Pennsylvania State University, 147 Fenske Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, Anthony Burgard, Genomatica, Inc., 5405 Morehouse Drive Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121 and Costas D. Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 112, Fenske Lab, University Park, PA 16802
In Silico Modification of a Bistable Genetic Network to Obtain Oscillatory Expression Patterns
Sergio Iadevaia, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 and Nikos Mantzaris, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS#362, Houston, TX 77005
Evolution and Changes in the Blosum Matrix and Blocks Database
Mark Styczynski, Chemical Engineering, MIT, 66-264 MIT 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, Kyle L. Jensen, MIT, 66-264 MIT 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 and Gregory N. Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 56-439, Cambridge, MA 02139

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