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<div>Please note that the deadline for having special fare in hotels
is the end of the year. After that date it could be difficult to find
rooms in hotel due to high sky season in Rovereto.</div>
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<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">Computational
Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2003)<br>
University of Trento<br>
24-26 February, 2003 Rovereto, Italy<br>
http://www.unitn.it/convegni/cmsb.htm<br>
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Molecular biology has until now mainly focussed on individual
molecules, on their properties as isolated entities or as complexes in
very simple model systems. However, biological molecules in living
systems participate in very complex networks, including regulatory
networks for gene expression, intracellular metabolic networks and
both intra- and intercellular communication networks. Such networks
are involved in the maintenance (homeostasis) as well as the
differentiation of cellular systems of which we have a very incomplete
understanding.<br>
Nevertheless, the progress of molecular biology has made possible the
detailed description of the components that constitute living systems,
notably genes and proteins. Large scale genome sequencing means that
we can (at least in principle) delimneate all macromolecular
components of a given cellular system, and microarray experiments as
well as large scale proteomics will soon give us large amounts of
experimental data on gene regulation, molecular interactions and
cellular networks. The challenge of the 21st century will be to
understand how these individual components integrate to complex
systems and the function and evolution of these systems, thus scaling
up from molecular biology to systems biology. By combining
experimental data with advanced formal theories from computer science,
"the formal language for biological systems" to specify
dynamic models of interacting molecular entities would be essential
for<br>
1. understanding normal behaviour of cellular processes, and how
changes may affect the processes and cause disease. It may be possible
to correlate genetic properties and symptoms in new and more efficient
ways, based on an actual understanding of how various processes
interact.</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">2. Providing
predictability and flexibility to academic, pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical researchers studying gene or protein
functions. In particular, it may save time by reducing the number of
experiments needed, if inadequate hypotheses could be excluded by
computer simulation.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Courier" size="+2"
color="#000000">PARTICIPATION</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">To participate
please fill in the form at the URL<u>
http://www.unitn.it/convegni/cmsb_form.htm<br>
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</u>The inscription fee is 200EURO until the end of this year and
250EURO for later registrations. The fee cover a copy of the
proceedinngs, coffee break and lunches, the social dinnner and the
special event.<br>
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Hotel reservation can be done at special fare by the end of the year
according to the information that you find at the URL</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" size="+2"
color="#000000"><u>http://www.unitn.it/convegni/cmsb_hotels.htm</u></font
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<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">The programme is
available at the web page of the workshop.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">PROGRAMME
COMMITTEE<br>
_ Charles Auffray, CNRS, Villejuif (F)<br>
_ Cosima Baldari, Università di Siena (I)<br>
_ Alexander Bockmayr, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy (F)<br>
_ Luca Cardelli, Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK)<br>
_ Vincent Danos, Université Paris VII (F)<br>
_ Pierpaolo Degano, Università di Pisa (I)<br>
_ François Fages, INRIA Rocquencourt (F)<br>
_ Drabløs Finn, , Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim (N)<br>
_ Monika Heiner, Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus -
(D)<br>
_ Ina Koch, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, (D).<br>
_ John E. Ladbury, University College London (UK)<br>
_ Patrick Lincoln, SRI (USA)<br>
_ Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo (JP)<br>
_ Gordon Plotkin, University of Edinburgh (UK)<br>
_ Simon Plyte, Pharmacia Corporation (I)<br>
_ Corrado Priami (CHAIR), Università di Trento (I)<br>
_ Aviv Regev, Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)<br>
_ Magali Roux-Rouquié, BSMI Pasteur Institute (F)<br>
_ Vincent Schachter, Hybrigenics Paris (F)<br>
_ Masaru Tomita, Keio University (JP)</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" size="+2" color="#000000">_ Adelinde
Uhrmacher, University of Rostock (D)<br>
_ Alfonso Valencia, CNB-CSIC Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia,
Cantoblanco Madrid, (E)<br>
_ Olaf Wolkenhauer, UMIST, Manchester (UK)<br>
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
Linda Brodo, Michela de Concini, Corrado Priami, Debora Schuch da Rosa
Machado<br>
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Organizing Secretariat<br>
Università degli studi di Trento<br>
Ufficio Manifestazioni e Convegni<br>
c/o Molino Vittoria, Via Verdi, 6<br>
I-38100 Trento - Italy<br>
Tel. (0039) 0461-883215-16-25<br>
Fax (0039) 0461-883222<br>
e-mail: ufficio.convegni@amm.unitn.it<br>
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Proceedings<br>
The proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS series and will
be available at the workshop.</font></div>
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HOW TO REACH ROVERETO<br>
Airports<br>
The closest international airport to Rovereto is VERONA Valerio
Catullo (in Villafranca).<br>
Other Airports: MILAN Linate or Malpensa, VENICE Marco Polo (in
Tessera) ROME Da Vinci (in Fiumicino) is about 8 hours train journey
from Rovereto.<br>
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Buses<br>
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There is a regular coach shuttle service every 20 minutes from
Malpensa and Linate airports to Milano Central Station<br>
Malpensa - Milano Central Station about 50 minutes.<br>
every 20 minutes from 04.15 - 00.15 (see timetable on website)<br>
Linate - Milano connections<br>
City bus n.73<br>
>From the airport exit to town centre (piazza San Babila,
Underground station): about 25 mins, departure every 10 min. Tickets (
0.77 euro) on sale at news-stands. The 73 bus has special luggage
racks.<br>
By coach from the Central railway station<br>
There is a coach service between the Air Terminal at the Central
Station and Linate airport. Departures every 20 mins. The 20 min. ride
costs 2.58 Euro. Coaches have large baggage-holds.<br>
Linate<br>
Malpensa - Linate<br>
A coach shuttle connects both airports in c.75 mins. Tickets cost 9.29
euro.<br>
>From Verona Valerio Catullo airport to Verona Porta Nuova central
train station about 15 minutes every 20 minutes from 6.10 - 23.30<br>
Aereoporto Catullo: Connections<br>
Venice Marco Polo airport is about 30 minutes from Mestre train
station by bus or you can take a vaporetto (taxi boat) to S. Lucia
train station in Venice old city.<br>
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Trains<br>
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There is a bus shuttle service from all the airports to the nearest
railway stations. You can check out the trains web site:<br>
www.trenitalia.com<br>
and click onto the British flag for train connections and times in
English.<br>
Ask for "andata e ritorno" (return ticket) if you are going
back to the same station, or "solo andata" (single). In big
cities you will find someone who speaks English at the station but in
small towns it is possible that they don't!<br>
Please note that trains marked ES (Euro Star), EC (Eurocity) or IC
(Intercity) require a small supplement. The cheapest trains are
Regionale (R) and Interregionale (IR).<br>
It is very important to remember to validate your ticket in one of the
yellow machines on the platform before you get on the train. You will
be fined if you forget!<br>
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Taxi<br>
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Taxis are available outside the railway station in Rovereto.<br>
Tel: 0464 421555/421 365</font></div>
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