On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board, it is a pleasure to invite you to the third FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology: From Molecular Biology to Biological Function taking place from March 7-13, 2009 in Alpbach, Austria.
Systems Biology is one of the most prominent newly emerging interdisciplinary science areas. By connecting fields such as genomics, proteomics, cell biology, medicine, molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics, with mathematics, bioinformatics, engineering and computation, it enables discovery of yet unknown principles underlying the functioning of living cells. At the same time testable and predictive models of complex cellular pathways and eventually of whole cells are generated, which are useful for efficient experimental design and bioengineering and the network-based design of drugs and therapies. FEBS-SysBio2009 will cover essential and state-of-the-art aspects of Systems Biology from principles and methods through the modeling of living systems to applications in biotechnology and medicine.

We were able to commit many leading experts to participate as lecturers, tutors, black-board teachers and informal poster discussants and we are thus confident that FEBS-SysBio2009 will again be an outstanding lecture course with an exquisite scientific program. It will open the doors for regular student training in Systems Biology in Europe, provide a basis for a human network of young Systems Biology experts, and provide a centre for other Systems Biology discussions between scientists and funders.

For more information and the online registration please visit the course website at http://www.febs-sysbio2009.org/. Also Poster and Flyer suitable for printing and distribution can also be downloaded.

Please be aware that the deadline for FEBS YTF Grant applications is November 28 and the registration deadline is December 12, 2008.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Alpbach, Austria.

The Course Organizers

Hans Westerhoff (The Netherlands, UK)    Karl Kuchler, Walter Glaser (AT)
Edda Klipp, Ursula Kummer (DE)    Frank Bruggeman, Anneke Koster (NL)
Uwe Sauer (CH)    Jacky Snoep (RSA)