Presents:
Frontiers in Technology presents Protein Networks in Cancer
DATE:Thursday, July 31st, 2008
TIME:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
LOCATION:
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121
A light lunch will be provided courtesy of Townsend Townsend and Crew, LLC
FEE:
FREE for CONNECT members
$15 for non-members
$25 at the door, day of event
DESCRIPTION:
With the appearance of large networks of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions as a new type of biological measurement, methods are needed for constructing cellular pathway models using interaction data as the central framework. The key idea is that, by comparing the molecular interaction network with other biological data sets, it will be possible to organize the network into modules representing the repertoire of distinct functional processes in the cell. Three distinct types of network comparisons will be discussed, including those to identify:
(1) Protein interaction networks that are conserved across species
(2) Networks in control of gene expression changes
(3) Networks correlating with systematic phenotypes and synthetic lethals
Using these computational modeling and query tools, we are constructing network models to explain the physiological response of yeast to DNA damaging agents.
About the Presenter
Dr. Ideker is a pioneer in using genome-scale measurements to construct network models of cellular processes and disease. He received predoctoral degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Molecular Biology under the supervision of Dr. Leroy Hood. He is currently an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at UC San Diego, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, and Member of the Moores/UCSD Cancer Center. His recent research activities include development of software and algorithms for protein network analysis, network-level comparison of pathogens, and genome-scale models of the response to DNA-damaging agents. His work has been featured recently in the Scientist, Technology Review, the San Diego Union Tribune, and Forbes magazine.
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Date:
Thursday, July 31, 200812:00PM-1:30PM
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