<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">_________________________________________________________________</div><div class="">Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies)</div><div class="">Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested attendees</div><div class="">_________________________________________________________________</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear Colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">deadline is approaching: 31 March 2017 - SSBSS 2017</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4th INTERNATIONAL SYNTHETIC & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL and WORKSHOP</div><div class="">* Biology meets Computer Science & Engineering *</div><div class="">at the University of Cambridge, UK, July 17 to 21, 2017</div><div class=""> <a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Overview</div><div class="">The synthetic & systems biology summer school provides students, post-docs, academics and industry professionals with an intense learning experience on the theory and</div><div class="">applications of modern synthetic & systems biology. Over the course of one week, a panel of internationally renowned experts of the field will offer lectures and tutorials covering basic as well as advanced topics.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Confirmed Speakers</div><div class="">* Antonino Cattaneo, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy</div><div class="">* Jasmin Fisher, Microsoft Research & Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, UK</div><div class="">* Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK</div><div class="">* Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge, UK</div><div class="">* Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley, USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA</div><div class="">* Edda Klipp, Humboldt University, Germany</div><div class="">* Natalio Krasnogor, Centre for Synthetic Biology and Bioexploitation, Newcastle University, UK</div><div class="">* Markus Ralser, Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, UK & The Francis Crick Institute London, UK</div><div class="">* Uwe Sauer, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland</div><div class="">* Mike Stubbington, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge UK</div><div class="">* Eriko Takano, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK</div><div class="">* Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute & EMBL, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Industrial Panel </div><div class="">* Jonathan Chesnut, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Other speakers will be announced soon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Application process</div><div class="">Applications are invited from graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, academics </div><div class="">and industry professionals looking to use, or already using synthetic biology</div><div class="">and/or systems biology methods in their work. Prior experience</div><div class="">is not strictly required.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Applicants will be asked to submit a CV. We are also seeking to give participants a chance to discuss their own work with their peers and the speakers. </div><div class="">As option, it is possible for each applicant to provide the abstract of a poster they would like to present at the school.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The School will involve a total of 36-40 hours of lectures, the final achievement will be equivalent to 8 ECTS points for the students attending the summer school.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The application system is now open:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/#application-form" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/#application-form</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Important Dates:</div><div class="">* March 31, 2017<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS</div><div class="">* April 10, 2017 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Notification Acceptance </div><div class="">* The school will take place from July 17 to July 21, 2017 </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Organizers:</div><div class="">Massimo Gulisano, University of Catania, Italy</div><div class="">Giuseppe Nicosia, University of Catania, Italy</div><div class="">Steve G. Oliver, University of Cambridge, UK</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Call for Posters & Talks</div><div class="">The International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School is especially aimed to provide a stimulating environment for young researchers, Post-Doc, Ph.D. Students and M.Sc. Students. They will have the possibility to present the results of their research activities on the topic of the summer school, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive way. Applicants may submit an abstract to present their results. The abstract should be submitted before 31 March. </div><div class="">In general, everyone participating in the summer school is invited to bring a poster to display their work. If you are interested in contributing, please give brief details when you submit your application. Suitable space will be reserved to the applicants for showing their posters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Submit an abstract today for the Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School & Workshop (SSBSS 2017):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssbss2017" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssbss2017</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">inquiries should be directed to <a href="mailto:ssbss.school@gmail.com" class="">ssbss.school@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement *</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please help us distributing in your circles (emails, blogs, and social networks) the call for participation and call for oral talks/posters for SSBSS 2017. </div><div class="">Together we will make SSBSS 2017 a great event!</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy <br class="">P +39 095 7383048<br class=""><a href="mailto:nicosia@dmi.unict.it" class="">nicosia@dmi.unict.it</a> <br class=""><a href="http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia" class="">http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">==================================================================<br class="">4th International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2017<br class="">* Biology meets Computer Science & Engineering *<br class="">July 17-21, 2017 - University of Cambridge, Robinson College, UK </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/</a> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Contact Email: <a href="mailto:ssbss.school@gmail.com" class="">ssbss.school@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class="">FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ssbss.school/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/ssbss.school/</a><br class=""><br class="">SSBSS - Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/238417586492061/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/groups/238417586492061/</a><br class=""><br class="">Computational Synthetic Biology Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014624245288596/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014624245288596/</a><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">==================================================================</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">3rd International Conference on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2017</div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">An Interdisciplinary Conference: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science without Borders<br class="">September 14-17, 2017 - Volterra (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy<br class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2017@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2017@gmail.com</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/</a><br class="">==================================================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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