The 3rd International Workshop on Systems Biology, hosted by the Hamilton Institute, will focus on Systems Biology of Disease with special emphasis on neurodegeneration, immunological diseases and cancer. The workshop is aimed at anyone working in, or interested in Systems Biology, and will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and students from experimental, computational or theoretical backgrounds.
Plenary and keynote lectures will be delivered by leading international experts, and there will also be poster sessions to provide all delegates with the opportunity to present and discuss their work.

The workshop will be immediately followed by the 1st Symposium of Systems Approaches to Parkinson’s Disease.

For further information, see the workshop homepage

Following last years success, the Network Maths graduate programme will be running four new fourth-level modules in 2009. These modules will be delivered by leading experts in the field and are open to any graduate student in Ireland. For further details and to register for a place, go to the the Network Maths web site.

• Applied Optimisation, July 13th – July 16th 2009
  Professor Venkatamaran Balakrishnan, Purdue University
• Introduction to Markov Processes, July 20th – July 23rd 2009
  Professor Christof Schütte, FU Berlin
• Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems, July 27th – July 30th 2009
  Professor Joerg Raisch, TU Berlin
• Graph Theory and Network Analysis, August 10th – August 13th 2009
  Professor Paul Van Dooren, Leuven University

The First Hamilton Workshop on HIV: Mathematics, biology and beyond, hosted by the Hamilton Institute, aims to provide a forum for researchers working in the area of HIV/AIDS in the greater Dublin area (and beyond). The list of topics ranges from mathematics to microbiology and ethnography, from theory to experiments and field studies. We have scheduled talks and breaks to allow for having a chance to meet, discuss, and gain new research contacts/collaborators in the area of HIV/AIDS.

For further information, see workshop homepage.

Venue: JH1, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

Topics:

Theory of nonnegative matrices and applications in biology, computer science, communication networks, stability theory and related fields. The aim of the workshop is to give an overview of the recent advances in the theory and applications of nonnegative matrices and operators, including but not limited to the areas of biology, computer science, communication networks, and stability theory. The range of topics covered will be broad, and the workshop should be of interest to anyone working on either the theory or the applications of nonnegative matrices.

For more details go to
http://www.hamilton.ie/Nonnegative_Matrices_2008/nmw08.html

Prof. Chuck Anderson – E.T.S. Walton Lecture Flyer

Professor Charles Anderson of the Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, will present an E.T.S. Walton Lecture entitled “Translating Thoughts into Actions by Finding Patterns in Brainwaves” on December 4th at 7pm in the Royal Irish Academy. There is a reception before the lecture at 6.30pm. All welcome.

Prof. Chuck Anderson, Science Foundation Ireland ETS Walton Visiting Professor at the Hamilton Institute, will be presenting a public lecture at the Royal Irish Academy on “Translating Thoughts into Actions by Finding Patterns in Brainwaves”.

Date: 6.30pm Dec 4th 2007. Preceded by wine reception.

For further details see flyer.

Prof Chuck Anderson and wife Stacey at Walton lecture in RIA.

The Hamilton Institute will host the 2nd International Workshop on Systems Biology in August 2008.  For more details go to http://www.hamilton.ie/systemsbiology/Workshop2008/index.html

Dr. Phil Hodgkin – E.T.S. Walton Lecture Flyer

Dr. Phil Hodgkin of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, will present an E.T.S. Walton Lecture entitled “Divide and Conquer: The remarkable story of our immune defense system” on July 25th at 7pm in the Royal Irish Academy. The Australian Embassy will host a reception before the lecture at 6.30pm.