About FOSBE
We cordially invite you to Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE) to be held in Tsuruoka, north-west Japan, October 21st-25th, 2012. FOSBE is an international conference that addresses emerging challenges and opportunities in systems biology with a particular emphasis on engineering approaches and applications. The primary objectives of FOSBE are to provide an in-depth review and critical assessment of the current state-of-the-art, to discuss current and future needs of research, education and training, and to identify new directions in systems biology. The overseeing body Computer Aids in Chemical Engineering (CACHE) was founded in 1969 to promote computational skills in academic, government and industrial chemical engineering and is currently supported by around 140 academic institutes worldwide. FOSBE was originally scheduled for October 2011 we postponed the conference due to the Earthquake and Tsunami in North-East Japan. As Tsuruoka is in North-West Japan the effects of the disaster were minimal.
We hope you can come to Tsuruoka for our exciting conference, experience Shonai culture and play a part in regenerating the Tōhoku region.
Conference Venue
The Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, is an academic research institute pioneering the new life science field of "Systems Biology", using both experimental and computational biology. There are several groups working in collaboration, focusing mainly on genome biology and engineering, genome design and synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, proteomics, metabolomics, RNA biology, bioinformatics and computational biology. Using cutting-edge technologies, intracellular components can be analyzed comprehensively to construct computer simulation models that can find numerous applications in fields such as biomedical, environmental, and agricultural science. Experimental and computational facilities are located in Tsuruoka, Yamagata prefecture, in northern Japan while the SFC campus, in the Tokyo area, hosts the bioinformatics laboratory and most undergraduate curricular activities.
