Lipari School on Computational Life Sciences

Aim and scope:
Metabolites are key players in almost all biological processes. Furthermore, the incidence of metabolic diseases is rapidly increasing. Recently, metabolomics has shown rapid growth in its application to human health. Next generation analysis techniques promise even richer and more complete analysis capabilities enabling earlier clinical diagnosis, drug refinement, and personalized medicine. Our main and special guest lectures will address such a scope focusing on algorithms, models, biomedical and biotechnological techniques together with clinical applications. From the enclosed bibliography, the selected themes have received much attention in the scholarly literature ranging from Nature and Science to Bioinformatics Journals.

Speakers

• Alberto Mantovani [Abstract Available]
  Inflammation and cancer: from gene discovery to data mining
  Humanitas University, Italy
  Abstract
• Philip Tsichlis [Abstract Available]
  Metabolic profiles of murine isogenic cell lines expressing different AKT isoforms
  Ohio State University, USA
  Abstract
• Matthias Mann [Abstract Available]
  Mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics in biomedicine
  Max Plank Institute for Biochemistry, Germany
  Abstract

Special Seminars

• Carlo Croce
  Ohio State University, USA
• Søren Brunak
  Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Napoleone Ferrara
  University of California, San Diego, USA
• Joao Xavier [Abstract Available]
  Metabolic fluxes in rapidly growing cell populations
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
  Abstract
• Gabi Kastenmüller
  Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany
• Amalia Gastaldelli
  Alterations in metabolic fluxes in patients with type 2 diabetes and non alcoholic fatty liver disease
  CNR, Pisa, Italy
• Rita Barone - Salvatore Alaimo
  Metabolic markers for Autism Spectrum Diseases
  University of Catania, Italy

Schedule

Available soon

The official language is English.

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Travel and accomodation

Participants will be arranged in comfortable hotels at very special rates. The conference room (located at Hotel Giardino sul Mare, Via Maddalena, Lipari) is air-conditioned and equipped with all conference materials. Special areas are reserved to students for the afternoon coursework and study. The island of Lipari can be easily reached from Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina and Reggio Calabria by ferry or hydrofoil (50 minutes from Milazzo).

Registration

Two kinds of participants are welcome.

Students: Participants who are expected to do afternoon coursework and take a final exam (The grades will be given following the ECTS grading scale). The course will involve a total of 24 hours of teaching. Passing the final exam gives right to an equivalent of 6 ECTS credits in any Ph.D. program.

Auditors: participants who are not interested in taking the final exam.

Registration fees is 600 €. The fee covers the course material, bus+hydrofoil Catania airport-Lipari-Catania airport, social events and coffee breaks.
Registration applications can be submitted from December 1st, 2018 up to July 1st, 2019. Admission notification will start on January 31st, 2019, according to registration time. Applicants must include a short curriculum vitae or an updated link to an official website.  In case of cancellation after fees payments, a 25% penalty will be applied. In case of credit card payment, processing fees cannot be reimbursed. Payment must be received by July 10th, 2019.

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