official sponsorship prospectus - ICSB 2014
official sponsorship prospectus - ICSB 2014
official sponsorship prospectus - ICSB 2014
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INVITATION<br />
We’re very proud to be bringing the 15th International Conference<br />
on Systems Biology to Melbourne—hosting it in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere for the first time.<br />
Systems biology is a multidisciplinary science that can help us tackle<br />
big questions. How does a coral reef recover from a cyclone? How do<br />
the habits of parents affect the success of IVF? How does every cell in<br />
the heart contribute to its function? Can we model a whole yeast cell<br />
or even a whole rat?<br />
Systems biology applies methods from engineering and maths to<br />
focus on whole biological systems—organs, entire organisms and<br />
even ecosystems. As its profile grows in Australia and internationally,<br />
systems biology is poised to transform the life sciences and<br />
biotechnology.<br />
But it can’t be done by just one person or one laboratory. Systems<br />
biology requires integration of data, and expertise from medicine and<br />
biology, mathematics, computer science and engineering.<br />
In Europe, the USA and Japan systems biology is an integral<br />
part of the leading life science institutes. Australia’s community of<br />
systems biologists is growing, and this conference will give them an<br />
unprecedented opportunity to showcase their work and forge new<br />
collaborations with the world’s leaders in the field.<br />
Be in at the beginning<br />
This conference is an opportunity for your organisation:<br />
• to engage with the leaders of this growing field<br />
• to contribute to the establishment of systems biology in Australia<br />
and New Zealand<br />
• to demonstrate that you are at the cutting edge–ready and able<br />
to adapt to and support the transformation of the life sciences.<br />
We look forward to your support as we work to build new partnerships<br />
in Australia and across the world.<br />
Nadia Rosenthal<br />
Scientific Head, EMBL Australia<br />
Hiroaki Kitano<br />
CEO, Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo<br />
WHY MELBOURNE?<br />
Australia is quickly building a reputation for research in systems biology. We’re<br />
home to a node of Japan’s famous Systems Biology Institute, which connects<br />
Japanese and Australian research and industry partners, and systems biology<br />
research groups are forming across the country.<br />
With ten universities, five teaching hospitals and more than a dozen leading<br />
research institutes, Melbourne is a major Australian hub for education and<br />
science, making it the perfect city to host the first International Conference on<br />
Systems Biology in the southern hemisphere.<br />
Melbourne is also home to major research infrastructure and facilities, including<br />
the Australian Synchrotron, the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative<br />
and a new Victorian comprehensive cancer centre.<br />
ORGANISING COMMITTEE<br />
Silvio Tiziani<br />
Nadia Rosenthal<br />
Tony Bacic<br />
Sarah Boyd<br />
Niall Byrne<br />
Michelle Gallaher<br />
Andrew Gilbert<br />
David Lovell<br />
Tingting Zhang<br />
Karen O’Connor<br />
EMBL Australia<br />
EMBL Australia<br />
Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute<br />
SBI Australia<br />
Science in Public<br />
BioMelbourne Network<br />
Bioplatforms Australia Ltd<br />
Australian Bioinformatics Network<br />
<strong>ICSB</strong>2015 Committee Member<br />
Department of Defence<br />
CONTACT DETAILS<br />
T: +61 2 9213 4024<br />
W: www.icsb14.com<br />
E: sponex@icsb14.com<br />
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International Systems Biology Conference <strong>2014</strong>–Sponsorship and exhibition <strong>prospectus</strong>
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