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M&amp;S Colloquium On

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 Modeling Biochemical Pathways
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by

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<b>Somdatta Sinha</b>

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Mathematical Modeling and Computational Biology Group,
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<a href="http://www.ccmb.res.in/">Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology</a>
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 3:00&ndash;5:00 PM
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Sir C. V. Raman Auditorium,
<a href="http://physics.(none)">Department of Physics</a>

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  <b>Abstract</b>
  Living systems are spectacular examples of
  spatiotemporally organized structures. Their evolution
  and maintenance are products of both their internal
  nonlinear processes operating at multiple spatial and
  temporal scales, and the external physicochemical and
  social environment that they experience. The
  tremendous success of modern biology has helped in
  obtaining detail molecular explanations of genetic and
  cellular processes, yet the complexity involved in
  studying higher levels of biological organization in
  detail is still prohibitive. Modeling helps in
  collection of details into realistic abstractions, and
  prediction of the effects of alterations in system
  dynamics that may otherwise require very difficult and
  tedious experimental manipulations.
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  Spatiotemporal organisation in biological systems can
  be studied at different levels, from molecular to
  evolutionary. The focus in this talk will be on the
  intra-cellular processes, specifically on networks of
  biochemical pathways. Different methods of modeling
  biochemical pathways will be described. One modeling
  method will be considered in detail with example
  pathways starting from its biology to developing and
  analyzing the model behaviour and their implications.
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  <b>The Speaker</b>
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   Professor Somdatta Sinha heads the
   Mathematical Modeling and Computational Biology Group
   at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
   Her area of study is theoretical biology, nonlinear dynamics
   and complex systems, with a view to understand the logic of
   biological processes.
   Her primary research focus is on the evolution and maintenance
   of spatiotemporal organization in biological systems spanning
   multiple spatiotemporal scales from ecological to genetic.
   She also has co-authored science textbooks (classes 7, 8, and 10)
   for the Central Board of Secondary Education,
   and published by the National Council for Educational Research
   and Training, New Delhi, India.
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