Lecture Series Translational Bioinformatics & Systems Biomedicine - "Systems analysis of cancer metabolism for identification of cancer drug targets and biomarkers" - Prof Jens Nielsen
14/03/2018 16:00 to 14/03/2018 18:30 (Europe/Luxembourg)
Speaker
Prof Jens NIELSEN is Director of Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Chief Science Officer, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract
With increasing health care costs and inefficiency in many treatment strategies, the health care system is bound to transform in the coming years. A key driver for this change is the generation of big data, development of detailed mathematical models and an increased participation of patients in their own health.
The use of mathematical models to study biological systems, i.e. analyze large datasets and simulate system behavior, is referred to as systems biology, or when applied to study medicine, systems medicine.
This approach enables integrative analysis of different types of data, including different data types, and can hereby provide new insight into complex biological systems that cannot be obtained by any other mean. Here I will discuss the challenges of using systems medicine for advancing the development of personalized and precision medicine, and it will be illustrated how the concept of genome-scale metabolic models can be used for integrative analysis of big data with the objective of identifying novel biomarkers that are foundational for personalized and precision medicine.
schedule
16.00 - 17.00: LECTURE
University of Luxembourg
Maison du Savoir
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch/Alzette
Room 4.510
17.00 - 18.30: 'meet THE SPEAKER'
University of Luxembourg
Maison du Savoir
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch/Alzette
Espace A, first floor
Registration required for the 'Meet the Speaker' - send us an email
programme 2017-2018
About the Lecture & Workshop series - TRANSLATIONAL BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOMEDICINE
The LIH lecture and workshops series in Translational Bioinformatics and Systems Biomedicine, supported by the FNR and jointly organized with the University of Luxembourg, are gathering internationally
This lecture will be followed by a workshop especially dedicated to early-stage researchers.
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