News
Our newly funded Research Training Group "Computational Systems Biology" (CSB) will officially start on 1 February 2011. We are now accepting applications for PhD and postdoc positions.
Participating Institutes in Berlin
Humboldt University Berlin
Free University Berlin
Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Hahn-Meitner-Institute
Max-Delbrück-Centrum for Molecular Medicine
Max-Planck-Institut for Molecular Plant Physiology
Partners
Boston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Bioinformatics Program (Prof. Dr. Charles DeLisi)
University of Kyoto, Institute for Chemical Research
Bioinformatics Center (Prof. Dr. Minoru Kanehisa)
University of Tokyo, Institute of Medical Science
Human Genome Center, Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis (Prof. Dr. Satoru Miyano)
Overview
This International Research Training Group (IRTG) is formed by groups
from Humboldt University Berlin, Free University Berlin, Boston
University, Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo. It focuses on the education of
doctoral students in the emerging field of genomics and systems
biology of biomolecular networks.
The processes to be studied carry out fundamental processes within
living cells, such as metabolic interconversions, cell division, cell
differentiation and apoptosis. The basic research performed in this
program is highly relevant for future medical applications, in
particular with respect to cancer and other diseases resulting from a
dysfunction of signaling pathways and gene-regulatory networks.
All partners have long and
rich experiences in research and education in the field of
computational biology. They follow complementary approaches to common
goals and have continuously developed contacts and collaborations in
recent years. The IRTG will promote the interaction of bioinformatics
and mathematical modeling to arrive at an integrative understanding of
the complex processes taking place in living cells.
The IRTG provides the doctoral students with a wide range of
interdisciplinary and topical research projects in four areas: (A)
Dynamics and topology of metabolic networks, (B) Regulation of gene
expression, (C) Intra- and intercellular signal transduction, and (D)
Structure and function of protein families.
The partners interact by joint supervision of doctoral theses
and by providing a framework for the exchange of doctoral students
during mobility periods, as well as by exchanging researchers. The IRTG
promotes also postdoctoral research and involves undergraduates
as research students. The partners provide the students with an
interdisciplinary and complementary study program involving joint
lecture courses, practical courses, annual workshops, summer schools,
and videoconferences. The IRTG encourages the
independence of young researchers in the scientific community through
opportunities to present regularly the results of research in front of
expert audiences and qualifies students in writing publications at an
early career stage.