UTD’s School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is in the process of expanding its course offerings in bioinformatics and structural biology toward computational systems biology. This new and exciting, highly interdisciplinary field draws from:
While systems biology is still a young field, it is increasingly and forcefully moving toward the mainstream of biomedical sciences and bioengineering.
As a part of this expansion, the Department of Biological Sciences is now offering undergraduate courses in Biomedical Systems and Modeling and Discrete Biomedical Systems, and will in the Spring of 2025 offer a graduate course in Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, which addresses the application of systems biology to pharmaceutical science and drug development.
Additionally, other courses are being envisioned in the overlap of biomedical sciences, systems biology and artificial intelligence.
To celebrate these forays into systems biology, the Department of Biological Sciences will hold a one-day symposium: Systems Thinking in Biology.
This featured symposium will take place Friday, November 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Cecil H. Green Hall (GR) 2.302.
The symposium primarily addresses students and faculty from the schools of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Engineering and Computer Science. Guests from other areas are invited as well.
A superb roster of out-of-town and local speakers will highlight some of the recent advances in systems biology with a diverse selection of computationally based research in the field and present intriguing applications, ranging from targeted cell manipulations and immune responses to methods of systems pharmacology and innovative learning modalities in the biomedical sciences.
There is no cost to attend the symposium, but advance registration is required.
Details, including the day’s schedule, can be found at https://biology.utdallas.edu/symposium
Note: Online registration is due by Monday, November 18.
Questions? Please contact Dr. Eberhard Voit, Clinical Professor in Biological Sciences