World's Leading Conference in the Field of Stimulation and Analysis of Biological, Biotechnological and Medical Processes
For decoding medical and biological processes, the employment of modern, computer-based methods for stimulation, analysis and modeling becomes inevitable. These methods allow for the unraveling of basic intracellular mechanisms and early diagnosis as well as therapy of diseases.
For the first time, this year's 6th conference on the subject of „Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering“ (FOSBE 2016), which is jointly held by the International Federation of Automatic Control – IFAC and the society for Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering – CACHE, took place in Magdeburg. From October 9th to October 12th, 150 mainly international scientists were given the opportunity to exchange ideas and initiate new collaborations. The conference was run and hosted by the Chair for Systems Theory and Automatic Control of the Otto von Guericke University under the direction of Prof. Rolf Findeisen.
The meeting started off with workshops that held more than 50 participants, taking place in the research building of the CDS at the University Magdeburg. The workshops were followed by the official opening reception, during which the participants were able to brace themselves with beer, german potato salad and bratwurst.
The Johannis Church, in which already Martin Luther preached, was the venue of the scientific events. Many interesting talks could be attended in this historic ambience, but also the direct dialogue between individual scientists was encouraged during poster sessions. Besides many excellent lecturers, one highlight was clearly the public talk given by Prof. Frank Doyle - Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Harvard University, who is a member of the scientific advisory board of the CDS. He reported on the newest, most promising therapeutic approaches for diabetes.
The guest's positive feedback certified the organizational team surrounding Prof. Findeisen a successful event. Hence, nothing speaks against repeating this event in a similar version.