Quantitative Systems Biotechnology

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Workshop on Quantitative Systems Biology:  Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended)  the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting.

NAME AND COMMITTEE CODE:  Workshop on Quantitative Systems Biology
DATE AND TIME:           Sept. 13, 2000/8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
                                          Sept. 14, 2000/8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

PLACE:  Room 110, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA (Room 580 on Sept. 14).

TYPE OF MEETING:  Open

CONTACT PERSON:  Dr. Michael Domach, Program Director, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems, National Science Foundation, Suite 565, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230;  Telephone:  (703) 292-8320.  For easier building access, individuals planning to attend should contact Marcia Rawlings at 703-292-8320 or at mrawlings@nsf.gov so that your name can be added to the building access list.

MINUTES:  May be obtained from the contact person listed above.

PURPOSE OF MEETING:  To identify goals, opportunities and specific objectives for a new NSF research funding initiative in quantitative systems biology.

AGENDA:  Discussion on issues, opportunities, and future directions for quantitative systems biology, particularly systems (engineering) approaches to and applications for predicting the phenotypic behavior of a living organism from the genomic information being generated for that organism and the well defined environmental conditions that cause the expression of that genome.