International Study Group for Systems Biology
Next Meeting: Trakai (Lithuania)
14 - 17 sept. 2006
'Systems Biology: redefining BioThermoKinetics'
Updated 11/09/06:
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International Study Group for Systems Biology |
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Next Meeting: Trakai (Lithuania)14 - 17 sept. 2006 |
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'Systems Biology: redefining BioThermoKinetics' |
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Updated 11/09/06: |
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You may also mail us for information: btk2006@rmsb.u-bordeaux2.fr
Last Informations:
11/09/06: Arrival Informations
Dear BTK participants,
Thank you for timely providing information about your arrival/departure.
Upon arrival please look for the person with the BTK-2006 poster at the meeting
point of the airport or train station.
Participants arriving on September 13 will be taken from Vilnius airport to Trakai at approximately 13:45 (car); 15:00 (minibus) and 22:30 (car).
Transportation schedule on September 14:
- Minibus (1) on will take a group arriving from Moscow (train station) at
8:45-9:00.
- Minibus (2) will go to Trakai from the airport at approximately 12:45-13:00.
- Minibus (3) will go to Trakai from the airport at approximately 13:45-14:00.
- Three cars will take smaller groups of participants arriving from 13:45
to 15:00
- Minibus (4) first will take participants arriving at 17:00-17:35 from the
airport and then picks up those who arrives to the train station at 17:43.
Possibly you will have to wait for us at the meeting point of the train station
for 15-20 minutes!
- The last participants arriving at 22:20 will be taken from the airport
by the car.
Minibuses will have BTK-2006 posters on the door or front window.
Contact phone number for the trouble situations – Vida Mildaziene
+370-61158530;
Those who arrived to Vilnius on Monday – enjoy sightseeing and Lithuanian
beer :)
You are welcomed to join minibus (3) on September 14th.
Local organizing group is very much looking forward seeing all of you in
Lithuania!
Vida Mildaziene
01/09/06: Hotel Informations
There are double/triple rooms still available
in the |
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Other Hotels |
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Hotel TRASALIS |
Gediminas st 26, Trakai, Vilnius
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Hotel KYBINLAR (smaller and closer) |
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17/08/06:
Poster size: width: 0.95 m / height: 1.5 m
For more information about Trakai please look at: http://www.tourism.lt/nature/parks/trakainp.html
The conference location is the National Sports and
Health Centre in Trakai (http://www.sc.trakai.com/en/index.html),
Karaimu St. 73, 4050 Trakai, Lithuania
Since its inception in the early 1980s the BioThermoKinetics research community has led the way in the study of the behaviour, control and regulation of the living cell. Our guiding philosophy has been that it is not enough to study only the properties of the components of the cell but also their interactions, that it is not enough merely to make the maps of all of these interactions but also to study the network behaviour quantitatively using theoretical frameworks such as metabolic control analysis. We have developed theory, experimental approaches, computer software and models to further these aims. Now the rest of biology has caught up with us and we have entered the era of Systems Biology. The name-change of our study group agreed on at our last meeting and the title of this meeting reflect this. However, we could have chosen the alternative meeting title: “"BioThermoKinetics: defining Systems Biology"”: this would have reflected the continued importance of our philosophy of integrating quantitative experimentation and computer modelling within a theoretical framework in order to understand the phenomenon of life at the molecular level.
The contact address of local organizing group for
information about BTK meeting in Trakai is:
bioch-info@bmti.kmu.lt
All further information will be placed on the web page http://www.rmsb.u-bordeaux2.fr/BTK/BTK2006/
International advisory board:
Local organizing group:
The local organizing group is enthusiastic about expanding the geography of the BTK: International Study Group for Systems Biology meetings to the East of Europe. This will give a good opportunity for the BTK community to learn more about our small but colourful country. We hope the location of the 12th BTK meeting in Lithuania will be favourable for the attendance of participants from the neighbouring countries.
Publications |
As usual in BTK meetings, apart from presenting a poster or lecture, all participants are invited to submit their contribution to the BTK 2006 in written form. There are two possibilities this time:
1. Manuscript submission for the Special Issue of the IEE Proceedings
Systems Biology.
Manuscripts submitted for the BTK meeting will be considered for publication
in the Special Issue of the IEE journal
for Systems Biology to be published in September 2006. Each submission
will be reviewed by two members of the international scientific advisory
board. The reviewing will be strict; contributions should contain new ideas
or results and should be independent publications. Manuscripts that are
not accepted for Systems Biology will be published in a separate form. Manuscripts
may not be longer than 3 pages in the journal. This poses a limit of 3000
words for a submission not containing any figures or tables and 2000 words
for manuscripts containing a total of 6 figures and/or tables. Manuscripts
containing more than 3000 words cannot be included in the special issue.
The special issue will be available during the meeting if we stick to a
very tight time schedule. The deadline for manuscript submission is March
1. Manuscripts are uploaded directly to Manuscript Central at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/syb.
Follow the guidelines and author instructions given on the web site. Authors
will need to make clear both in the fields (that they need to fill in as
part of the submission process) as well as in a covering letter, that their
paper is for consideration in the BTK Special Issue edited by Jacky Snoep.
Authors will receive reviewers’ comments by April 1. Revised manuscripts
are to be submitted before April 15. Only manuscripts of which the accepted
version is uploaded on the Manuscript Central before May 1 will be included
in the Special Issue. Each of these deadlines is strict and necessary in
order to have the Special Issue available during the conference.
Manuscripts not accepted will be published in a separate BTK Proceedings
book, published by Vytautas Magnus university, Kaunas in the format required
for Proceedings (see Below).
2. Manuscript submission for the BTK Proceedings book
Please send the submissions for this book as an electronic version
(e-mail attachment) to the organisers (BTK2006@rmsb.u-bordeaux2.fr)
in the following formats:
TextWord 98 or earlier (please specify if the origin is PC or Mac) or RTF (rich text format). We cannot handle PDF files. You may add figures as .GIF or .JPG separately or included in the text. The final length of the paper/extended abstract should be 1-3 pages including references, figures and tables (A4 size paper, single line spacing, 2.5 cm margins on all sides). The paper should contain in sequence (See the Example, PDF 280 K):
Submission to the BTK Proceedings Book will be open since March 1, 2006.
The deadline for submission of papers to BTK proceedings book is May 15,
so the authors have time to to redirect their papers rejected by IEE journal
for Systems Biology. The submission of papers/extended abstracts that were
not submitted to IEE journal for Systems Biology is possible. The Organizing
group together with the help of the International Advisory Board will evaluate
all submitted papers before accepting to the BTK Proceedings book. Authors
may be asked to improve the manuscript until June 1. Organizers have the
right to reject the paper if it does not fit in the scope of the meeting
or if it does not fulfill the format requirements. Notification of acceptance
of submissions to BTK proceedings book is on June 10, 2006.
The contributions not included in the special issue of Systems Biology will
be available during the meeting. Participants will receive BTK Proceedings
book upon registration with their conference bag. The selection of speakers
will be made from all submissions. The format for posters will be indicated
in the final registration form information.
Short Program |
The programme will be mostly based on the proposed topics and will be available
here as soon as
possible after May 15. The topics for sessions may be changed according
to your suggestions.
| Thursday, September 14 |
Evening | Opening lecture (Jannie Hofmeyr) Setting posters Social get-together |
| Friday, September 15 |
Morning | - Metabolic Control and Regulation. Behaviour of Metabolic
Pathways |
| Afternoon | - Modelling the living cell (Part I) - Biotechnological and medical applications of systems biology, metabolic engineering |
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| Evening | Boat tour to Trakai castle Visiting exposition, concert Banquet in the castle |
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| Saturday, September 16 |
Morning | - Biological Networks - Signal transduction, responses to environmental stimuli, intracellular signalling, regulation of gene expression |
| Afternoon | - Poster session - BTK Business Meeting / Informal discussions - General Discussion |
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| Evening | Guided excursion in old city of Vilnius Dinner in the restaurant "Belmontas" (Vilnius) Session IV: Energy transformation, non-equilibrium thermodynamics |
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| Sunday, September 17 | Morning | - Integrative Biology. Genomics, proteomics, metabolomics,
multi-level systems, bioinformatics - Modelling the living cell (Part II) |
| Afternoon | Closing of BTK2006 | |
| Departure |
Final registration of participants is
open.
The early registration at the reduced rate ends 15 June 2006, after which
late registration at an increased rate will be possible until the start
of the conference subject to availability. The number of participants is
limited to 150.
Travel information |
Vilnius International Airport offers flights to and from almost all European
cities in cooperation with Aeroflot, Air Baltic, Austrian Airlines, Czech
Airlines, Estonian Air, Finnair, Lithuanian Airlines flyLAL, LOT, Lufthansa
and SAS. For more information, please, visit the airport website at: http://www.vilnius-airport.lt.
Please tell us if you need an invitation letter from organizers for getting
your visa. For visa requirements for entering Lithuania please check at
http://www.urm.lt
The transportation of conference participants from Vilnius Airport to Trakai will be arranged. Therefore they are kindly asked to provide to the organizers the preliminary date and time of their arrival before the end of june (See Registration page). Regular buses also depart from Vilnius daily, stopping at Trakai bus station.
Accommodation |
Hotel Information:
Accomodation in different price categories can be booked directly at the
following hotels:
There are double/triple rooms still available
in the |
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Other Hotels |
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Hotel TRASALIS |
Gediminas st 26, Trakai, Vilnius
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Hotel KYBINLAR (smaller and closer) |
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"National Sports and Health Centre" |
(room prices between 42-91 Eur) |
Hotel "Akmenine˛ Uzšeiga" |
(room prices between 80 Eur-195 Eur) |
Hotel "Salos" |
(room prices between 29 Eur-64 Eur) |
Camping "Kempingas Sle˛nyje" |
(room prices between 20 Eur-60 Eur) |
• For pictures and detailed descriptions of the hotels please visit
the websites
• As the number of rooms at the preferred hotels are limited, we highly
recommend that hotel reservation are made at an early stage
• For the payment please contact directly the hotel administration
directly
• More detailed information about number of available rooms and prices
in each of these hotels will be provided later on this site.
Fees and Coverage |
| Early registration until June 15, 2006 |
Late Registration After June 15, 2006 On-site registration |
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| Participant | EUR - 300 | EUR - 350 |
| Accompanying Person | EUR - 120 | EUR - 150 |
| Student * ** | EUR - 220 | EUR - 230 |
*Proof of student status is required. Please send it as e-mail attachment
to rasa.baniene@vector.kmu.lt
** Partial refunding option for certain number of students is possible.
Please provide on the request line briefs reasons for the request for the
refunding of the registration fee.
The Participant and Student registration fee covers:
Transportation, Meeting bag, ID badge, BTK Proceedings Book (including Meeting
Program), Special Systems Biology issue, Exhibition and daily coffee breaks;
all lunches and dinners including Get-together-party (September 14), Meeting
banquet in Trakai castle (September 15) and dinner in Belmontas restaurant
September 16).
Accompanying Person Registration Fee covers:
Transportation, ID badge, Exhibition, all dinners including Get-together-party
(September 14), Meeting banquet in Trakai castle (September 15) and dinner
in Belmontas restaurant September 16).
Confirmation:
A confirmation letter will be e-mailed within one week of receipt of the
registration fee.
Cancelation:
Cancellation of registration will be accepted until August 15, 2006 up to
which date the registration fee will be refunded with a EURO.-50
deduction for administrative expenses. For cancellations received
after August 15, 2006, the registration fee will be non-refundable.
Payment:
The official currency of the meeting is Litas (Lt). The fixed rate of local
currency: 3,45 Lt equals to 1 EUR.
Payments in EUR should be made in advance by:
Bank transfer to:
| Bank name | AB SEB Vilniaus bankas |
| Swift code | BIC CBVILT2X |
| Account No. | LT04 7044 0600 0284 8625 |
| IBAN No. | LT04 7044 0600 0284 8625 |
| Account name | Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas |
I. Country-side tour for 2 days (75 EUR):
Trakai – Druskininkai (excursion to the city and Park Grutas) –
Kaunas (excursion to the city and Ciurlionio museum) – Vilnius.
Transportation and accommodation in Druskininkai included, excursion tickets
and meals not included.
II. Sea-side tour for 3 days (125 EUR):
Trakai – Klaipeda (excursion, Sea museum) – Palanga
(excursion, Amber museum) – Nida (excursion, Curonian dunes) –
Vilnius
Transportation and accommodation in Palanga and Nida included, excursion
tickets and meals not included.
