The National Research and Development Institute for Biological Sciences organizes and hosts on 8 November 2018, 09.00-17.15, the workshop "AlgoNano: Algorithmic and Computational Methods in Bio-Medicine and Nanotechnology".

Through this Workshop we want to bring together researchers from several complementary fields (e.g. Molecular Biology, Materials Science, Systems Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.) who have a common interest in developing new methods for the design and control of matter (biological, organic, or inorganic) at the Micro and Nano level. It is also hoped that this event will strengthen collaborative relationships between the research groups present at this Workshop.

Invited participants
Dr. Sorina Dinescu, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest
Dr. Bianca Gălățeanu, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest
Prof. Iulian Năstac, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Prof. Nicoleta Șerban, Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech, USA
Prof. Cătălin Zaharia, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Dr. Eugen Czeizler, Department of Computer Science, Abo Akademy University, Finland and INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Victor Mitrana, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest and INCDSB, Bucharest
Prof. Ion Petre, Department of Computer Science, Abo Akademy University, Finland and INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania

Programme: 09:00-09:20

Registration of participants: 09:20-09:30

Introductory remarks: Dr. Manuela Sidoroff - General Director, INCDSB, Bucharest

SESSION 1
Chair: Dr. Eugen Czeizler

09:30-10:00 Dr. Eugen Czeizler
Department of Computer Science, Abo Akademy University, Finland and INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Title: Modelling Design and Analysts of Synthetic Self Assembly Systems

10:00-10:15 Dr Alexandru Amărioarei and Prof. Romică Trandafir
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: On numerical simulation of guided assemblies of nanocellulose meshes

10:15-10:30 Dr. Iris Tușa and Dr. Ana-Maria Dobre
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Evaluation of DNA oligonucleotides capacity for binding to nanocrystalline cellulose

10:30-11:00 Prof. Iulian Năstac
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Title: Adaptive neural algorithms for DNA sequence forecasting

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

SESSION 2
Chair: Prof. Iulian Năstac

11:30-12:00 Prof. Nicoleta Șerban
Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech, USA
Title: Computational Health Analytics: Influencing Health Policy Using Massive Data

12:00-12:30 Prof. Ion Petre
Department of Computer Science, Abo Akademy University, Finland and INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Title: Network controllability algorithms for cancer medicine

12:30-13:00 Prof. Victor Mitrana
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest and INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Greedy Algorithms for Computing the Genomic Distance by Translocation

13:00-14:15 Lunch

SESSION 3
Chair: Dr. Andrei Păun

14:15-14:45 Prof. Cătălin Zaharia
Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Title: Polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery systems. Past, present and future perspectives

14:45-15:15 Dr. Bianca Gălațeanu
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest
Title: In vitro cytotoxicity screening approaches in the development of targeted nanosized drug delivery systems

15:15-15:30 Dr. Corina Ițcuș
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Biosynthesis of DNA Origami Nanostructures

15:30-15:50 Coffee Break

SESSION 4
Chair: Dr. Ion Petre

15:50-16:20 Dr. Sorina Dinescu
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest
Title: Multi-disciplinary approaches in the evaluation of in vitro stem cell differentiation and scaffold biocompatibility

16:20-16:35 Prof. Andrei Păun
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Membrane Systems and the MoDaSyS project

16:35-16:50 Dr. Gefry Barad
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Dynamical Systems applied to biology

16:50-17:05 Prof. Mihaela Păun
INCDSB, Bucharest
Title: Biostatistical methods related to MoDaSyS project

17:05-17:15 Closing remarks
Dr. Eugen Czeizler - INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania

Location : INCDSBSplaiul Independenței no. 296, sector 6, code 060031 - Bucharest

For more details you can contact Dr. Eugen Czeizler (email eugen[dot]czeizler[at]incdsb[dot]ro) or you can call him on 021-220.77.80 (INCDSB Secretariat).

Organising Committee
Dr. Eugen Czeizler, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Andrei Păun, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Mihaela Păun, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Victor Mitrana, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Romică Trandafir, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Alexandru Amărioarei, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Iris Tușa, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Corina Ițcuș, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Ana-Maria Dobre, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Gefry Barad, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania
ACS. Dana Florea, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB, Bucharest, Romania