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COURSE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
JUNE 5 – 8, 2018 – Medellin-Colombia

Specific course/meeting topics and expected impact for the country/region
The course aims to provide students with tools of systems biology for designing bioprocesses including topics on cellular metabolism, analytical techniques, bioinformatics, metabolic flux analysis, strain development and applications. Although metabolic engineering has been applied worldwide since early 1990s, its introduction in formal educational programs in Colombia and surrounding countries is not yet widely applied due to a shortage of professionals educated on this topic, and limitations in the available technologies.

Invited speakers

Aljoscha Wahl / TUDelft – The Netherlands
Isabel Rocha / Universidade do Minho - Portugal
Walter van Gulik / TUDelft – The Netherlands
Katharina Nöh / Jülich Institute - Germany
Alexander de Luna Fors / Cinvestav - Mexico

Local teaching staff

Andres Gonzalez Barrios / Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
Andres Pinzon Velasco / Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota campus - Colombia
Rigoberto Rios Estepa / Universidad de Antioquia - Colombia
Camilo Suarez Mendez / Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin campus - Colombia