IbSB 2024

7th International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology

September 26 – 27, 2024

Jena, Germany

  

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The adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” also holds true in the field of systems biology. Image-based Systems Biology is a modern approach that aims to extract spatio-temporal information contained in images in a format that can be used to describe and model morphological, functional, and dynamical aspects of biological processes. Image-based Systems Biology seeks to take full advantage of the information in images and establishes an essential connection between experimental and theoretical examination of biological processes at a quantitative level. This approach includes:

  • acquisition and automated analysis of image data for high-content and high-throughput screening;
  • quantitative description of biological processes by appropriate characteristic measures;
  • construction of image-derived spatio-temporal models and predictive computer simulations.

Researchers from all fields are invited to communicate their results centered on Image-based Systems Biology in order to exchange novel scientific methods and to share recent achievements from image-driven research in biology. Joint studies of experiment and theory will be highly welcomed. Furthermore, demonstrations of methods for accurate segmentation and classification of regions of interest or object-tracking that can be applied for high-content and high-throughput screening are of interest, as well as computational methods for translating images into mathematical models ranging from differential equations to agent-based methods.

The International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology has taken place biannually since 2012 at the HKI-Center for Systems Biology of Infection in Jena, Germany.

Invited speakers

Cell Painting to accelerate drug discovery: finding disease phenotypes and candidate therapeutics using images
Optical Cell Biology Research Group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oerias, Portugal
Harnessing AI towards the limits of live-cell microscopy
Data Science Center, Leipzig University, ScaDS.AI Dresden / Leipzig, Germany
Large language models for Bio-image Analysis
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, UK
From variational modelling to deep learning for biomedical imaging
Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Exploring Biological Shape Analysis with Statistics, Geometry, and Topology

Previous symposia

IbSB 2022

The 6th International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) took place in Jena, Germany, in 2022.

IbSB 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 5th International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) was an entirely digital event. The number of participants at IbSB 2020 was 153 originating from 21 different countries.

IbSB 2018

The 4th International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) took place in Jena, Germany, in 2018. The number of participants at IbSB 2018 was 65 originating from seven different countries.

IbSB 2016

The 3rd International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) took place in Jena, Germany, in 2016. The number of participants at IbSB 2016 was 65 originating from seven different countries.

IbSB 2014

The 2nd International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) took place in Jena, Germany, in 2014. The number of participants at IbSB 2014 was 63 originating from nine different countries.

IbSB 2012

The 1st International Symposium on Image-based Systems Biology (IbSB) took place in Jena, Germany, in 2012. The number of participants at IbSB 2012 was 42 originating from four different countries.