MaCSBio Science Day 2023 | Creating optimal models: constraints and opportunities
It is our pleasure to invite you to our MaCSBio Science Day 2023. The theme of this year’s meeting is: Creating optimal models: constraints and opportunities.
Our programme contains exciting keynote lectures on the theme, Systems Biology master's students presenting their thesis work, MaCSBio staff presenting their latest research and poster sessions.
Programme
Time | Session |
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09:30 | Registration and coffee |
10:00 | Opening and welcome by Renaud Jolivet, Full Professor at MaCSBio, Maastricht University |
10:10 | Keynote 1 | Contextualization of Molecular Network Models and their Application to Cancer Biology Thomas Sauter, Professor of Systems Biology and Study Director at the University of Luxembourg |
11:10 | Highlight presentation 1 | Analyzing metabolic network functionality in health and disease Marian Breuer, Assistant Professor at MaCSBio, Maastricht University |
11:40 | Coffee break |
12:00 | Systems Biology Master student presentations
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13:00 | Lunch / poster session Takes place at MaCSBio offices on the 3rd floor, North tower PHS1 |
14:30 | Keynote 2 | How interpretable latent spaces can enhance data-driven systems biology Rachel Cavill, Assistant Professor at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Maastricht University |
15:30 |
Highlight presentation 2 | Developing deep neural networks for machine hearing and understanding human auditory perception |
16:00 | Closing by Renaud Jolivet, followed by drinks and networking sessions |
17:30 | End |

Moderator of the day: Renaud Jolivet
Full Professor at MaCSBio, Maastricht University
Keynote presentations

Keynote 1: Contextualization of Molecular Network Models and their Application to Cancer Biology
Thomas Sauter
Professor of Systems Biology and Study Director at University of Luxembourg

Keynote 2 | How interpretable latent spaces can enhance data-driven systems biology
Rachel Cavill
Assistant Professor at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Maastricht University
Highlight presentations

Highlight presentation 1 | Analyzing metabolic network functionality in health and disease
Marian Breuer
Assistant Professor at MaCSBio, Maastricht University

Highlight presentation 2 | Developing deep neural networks for machine hearing and understanding human auditory perception
Kiki van der Heijden
Assistant Professor at Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Poster sessions | Lunch

Poster sessions
Posters displaying ongoing Systems Biology research across Maastricht University.

Lunch
Takes place at MaCSBio offices on the 3rd floor, North tower PHS1.