The Aquaexcel  consortium decided to test the local database of the BioWES system as a potential experimental data management tool.

The consortium consists of 17 partner institutions from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the UK. The competences of these institutions range from biological sciences to technology and expertises such as system modelling and design.  See www.aquaexcel.eu for details.

The 15th ICSB conference will take place in Melbourne in September 14 – 18, 2014. It will continue the annual series of conferences launched by the International Society of Systems Biology (ISSB) in Tokyo in 2000, by Hiroaki Kitano.

The conference will bring top system biologists from all over the world to an environment that encourages integration of biology, computer science, engineering and chemistry, and that spans leading areas of biomedical research. More information is available on the conference website: http://www.icsb14.com/index.php .