Holding the conference in Australia will help drive further collaboration between Australian laboratories and researchers in Asia, Europe and America.
The International Conference on Systems Biology 2014 will bring 750 of the world’s leading experts in the field to Melbourne over five days, and is expected to generate $3.6 million in economic impact for the state of Victoria.
"The International Conference on Systems Biology is the premier international conference for this scientific discipline and hosting the event in Melbourne will give the state a significant boost in publicity and standing in this field, offering local researchers the opportunity to showcase their research on a global stage," said Karen Bolinger, CEO of Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB), after securing the bid.
Systems biology is the multidisciplinary science of studying, mapping and modelling organic structures and processes. Instead of breaking cells, organs, genomes or whole organisms into their component parts, systems biology studies them as a whole.
