CV OF DR EVANGELOS SIMEONIDIS I work as an Experimental Officer for the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB) at the University of Manchester. My main responsibility is the mathematical modelling of biological systems. The MCISB is pioneering the development of new technologies in Systems Biology, a new conceptual view on biological research that uses complex computational and mathematical analysis to advance traditional methods. The MCISB is based in the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB), an inter-faculty initiative specifically designed to foster a scientific culture in which there are no barriers between the disciplines. The focus at the MIB is on promoting the highest standards in bioscience research, recognising the importance of technology development in modern biology and with an emphasis on quantitative and integrative approaches that draw on skills, expertise and instrumentation from the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and computer science. The MIB will be housing more than 500 scientists in up to 85 research groups. Each MIB member is affiliated to a School in the University of Manchester. I am officially affiliated to the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science (CEAS). I work with Prof. Hans Westerhoff, Professor of Systems Biology at the School of CEAS and director of MCISB My responsibilities include: producing quantitative mathematical models of complex biological systems, ultimately leading to whole-cell models; utilising data standards for systems biology models (e.g. SBML) and integrating them with other -omics data standards; developing methods for the visualisation of complex biological networks; developing distributed methods of modelling; identifying, maintaining and improving systems, databases, websites and other activities which support the MCISB; maintaining professional relationships with project partners and other relevant professionals.