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Florian Centler Dipl.-Systemwiss. Jena Centre for Bioinformatics (JCB) Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Institute of Computer Science Bio Systems Analysis Group D-07737 Jena, Germany Office:   Ernst-Abbe-Platz 1-4, Room 3431 Phone: +49 (0)3641-9 - 46462 Fax: +49 (0)3641-9 - 46302 Email:

Research Interests

• theory of (chemical) organizations
• modelling, simulation, and theory of complex systems and networks in the areas of
  • systems biology
  • ecology
  • evolution
  • economic and social systems

Publications

• F. Centler and P. Dittrich:
  Chemical Organizations in Atmospheric Photochemistries - A New Method to Analyze Chemical Reaction Networks,
  Planetary and Space Science 55, 2007, pp 413-428
  
• C. Kaleta, F. Centler and P. Dittrich:
  Analyzing Molecular Reaction Networks: From Pathways to Chemical Organizations,
  Molecular Biotechnology 34 (2), 2006, pp 117-124
  
• F. Centler, P. Speroni di Fenizio, N. Matsumaru and P. Dittrich:
  Chemical Organizations in the Central Sugar Metabolism of Escherichia coli,
  in A. Deutsch, L. Brusch, H. Byrne, G. de Vries and H.-P. Herzel (Eds.): Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Volume I, 2007, pp. 105-119, Birkhäuser, Boston
  
• N. Matsumaru, F. Centler, P. Speroni di Fenizio and P. Dittrich:
  Chemical Organization Theory as a Theoretical Base for Chemical Computing,
  International Journal of Unconventional Computing 3 (4), 2007, pp 285-309
  
• N. Matsumaru, P. Speroni di Fenizio, F. Centler and P. Dittrich:
  On the Evolution of Chemical Organizations,
  in S. Artmann and P. Dittrich (Eds.): Proceedings of the 7th German Workshop on Artificial Life, pp. 135-146, Aka, Berlin, 2006
  
• N. Matsumaru, F. Centler, P. Speroni di Fenizio and P. Dittrich:
  Chemical Organization Theory Applied to Virus Dynamics,
  it - Information Technology, 48 (3), 2006, pp. 154-160
  [ PDF (251kb) | Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag ]
• A. Kremling, R. Heermann, F. Centler, K. Jung, and E.D. Gilles:
  Analysis of two-component signal transduction by mathematical modeling using the KdpD/KdpE system of Escherichia coli,
  BioSystems 78 (1-3), 2004, pp. 23-37
  
• Naoki Matsumaru, Florian Centler, Klaus-Peter Zauner, and Peter Dittrich:
  Self-Adaptive Scouting - Autonomous Experimentation for Systems Biology,
  in G.R. Raidl et al. (Eds.): Applications of Evolutionary Computing, EvoWorkshops 2004, LNCS 3005, pp. 52-62, Springer, Berlin, 2004
  [ preprint PDF (1.1mb) ]
• Florian Centler, Peter Dittrich, Lawrence Ku, Naoki Matsumaru, Jeffrey Pfaffmann, and Klaus-Peter Zauner:
  Artificial Life as an Aid to Astrobiology: Testing Life Seeking Techniques,
  in W. Banzhaf et al. (Eds.): Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2003, LNAI 2801, pp. 31-40, Springer, Berlin, 2003
  [ PDF (280kb) | BibTeX | Springer LNCS ]
• Diploma Thesis:
  Deterministische und stochastische Simulation eines Sensorkinase-Antwortregulator-Systems,
  University of Osnabrück and Max Planck Institute "Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems", 2002
  [ PDF (1.3mb, in german) | BibTeX ]

Talks

• Chemical Organizations in Natural Reaction Networks, 1. Jun 2007, Oberseminar Bioinformatik, Jena
• Application of Chemical Organization Theory to predict Growth Phenotypes and to explain the Evolution of Chemical Networks (together with Thorsten Lenser), 4. May 2007, JCB Workshop, Jena
• Identifying the Large Scale Organization of Complex Biological Networks, 4. Jul 2006, Waterman Seminar at IPK Gatersleben
• Theory of Chemical Organizations: A new Method to study Reaction Networks, 19. Jan 2005, IZBI Leipzig
• Artificial Life as an Aid to Astrobiology: Testing Life Seeking Techniques, European Conference on Artificial Life 2003, Dortmund

Teaching

• SS 2007:
  Exercises for lecture "Artificial Life" (in german)
• WS 2006/7:
  Exercises for lecture "Angewandte Biosystemanalyse" (in german)
• SS 2006:
  Exercises for lecture "Evolutionäre Algorithmen" (in german)
• WS 2005/6:
  Exercises for lecture "Artificial Life" (in german)
• SS 2005:
  Exercises for lecture "Angewandte Biosystemanalyse" (in german)
• WS 2004/05:
  Exercises for lecture "Evolutionäre Algorithmen" (in german)
• SS 2004:
  Exercises for lecture "Artificial Life" (in german)

Education

• Fernuni Hagen, since 2003: Studies in Economics
• University of Osnabrück, 2002: Degree in 'Angewandte Systemwissenschaft' (Applied Systems Science)
  1995: 'Abitur' (High school Diploma)

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