We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors of ICSB2001:

Premier Sponsors:
	AstraZeneca
Leading Sponsors:
	Arcturus: Systems for Microgenomics
	Physiome Sciences
Supporting Sponsors:
	Affymetrix
	Biacore
	Gene Network Sciences
	Inpharmatica
	Japan Science and Technology Corporation
	Lion Bioscience

Systems biology, the quantitative study of biological processes as whole systems instead of isolated parts, represents the future of biology in the 21st century. A systems-level view is necessary to understand the complex dynamics that underlie the physiology in both the normal and diseased states of organisms.

The International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB) is the premier conference in the field of systems biology. At ICSB2001, there will be keynote addresses by Dr. Alfred Gilman, Dr. David Botstein, and Dr. Adam Arkin, as well as invited talks by twenty of today's most prominent researchers in wide-ranging fields.

There are many advantages to corporate sponsorship:

• It raises the profile of the sponsor in the field of systems biology.
• A corporate sponsor can provide input into the running of the conference.
• Sponsorship ensures the future success of the field, and the identification of the sponsor with the growing prominence of systems biology.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of ICSB2001, please contact icsb2001staff@symbio.jst.go.jp. In return for your contribution, we can offer a selection of possible benefits, scaled to the the size of the contribution and your particular requests.

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