Formal Methods for Computational Systems Biology [electronic resource] : 8th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication, and Software Systems, SFM 2008 Bertinoro, Italy, June 2-7, 2008 Advanced Lectures / edited by Marco Bernardo, Pierpaolo Degano, Gianluigi Zavattaro.

Regular Lectures -- Sensitivity Analysis of Stochastic Models of Bistable Biochemical Reactions -- Pathway Logic -- Formal Cell Biology in Biocham -- Hierarchical Modeling for Computational Biology -- Simulation Methods in Systems Biology -- Membrane Computing as a Modeling Framework. Cellular Systems Case Studies -- Petri Nets for Systems and Synthetic Biology -- Process Algebras in Systems Biology -- The BlenX Language: A Tutorial -- BISCA Talks -- Cells in Silico: A Holistic Approach -- The Calculus of Looping Sequences -- Hybrid Systems and Biology -- ?@: A ?-Based Process Calculus for the Implementation of Compartmentalised Bio-inspired Calculi -- A Gentle Introduction to Stochastic (Poly)Automata Collectives and the (Bio)Chemical Ground Form.