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Flux Balance Analysis (FBA) Tutorial\\ Using MetaFlux\\ 
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\large SRI International\\ 21-22 June,
2011 \\
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Presentations by \\Mario Latendresse (ML, {\tt latendre@ai.sri.com})
\\and \\Markus Krummenacker (MK, {\tt kr@ai.sri.com})
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\centerline{{\Large Day 1, 21 June, 9:00 AM}}

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\bf 09:00 am & Introduction to generating a FBA Model (ML, 1:30 hour). \\
\bf 10:30  & Break (15 minutes). \\
\bf 10:45  & MetaFlux in Pathway Tools (ML, 1:15 hour). \\
\bf 12:00 pm & Lunch (1:00 hour). \\
\bf 01:00  & Lab: generating your first FBA model using MetaFlux (2:00 hours). \\
\bf 03:00  & Break (15 minutes). \\
\bf 03:15  & Demo of the Cellular Omics Viewer (ML, 15 minutes). \\
\bf 03:30  & Balanced and unbalanced reactions (MK, 30 minutes). \\
\bf 04:00  & Lab for the rest of the day (1:00 hour). \\
\bf 05:00  & End of day 1.
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\centerline{{\Large Day 2, 22 June, 9:00 AM}}

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\bf 09:00 am &  The instantiation of reactions (MK, 1:00 hour). \\
\bf 10:00    &  Techniques to find dead-end metabolites (MK, 15 minutes). \\
\bf 10:15    &  A closer look at the LP file (ML, 15 minutes). \\
\bf 10:30    &  Break (15 minutes). \\
\bf 10:45    &  Lab: using the dead-end metabolites tool (45 minutes). \\
\bf 11:30    &  Fine control of the generation of a FBA model (ML, 30 minutes). \\
\bf 12:00 pm &  Lunch (1:00 hour). \\
\bf 01:00    &  Lab: working on your FBA model (4:00 hours). \\
\bf 03:00    &  Break (15 minutes). \\
\bf 05:00    &  End of tutorial.
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Note: the slides and the {\tt .fba} files are accessible at the
following URL\hfill \linebreak
{\tt\footnotesize bioinformatics.ai.sri.com/ptools/tutorial/sessions/flux-balance-analysis/}

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