This is my first shot which did not work

app/components/app.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+
 @Component({
     selector: 'my-app',
     templateUrl: 'components/app.component.html',

app/components/app.component.ts.bak

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
+@Component({
+    selector: 'my-app',
+    templateUrl: 'components/app.component.html',
+    styleUrls: ['components/app.component.css']
+})
+export class AppComponent {
+    name: string = "Angular 2 on Express";
+}

app/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {bootstrap}    from 'angular2/platform/browser'
+import {bootstrap}    from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
 import {AppComponent} from './components/app.component'
 
 bootstrap(AppComponent);

app/main.ts.bak

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import {bootstrap}    from 'angular2/platform/browser'
+import {AppComponent} from './components/app.component'
+
+bootstrap(AppComponent);

package.json

@@ -7,19 +7,31 @@
     "postinstall": "typings install && tsc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.9",
-    "systemjs": "0.19.24",
-    "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
-    "es6-shim": "^0.33.3",
-    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
-    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2",
-    "zone.js": "0.5.15",
     "body-parser": "~1.13.2",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.3.5",
     "debug": "~2.2.0",
     "express": "~4.13.1",
+    "jade": "~1.11.0",
     "morgan": "~1.6.1",
     "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
+    "stylus": "0.42.3",
+    "@angular/common":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/compiler":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/core":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/http":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/platform-browser":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/router":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/router-deprecated":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/upgrade":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+
+    "systemjs": "0.19.27",
+    "core-js": "^2.4.0",
+    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.3",
+    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
+    "zone.js": "0.5.15",
+
+    "angular2-in-memory-web-api": "0.0.9",
     "typings": "^0.6.8",
     "typescript": "^1.8.0"
   },

package.json.bak

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "name": "angular2-express-slim",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "concurrently \"tsc -w\" \"node ./bin/www\" ",
+    "postinstall": "typings install && tsc"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+
+    "@angular/common":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/compiler":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/core":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/http":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/platform-browser":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/router":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/router-deprecated":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+    "@angular/upgrade":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
+
+    "systemjs": "0.19.24",
+    "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
+    "es6-shim": "^0.33.3",
+    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
+    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2",
+    "zone.js": "0.5.15",
+    "body-parser": "~1.13.2",
+    "cookie-parser": "~1.3.5",
+    "debug": "~2.2.0",
+    "express": "~4.13.1",
+    "morgan": "~1.6.1",
+    "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
+    "typings": "^0.6.8",
+    "typescript": "^1.8.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "concurrently": "^2.0.0"
+  }
+}