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November 2009
Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics workshop November 9-13, 2009
InterMine workshop November 16-17, 2009
Next Generation Sequencing November 16-17, 2009
Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences 2009 (SWAT4LS'09) November 20, 2009
December 2009
Rocky 2009 December 10-12, 2009
ICMLA 2009 Challenge: Functional Clustering of Gene Expression Profiles in Human Cancers Challenge December 13-15, 2009
20th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2009) December 14-16, 2009
January 2010
APBC2010 January 18-21, 2010
3rd International Conference on Health Informatics(HEALTHINF) January 20-23, 2010
International Conference on Bioinformatics (BIOINFORMATICS) January 20-23, 2010
February 2010
CHI's Adopting R&D Informatics Systems February 3-5, 2010
Third International Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM 2010) February 15-18, 2010
Third International Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM 2010) February 15-18, 2010
C-SHALS February 24-26, 2010
March 2010
IB2010: Integrated Bioinformatics Symposium March 22-24, 2010
April 2010
IX International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology April 20-22, 2010
May 2010
10th International Conference on "Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE-2010) May 31 - June 3, 2010
July 2010
ISMB 2010 July 9-14, 2010





November 2009
Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics workshop
EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus,, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, November 9-13, 2009
Type of Event: Workshop
Contact: Alison Barker, EMBL Outstation - Hinxton, European Bioinformatics Institute,Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 494 604 Fax: +44 (0)1223 492 621
Email: alison{at}ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/handson/
Subjects/Keywords: bioinformatics, Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics workshop
Description: Programme to be confirmed
InterMine workshop
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, November 16-17, 2009
Type of Event: Workshop
Contact: Richard Smith, Cambridge Systems Biology Centre
Telephone: +441223760262
Email: richard{at}flymine.org Website: http://www.biomed.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/skills/intermine.html
Subjects/Keywords: data integration, data warehouse
Description: InterMine is a free, open source system for integrating biological data and querying it via a powerful webapp and query API. http://www.intermine.org InterMine is used to build FlyMine (http://www.flymine.org) and is now being deployed at the yeast, rat and zebrafish model organism databases. The course is intended for software developers and will give a complete introduction to setting up an InterMine system. It is free to attend, more details and sign up information are available here: http://www.biomed.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/skills/intermine.html
Next Generation Sequencing
Waldorf Hilton, London, United Kingdom, November 16-17, 2009
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Daniel Morris, North Lodge, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, OX2 0JN
Telephone: 01865 304925 Fax: 01865 304935
Email: d.morris{at}oxfordglobal.co.uk Website: http://www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com/
Subjects/Keywords: Next Generation Sequencing
Description: Next Generation Sequencing Congress, 16th & 17th November 2009, London, UK Over the 2 days, the conference provides an overview of the current options of next-generation sequencing platforms, technologies, applications and the newest computational tools for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data. The event will attract over 120 senior-level decision makers working in bioinformatics & data management, next generation sequencing, discovery, RNA profiling, molecular genomics, and clinical & diagnostics development from the UK, Europe and US. This prestigious event provides a forum for practitioners and researchers to learn more about key solutions being provided to their industry, network with their peers, and address key industry concerns through a series of cutting edge conference presentations in a professional yet relaxed environment. Confirmed Speakers include: • Dr Chen Wei, Head of Genomics Platform, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany • Dr David Dow, Group Leader, Molecular and Cellular Technologies, Glaxo SmithKline • Dr James Brown, Manager Computational Biology for Infectious Diseases, Glaxo SmithKline • Dr. Karol Kozak, Database Implementation, High Content Screening; RISC, Eth Zurich • Dr Kalim Mir, Research Fellow/ Principal Investigator, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford • Dr Mark Blaxter, Principal Investigator, MRC- Scottish Hub, University of Edinburgh • Professor Neil Hall, Principal Investigator, MRC- North England Hub, University of Liverpool • Dr Chris Lord, Senior Staff Scientist, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK Special discounts are available by quoting “NGSDEL09”. For information on sponsorship or attendance email info@oxfordglobal.co.uk or call +44(0) 1865 304925. www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com
Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences 2009 (SWAT4LS'09)
Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 20, 2009
Type of Event: Workshop
Contact: Paolo Romano, Bioinformatica, IST, Largo Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
Telephone: +39-010-5737288
Email: paolo.romano{at}istge.it Website: http://www.swat4ls.org/2009/
Subjects/Keywords: semantic web applications and tools for life sciences
Description: SWAT4LS'09 Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences 2009 Rationale The adoption of semantic-enabled applications and collaborative social environments is ever more common in the Life Sciences. The Semantic Web provides a set of technologies and standards that are key to support semantic markup, ontology development, distributed information resources and collaborative social environemnts. Altogether the adoption of the Semantic Web in the Life Sciences has potential impact on the future of publishing, biological research and medecine. This workshop will provide a venue to present and discuss benefits and limits of the adoption of these technologies and tools in biomedical informatics and computational biology. It will showcase experiences, information resources, tools development and applications. It will bring together researchers, both developers and users, from the various fields of Biology, Bioinformatics and Computer Science, to discuss goals, current limits and some real use cases for Semantic Web technologies in Life Sciences. Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Standards, Technologies, Tools for the Semantic Web o Semantic Web standards and new proposals (RDF, OWL, SKOS,... ) o Biomedical Ontologies and related tools o Formal approaches to large biomedical knowledge bases * Systems for a Semantic Web for Bioinformatics o RDF stores, Reasoners, query and visualization systems for life sciences o Semantic biomedical Web Services o Semantics aware Biological Data Integration Systems * Existing and prospective applications of the Semantic Web for Bioinformatics o Semantics aware application tools o Semantic collaborative research environments o Case studies, use cases, and scenarios Scientific Committee (committed so far) * Christopher J. O. Baker, Department of Computer Science and Applied Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada * Pedro Barahona, Department of Informatics, New University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal * Liliana Barrio-Alvers, Transinsight GmbH, Dresden, Germany * Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America * Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom * Werner Ceusters, NY CoE in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, United States of America * Kei Cheung, Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States of America * Tim Clark, Center for Innovative Computing, Harvard University, United States of America * Marie-Dominique Devignes, LORIA, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France * Olivier Dameron, INSERM U936, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France * Michel Dumontier, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Huajun Chen, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China * Duncan Hull, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom * C. Maria Keet, Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy * Graham Kemp, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden * Jacob Tilman Koehler, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsö, Tromsö, Norway * Michael Krauthammer, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, United States of America * Martin Kuiper, Department of Pathology, Systems Biology group, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway * Patrick Lambrix, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden * Phillip Lord, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom * M. Scott Marshall, Leiden University Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, United States of America * Stephan Philippi, Institute for Software Technology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany * Marco Roos, Instituut voor Informatica, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Alan Ruttenberg, Science Commons, Cambridge, United States of America * Matthias Samwald, DERI, Galway, Ireland, and Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, Austria * Nigam Shah, Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford, United States of America * Michael Schröder, Biotechnology Centre, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany * Robert Stevens, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom * Tetsuro Toyoda, Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan * Mark D. Wilkinson, iCAPTURE Center, St. Paul Hospital, Vancouver, Canada and the organizers Type of contributions The following possible contributions are sought: * Oral communications (regular papers) * Posters * Software demos All accepted oral communications and posters will be published with CEUR-WS. Deadlines * Submission openinig: 1 September 2009 * Submission of oral communications: 28 September 2009 * Submission for posters and demos: 15 October 2009 * Communication of acceptance: 23 October 2009 * Camera ready: 6 November 2009 Instructions All papers and posters must be in English and must be submitted through the EasyChair review system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swat4ls-09 . Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by at least three members of the Scientific Committee. * Submissions for Oral communications should be between 10 and 15 pages. * Posters submissions should be between 4 and 8 pages. * Software demo proposals should also be between 4 and 8 pages. Proceedings All accepted oral communications and posters will be published with the CEUR-WS.org Workshop Proceedings service (see http://ceur-ws.org/). We are in the process of negotiating the possibility to have a special issue of a major bioinformatics journal related to the 2009 edition of swat4ls. To this end, a special Call will be launched shortly after the workshop, for extended and revised versions of contributions submitted to the workshop and accepted either as oral communication or poster. Organization * M. Scott Marshall, Leiden University Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Albert Burger, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, and Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom * Adrian Paschke, Corporate Semantic Web, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany * Paolo Romano, Bioinformatics, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy * Andrea Splendiani, Biomathematics and Bioinformatics dept., Rothamsted Research, UK ----------- For any further information or clarification, please visit the website at http://www.swat4ls.org/2009 or contact the organization by email at info @ swat4ls.org
December 2009
Rocky 2009
Silvertree Hotel, Snowmass, CO, United States, December 10-12, 2009
Sponsoring Organization: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Stephanie Hagstrom, Rocky@iscb.org
Telephone: (360) 239-9177
Email: rocky{at}iscb.org Website: http://ISCB.org
Subjects/Keywords: computational biology bioinformatics
Description: Description: Welcome to the seventh annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference, a meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). The organizers hope that you enjoy the program, and find the conference a productive opportunity to meet researchers, students and industrial users of bioinformatics technology. We think we have the best program yet, offering a remarkable cross-section of bioinformatics research. The Rocky series began seven years ago as a regional conference, and has grown into an international program with a spotlight on regional development in the computational biosciences. The presenters of the Rocky conference are scientists representing a broad spectrum of universities, industrial enterprises, government laboratories, and medical libraries from around the world. The meeting is a chance to get to know your colleagues near and far, seek collaborative opportunities, and find synergies that can drive our field forward. For 2009 we will continue with the changes made in 2008 with extending the meeting to three full days, keeping the short talks to 10 minutes, and keeping with a larger poster session, allowing everyone who wants to present to do so. And we’ve retained the lunchtime ski breaks so that those of you who want to ski, including beginners, will have a chance to do so among friends and colleagues. For more information regarding submission dates and more go to http://www.iscb.org/rocky09
ICMLA 2009 Challenge: Functional Clustering of Gene Expression Profiles in Human Cancers Challenge
Miami, FL, United States, December 13-15, 2009
Sponsoring Organization: Association for Machine Learning and Applications/IEEE (AMLA/IEEE)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Aik Choon Tan, 12801 E. 17th Ave, Room 8103, Aurora CO 80045
Telephone: 303 7242520
Email: AikChoon.Tan{at}UCDenver.edu Website: http://www.icmla-conference.org/icmla09/
Subjects/Keywords: Functional Clustering of Gene Expression Profiles in Human Cancers Challenge
Description: CALL FOR PAPERS: Gene expression profiling using microarray has become a routine research tool in biomedicine. This high-throughput technology allows the researcher to monitor whole-genome gene expression profiles under different experiment conditions or disease phenotypes (including subtypes), as well as time course experiments. This type of screening helps identify genes with similar expression pattern under various conditions or time course. Co-expression of genes often indicates their co-regulation or participation in related functional biological pathways or processes. One of the strategies in identifying these groups of genes with similar expression patterns is by using unsupervised machine learning techniques such as clustering approaches. Many clustering algorithms have been developed an applied to the analysis of microarray data ranging from simple hierarchical clustering to bi-clustering approaches. These analyses usually provide a good starting point for further examination of specific pathways and relevant biological processes. However, the complexity of this problem requires fine-tuning and human intervention for determination of useful gene clusters associated with specific biological functions. Challenge Format: For this ICMLA 2009 Challenge, we invite participants to develop and submit unsupervised machine learning algorithms with the aim to minimize the fine-tuning and human intervention steps in identifying groups of genes with biological functions from a set of training data. The true labels and other relevant information will be provided for the training samples. The clustering algorithms developed using these identified groups of genes will be used to cluster an independent test set (true labels and other relevant information will not be provided for testing samples). Gene expression data, both training and test sets, will be provided in two formats: the raw CEL files and the intensity files. These samples were profiled on the Affymetrix Human Genome GeneChip HG_U133 Plus 2.0, which contains ~54,000 probes covering ~20,000 annotated genes. Participants can use either the CEL files (performed their own normalization) or the intensity files as the gene expression matrix for identifying the gene clusters. All the samples used in this Challenge were profiled by the International Genomics Consortium (IGC) for the Expression Project for Oncology (expO) and were deposited in the NCI GEO Omnibus under the series of GSE2109. We acknowledge their efforts in making these valuable data publically available to the community. Training set: 400 samples (70 lung cancers, 130 colon cancers, and 200 breast cancers). Testing set: 250 samples (50 lung cancers, 100 colon cancers, and 100 breast cancers). Submission and Evaluation: Short technical papers submitted will be reviewed based on: (i) the clarity and novelty of the algorithm and steps in identifying the gene clusters; (ii) the association of relevant biological function in the groups of genes; (iii) the ability to correctly cluster the independent test samples; and (iv) the discovery of new biological insights in these cancers. Publications: A selection of the submitted papers in this Challenge will be invited for publication of longer version of their papers to be published in a bioinformatics journal (to be determined). The full paper submissions will be subject to regular peer review. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: August 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance: September 7, 2009 Camera-ready papers & Pre-registration: October 1, 2009 The ICMLA Conference: December 13-15, 2009 The authors would submit papers through the main conference submission website. Papers must correspond to the requirements detailed in the instructions to authors. Accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors to be published in the conference proceeding. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to direct your questions to Dr. Tan (AikChoon.Tan{at}ucdenver.edu). All challenge submissions will be handled electronically. Detailed instructions for submitting a paper are provided on the conference home page at http://www.icmla-conference.org/icmla09/ ICMLA 2009 Challenge Organizers: Aik Choon Tan, Ph.D. University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, USA Vladimir Brusic, Ph.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard University, USA
20th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2009)
Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, December 14-16, 2009
Sponsoring Organization: Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi) (GIW2009)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Yasubumi Sakakibara, HGC, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
Telephone: +81-45-566-1791
Email: giw2009{at}ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp Website: http://giw.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/giw2009/
Subjects/Keywords: genome informatics
Description: Genome Informatics Workshop (GIW) is the longest running international bioinformatics conference, which has provided unique opportunities that bridge theory and experiments, academia and industry, and East and West. This year's GIW is the 20th anniversary. The scope includes all work that is ultimately devoted to the computational understanding of biological systems on a molecular basis and the aims are to present recent results of both theoretical and practical research, to show new applications, to demonstrate systems, and to indicate directions of future research.
January 2010
APBC2010
Bangalore, India, January 18-21, 2010
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Laxmi Parida, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Telephone: +1 (914) 945-1376
Email: parida{at}us.ibm.com
Description: The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC2010) Bangalore, India, 18-21 January 2010 http://cs.nyu.edu/parida/APBC2010/index.html The Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC) series, founded in 2003, (Previous APBC meetings APBC2009 (13-16 January 2009, Beijing, China) APBC2008 (14-17 January 2008, Kyoto, Japan) APBC2007 (14-17 January 2007, Hong Kong) APBC2006 (13-16 February 2006, Taipei, Taiwan) APBC2005 (17-21 January 2005, Singapore) APBC2004 (18-22 January 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand) APBC2003 (4-7 February 2003, Adelaide, Australia)) is an annual international forum for exploring research, development and applications of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, APBC2010 will be held in Bangalore, India. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners from all over the world for interaction and exchange of knowledge and ideas in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology. Important Dates Paper submission deadline July 20, 2009 Paper acceptance decision Sep 14, 2009 Camera-ready copy of papers and Author registration Oct 9, 2009 Poster submission deadline Sep 25, 2009 Poster acceptance decision Oct 9, 2009 Conference Jan 18-21, 2010
3rd International Conference on Health Informatics(HEALTHINF)
Valencia-Spain, Valencia, Spain, January 20-23, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: HEALTHINF Secretariat, Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Telephone: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +44 203 014 5436
Email: secretariat{at}healthinf.org Website: http://www.healthinf.org
Subjects/Keywords: Health Informatics
Description: The purpose of the International Conference on Health Informatics is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and medicine in general and to the specialized support to persons with special needs in particular. Databases, networking, graphical interfaces, intelligent decision support systems and specialized programming languages are just a few of the technologies currently used in medical informatics. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems, standardization of technologies and procedures, certification, privacy are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and the ICT industry in general need to address in order to further promote ICT in healthcare. CONFERENCE TOPICS - e-Health - Telemedicine - Medical and Nursing Informatics - Design and development methodologies for Healthcare IT - Interoperability - Semantic Interoperability - Confidentiality and Data Security - Knowledge management - Databases and Datawarehousing - Datamining - Support for clinical decision-making - Expert Systems in Healthcare - Wearable Health Informatics - Mobile technologies for Healthcare applications - Evaluation and use of Healthcare IT - Physiological Modeling - Cognitive Informatics - Affective Computing - Therapeutic Systems and Technologies - e-Commerce in Health Sector - Healthcare Management Systems - Human-Machine Interfaces for Disabled Persons - Development of Assistive Technology systems for Independent Living - Cognitive rehabilitation - ICT, Ageing and Disability - Practice based Research Methods for Healthcare IT
International Conference on Bioinformatics (BIOINFORMATICS)
Valencia-Spain, Valencia-, Spain, January 20-23, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: BIOINFORMATICS Secretariat, Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq.
Telephone: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +44 203 014 5436
Email: Bioinformatics.secretariat{at}insticc.org Website: http://www.bioinformatics.biostec.org
Description: The purpose of the International Conference on Bioinformatics is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of computational systems and information technologies to the field of molecular biology, including for example the use of statistics and algorithms to understanding biological processes and systems, with a focus on new developments in genome bioinformatics and computational biology. Areas of interest for this community include sequence analysis, biostatistics, image analysis, scientific data management and data mining, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational evolutionary biology, computational genomics and proteomics with applications in fields such as computational molecular biology, molecular medicine and pharmaceutics. CONFERENCE TOPICS - Genomics and Proteomics - Sequence Analysis - Structural Bioinformatics - Image Analysis - Visualization - Databases and Data Management - Data mining and Machine Learning - Biostatistics and Stochastic Models - Computational Molecular Biology - Pharmaceutical Applications - Systems Biology - Computational Intelligence - Simulation - Algorithms and Software Tools - Web Services in Bioinformatics IMPORTANT DATES Conference date: 20 - 23 January, 2010 Regular Paper Submission: September 04, 2009 Authors Notification (regular papers): October 7, 2009 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: October 21, 2009
February 2010
CHI's Adopting R&D Informatics Systems
Moscone North Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, United States, February 3-5, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: James Prudhomme, 250 First Avenue, Suite 300, Needham, MA 02494
Telephone: 781-972-5400 Fax: 781-972-5425
Email: jprudhomme{at}healthtech.com Website: http://tri-conference.com/ird.asp
Subjects/Keywords: informatics, bioinformatics, cloud, wikis, ontologies, semantic web
Description: At this CHI conference, you will hear from solution providers and collaborators that have played an essential role in integrating R&D informatics systems. This conference is part of the Informatics Channel at CHI's 17th International Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference- a superb opportunity to network with 3,000+ international scientists & executives and 125 exhibitors. SESSIONS: * Informatics for Productivity, Innovation, and Resources * Precompetitive Collaborations in Pharmaceutical R&D Informatics * Integrative Data Management through Cloud, Wikis and Ontologies * Informatics for Productivity, Innovation, and Resources * Translational Informatics - How Far Have We Come? * Data Information and Knowledge Management RECOMMENDED PRE-CONFERENCE SHORT COURSE: Best Practices in Translational & Personalized Medicine
Third International Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM 2010)
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow College, Krakow, Poland, February 15-18, 2010
Type of Event: Workshop
Contact: Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Telephone: +886-2-26215656 ext. 3307
Email: huihuanghsu{at}gmail.com Website: http://iibm10.csie.tku.edu.tw/
Subjects/Keywords: Intelligent Informatics, bioinformatics, biology, medicine
Description: Advanced information processing technologies have the potential to significantly accelerate research in molecular biology and medicine. In particular, techniques from Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining can assist researchers in the discovery of new knowledge needed to deliver improved healthcare and personalised medecine. This workshop aims to attract state-of-the-art solutions and novel attempts in this direction. Submission deadline: Oct.1, 2009 Workshop Dates: February 15-18, 2010
Third International Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM 2010)
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow College, Poland, Poland, February 15-18, 2010
Type of Event: Workshop
Contact: Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Telephone: +886-2-26215656 ext. 3307
Email: huihuanghsu{at}gmail.com Website: http://iibm10.csie.tku.edu.tw/
Subjects/Keywords: Intelligent Informatics, bioinformatics, biology, medicine
Description: Advanced information processing technologies have the potential to significantly accelerate research in molecular biology and medicine. In particular, techniques from Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining can assist researchers in the discovery of new knowledge needed to deliver improved healthcare and personalised medecine. This workshop aims to attract state-of-the-art solutions and novel attempts in this direction. Submission deadline: September 20, 2009 Workshop Dates: February 15-18, 2010
C-SHALS
Cambridge/Boston, MA, United States, February 24-26, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Steven Leard, steven@iscb.org
Telephone: (780) 414-1663
Email: steven{at}iscb.org Website: http://www.iscb.org/cshals2010
Subjects/Keywords: intelligent information technologies, healthcare, pharmaceutical R&D
Description: The International Society for Computational Biology is happy to present CSHALS 2010. This conference focuses on the continued evolution of pharmaceutical applications using Semantic Technologies. We have presentations and discussions of practical semantics-based approaches to Drug R&D and Healthcare, organized along specific topics and moderated to induce interactive discussions around key questions. This conference is valuable to anyone wishing to understand which areas of advanced in intelligent information technologies can have the greatest impact in Pharmaceutical R&D and improved Healthcare.
March 2010
IB2010: Integrated Bioinformatics Symposium
Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 22-24, 2010
Type of Event: Symposium
Contact: Paul Verrier, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2jQ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1582 763133
Email: paul.verrier{at}bbsrc.ac.uk Website: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/bab/conf/ib2010/
Description: This sixth meeting on Integrative Bioinformatics will be of interest to Bioinformaticians, Computer Scientists and others working in, or interested in finding out more about, the developing area of integrative bioinformatics. There will be opportunities to present and discuss methods, theoretical approaches, and their practical applications. Presentation are from both invited speakers and selected reviewed submitted papers. Topics of interest for our particpants include: Data integration and knowledge management Errors and inconsistencies in biological databases Combined dry- and wet-lab studies Prediction and integration of metabolic and regulatory networks Genotype–phenotype linkage Protein-protein interactions Integrative microarray modelling and analyses Integrative approaches for drug design Virtual cell modelling Tool integration and workflow systems Computational systems biology Integrative modelling and simulation frameworks Integrative data and text mining approaches Network analysis Data visualisation and visual analytics
April 2010
IX International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology
Instituto de Biotecnología de las Plantas, Santa Clara, Cuba, April 20-22, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Mnisterio de Educación Superior de Cuba (MES)
Type of Event: Symposium
Contact: Osmildo Fernández Tejera, Carretera a Camajuaní Km 5.5
Telephone: 53-42-281257
Email: simposio{at}ibp.co.cu Website: http://simposio.co.cu
Subjects/Keywords: biotechnology, cell, tissue, organ culture, breeding, bioinformatics, biofuel
Description: TOPICS . Plant cell, tissue and organ culture . In vitro Propagation . Plant Breeding . Secondary metabolism . Plant-microbes Interactions . Functional genomics and proteomics . Bioinformatics . Biofortification and metabolic engineering . Abiotic stress . Biotechnology and biofuels . Biotechnology, climate change and food security . Biodiversity and conservation of phytogenetics resources . Biotechnology and public perception . Professional formation in biotechnology . Scientific communication in biotechnology
May 2010
10th International Conference on "Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE-2010)
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, May 31 - June 3, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Isidore Rigoutsos, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Telephone: 914 945 1384
Email: help{at}bioinformatics-bioengineering.org Website: http://bioinformatics-bioengineering.org
Subjects/Keywords: bioinformatics, bioengineering, algorithms, ontology, databases, software engineering, functional genomics, gene expression analysis, genome-wide association studies, systems biology, modeling for biomedical systems, biological networks, disease bioinform
Description: The 10th International Conference on "Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE-2010)" will take place in Philadelphia, USA, between May 31 and June 03, 2010. As in previous years, the event will be sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the leading professional association for the advancement of technology with over 375,000 members in more than 160 countries. This conference series is a prime venue for scientists from diverse fields and disciplines to participate in the presentation, discussion and evaluation of the latest advances, research challenges, and opportunities that Bioinformatics and Bioengineering bring to modern science. As the boundaries separating various disciplines continue to melt away when scientists participate in the inter-disciplinary activities that serve society at large, the current approaches in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering reach deep into problems in biology, medicine, energy, and the environment. Acknowledging this, the conference will take place at a Medical School, a first for this conference series. The program will cover a wide spectrum of timely topics central to Bioinformatics and Bioengineering and to the scientific questions addressed by these fields. A cadre of outstanding Area Chairs will lead the review and selection process of oral and poster presentations in an exciting set of subjects. Keynote presentations by leading researchers, and tutorial lectures by recognized authorities will complement the rich program. We anticipate a very exciting and highly informative meeting, and look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia! Isidore Rigoutsos (IBM Research) Chris Floudas (Princeton U.) Junhyong Kim (U. Pennsylvania) Harel Weinstein (Weill-Cornell Medical College)
July 2010
ISMB 2010
Hynes Convention Centre, Boston, MA, United States, July 9-14, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Steven Leard, Steven@iscb.org
Telephone: (780) 414-1663
Email: steven{at}iscb.org Website: http://www.iscb.org/ismb.shtml#ISMBECCB2010
Subjects/Keywords: bioinformatics, computational biology
Description: The 18th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2010) will be held in Boston, USA, July 9-14, 2010. The conference will feature eight invited keynote speakers, approximately 50 original research papers presented in a proceedings track, and additional parallel tracks featuring special sessions of emerging topics, highlights of recently published research, industry presentations and technology demonstrations/workshops. In the longstanding tradition of ISMB there will also be an extensive display of posters featuring novel scientific research and results, an exhibition of visually artistic scientific images, and ample networking opportunities during receptions, breaks and lunches. The conference will be preceded by the ISCB Student Council Symposium, a variety of Special Interest Group Meetings (SIGs), and a selection of Tutorials. Please see the website for information on submissions and other pertinent information.