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NEWS
UPDATE March 08
Original
papers are solicited for the 19th International Conference
on Genome Informatics (GIW-2008)
- closes Monday19 May.
Papers
are welcomed in all areas that lead to a computational
understanding of biological systems at the molecular level,
including both theoretical and practical research, particularly
at a genome-wide scale or with a systems orientation.
Six internationally renowned researchers will present
keynotes.
Contributed
papers are subject to rigorous peer review. Accepted papers
will be published by Imperial College Press, London in
the Genome Informatics Series (ISSN: 0919-9454). MORE
DETAILS... |
About
GIW
The International
Conference on Genome Informatics is the longest-running international
bioinformatics conference. It was first held (as Genome Informatics
Workshop, hence the acronym GIW) at Kikai Shinko Kaikan (Tokyo)
on 3-4 December 1990, just before the start of the Japanese
human genome project. This annual conference has grown to bridge
theory and experiment, academia and industry, East and West.
In recognition of its size and international nature, beginning
with GIW 2001 the conference took on the name “International
Conference on Genome Informatics” while retaining its
established acronym GIW.
GIW
was held annually in Japan (Tokyo, later Yokohama) up until and
including 2006, at which time its organisation was transferred
to the new Association of Asian Societies of Bioinformatics (AASBi).
GIW2007 was held in Singapore, and in future the location of GIW
will move among AASBi countries.
Bioinformatics
Australia, representing the bioinformatics community in Australia,
is honoured to host GIW2008. Bioinformatics Australia is organised
within AusBiotech, the national peak body in biotechnology.
Keynote
speakers
The following
speakers have accepted an invitation to give a keynote address:
| "Sequencing
the transcriptome in toto" |
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Dr Sean Grimmond, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The
University of Queensland |
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| "Evolutionary
genomics in the age of 10,000 genomes " |
| -Dr
Eugene V. Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information,
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda |
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| "Modern
homology search" |
| -Professor
Ming Li, Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics, Professor
of Computer Science, University of Waterloo. |
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| "Modeling
human genome-wide combinatorial regulatory networks initiated
by transcription factors and microRNAs using forward and reverse
engineering" |
| -Dr
Yi-xue Li, Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology,
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University |
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| "Misunderstanding
the mammalian genome" |
| -Professor
John Mattick, ARC Federation Fellow, Institute for Molecular
Bioscience, The University of Queensland |
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| "Constructing
cross-tissue networks to elucidate disease circuits" |
| -Dr
Eric Schadt, Executive Scientific Director, Genetics, Rosetta
Inpharmatics/Merck Research Labs |
Topics
The
scope of GIW2008 includes all work that addresses the computational
understanding of biological systems at the molecular level. Papers
at GIW2008 will present recent results of theoretical and practical
research at genomic and other “omic” scale, particularly
with a systems biology orientation. Six internationally renowned
researchers will present keynotes.
Key
Dates
- Paper
submission deadline: Monday 19 May 2008
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Paper decisions: Monday 7 July 2008
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Camera-ready due: Sunday 3 August 2008
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Poster submission deadline: Sunday 21 September 2008
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Poster decisions: Monday 13 October 2008
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GIW-2008 conference: Monday-Wednesday 1-3 December 2008
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