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August 2009

PepVec2009 August 31 - September 2, 2009

September 2009

	Targeted drug delivery September 3-4, 2009
	BirdFlu2009: Avian Influenza and Human Health September 9-10, 2009
	11th International Meeting On HUMAN GENOME VARIATION AND COMPLEX GENOME ANALYSIS (HGV2009) September 11-13, 2009
	9th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics September 12-13, 2009

October 2009

	Symposium on RNA Biology October 16-17, 2009
	A dip into EBI resources: understanding your data October 19-22, 2009

November 2009

	Joint Symposium of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society and the 19th Antisense meeting of the Antisense Society of Japan November 3-6, 2009
	Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics workshop November 9-13, 2009

December 2009

Rocky 09 Bioinformatics Conference December 10-12, 2009

January 2010

	APBC2010 (The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference) January 18-21, 2010
	LabAutomation2010 January 23-27, 2010

August 2009

PepVec2009 Montpellier, France, August 31 - September 2, 2009 Type of Event: Conference Contact: Gilles Divita, CRBM 1919 Route de Mende , 34298 Montpellier Telephone: +33 467613392 Fax: +33 467521559 Email: gilles.divita{at}crbm.cnrs.fr Website: http://congres.igh.cnrs.fr/pepvec2009/ Subjects/Keywords: Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutic Molecules/Cell penetrating peptide/Non Viral drug delivery system Description: We are pleased to announce PepVec2009 Meeting on "Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutic Molecules: From Bench to Bedside", which will be held in Montpellier (France) from August 31st to September 2nd 2009. This meeting is intended to bring together leading scientists and clinicians in the field of cell-penetrating peptides and drug delivery systems. The meeting will cover a wide variety of topics from chemistry to clinical applications, including chemical and structural aspects of peptide-based delivery systems, their molecular and cellular uptake mechanisms and their implication in the delivery of therapeutics and in clinical applications. All participants are invited to present their recent research work in the following fields. - Design and chemistry of Cell-Penetrating Peptides - Peptide-membrane interactions: structural and mechanistic aspects - Mechanism of action and cellular uptake of CPPs - In vivo applications of delivery systems - Biosensor applications - Therapeutic applications and clinical aspects The program will include invited speakers as well as oral and poster presentations selected from submitted abstracts. The website is now open for registration and abstract submission. (http://congres.igh.cnrs.fr/pepvec2009/). The conference will be covered by a special issue of BBA Biomembranes and a number of presentations will be selected based on submitted abstracts.

September 2009

Targeted drug delivery EFPL, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 3-4, 2009 Sponsoring Organization: Groupe thématique de recherche sur la vectorisation (GTRV) Type of Event: Conference Contact: Bernard Lebleu, Universite Montpellier 2 Telephone: +33 (0)4 67 14 92 03 Email: blebleu{at}univ-montp2.fr Website: http://www.gtrv.org Subjects/Keywords: Drug delivery,siRNA,targeting Description: Summer school with sessions on: nano-sized delivery cell penetrating peptides siRNAs cell targeting For details go to: www.gtrv.org

BirdFlu2009: Avian Influenza and Human Health St Hilda's College, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 9-10, 2009 Type of Event: Conference Contact: Dr M Sohail, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Telephone: +44 1865 613278 Fax: +44 1865 275259 Email: muhammad.sohail{at}bioch.ox.ac.uk Subjects/Keywords: bird flu meeting, avian flu meeting, avian influenza meeting, bird flu conference, avian flu conference, influenza conference, flu conference, flu meeting, influenza meeting, UK conference, UK meeting Description: BirdFlu2009, will address most aspects of basic and applied research on avian influenza viruses and their potential health and socio-economic impact on humans. The conference is aimed at bringing together leading experts in the field from both academia and industry, veterinarians, postdoctoral researchers, graduate research students, physicians and doctors, research managers and policy makers. Thus this event will provide an international forum to discover the latest research directions and thinking in this field in academic and commercial settings, to exchange data and ideas and to develop new collaborative links. General Conference Themes Epidemiology and evolution of avian influenza viruses, especially of H5N1, in poultry and human populations Migratory birds in influenza epidemiology Molecular biology and analysis of viral strains - molecular genetics of host-pathogen interaction Virulence and pathogenecity Mathematical models National and international surveillance, containment, management and contingency strategies Antiviral drug development and treatment strategies, including vaccination Advances in viral detection and identification technologies Economic impact on veterinary industry Important Dates Early registration: 10 April 2009 Abstract submission for oral presentation: 10 April 2009 Abstract submission for poster presentation: 30 June 2009 Registration deadline: 31 July 2009 Late/on site registration: Subject to availability of places 10% discount on registration fees for full-time students and NHS employees on application Who Should Attend Academic, Research and healthcare: Group and Lab Heads, Postdoctoral Scientists and Graduate Research Students, Research Managers, Physicians and Doctors Biotech and Pharma: CEOs, Chief Scientists, Group Heads and Team Leaders, Senior and Junior Research Scientists, Research Managers Journalists from Scientific and Popular Media

11th International Meeting On HUMAN GENOME VARIATION AND COMPLEX GENOME ANALYSIS (HGV2009) Sokos Hotel Viru, Tallinn, Estonia, September 11-13, 2009 Type of Event: Conference Contact: Owen Lancaster, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester Telephone: +44 (0)116 229 7273 Email: hgv2009{at}gmail.com Website: http://www.le.ac.uk/hgv2009 Subjects/Keywords: Human genome variation & analysis Description: Please note: the registration fee has now been reduced! the application deadline is now just 10 days away Topics to be covered include methods/strategies for utilisation of different types of DNA variation (e.g., SNPs and copy number variations-CNVs), functional genomics applications, population genetics, bioinformatics, databases, algorithm development, personal genome sequencing, The 1000 Genomes Project, and the study of human disease. Postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty member, and under-represented groups can apply for meeting grants to help minimise their attendance costs.

9th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, September 12-13, 2009 Sponsoring Organization: European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, International Society for Computational Biology (EATCS, ISCB) Type of Event: Conference Contact: Stephen Fisher, Lynch Labs, Room 103, 433 S. University Avenue Telephone: +1-215-898-8395 Email: safisher{at}sas.upenn.edu Website: http://wabi09.org Subjects/Keywords: machine-learning, molecular biology Description: Topics for WABI 2009 include: 1) Exact, approximate, and machine-learning algorithms for sequence analysis, gene and signal recognition, alignment and assembly, molecular evolution, structure determination or prediction, gene expression, pathways, gene networks, proteomics, functional genomics, and drug design. 2) High-performance computing approaches to computationally hard learning and optimization problems in bioinformatics. 3) Methods, software and dataset repositories for development and testing of such algorithms and their underlying models. Keynote speakers: Shelly Berger (Wistar Institute, USA) and Elchanan Mossel (UC Berkeley, USA Paper Submission deadline: May 8, 2009 Early registration through Aug. 7, 2009: www.wabi09.org Symposium: Sept. 12-13, 2009 (on-site registration/check-in 9/11/09)

October 2009

Symposium on RNA Biology North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, October 16-17, 2009 Sponsoring Organization: RNA Society of North Carolina Type of Event: Conference Contact: Rebecca Alexander, Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University Telephone: +1-336-758-5568 Fax: +1-336-758-4656 Email: alexanr{at}wfu.edu Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/pmbb/symposium09.html Subjects/Keywords: RNA

A dip into EBI resources: understanding your data EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus,, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, October 19-22, 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/course_091019_dip.html Subjects/Keywords: bioinformatics, A dip into EBI resources: understanding your data Description: As we move towards understanding biology at the systems level, access to large data sets of many different types has become crucial. Technologies such as genome-sequencing, microarrays, proteomics and structural genomics have provided ‘parts lists’ for many living organisms. The EMBL-EBI maintains the world’s most comprehensive range of molecular databases. This course provides a broad introduction to EBI core resources and practical, trainer-guided demonstration of when, why and how to use them. Several resources will be covered spanning genomics to systems biology. In addition to presenting practical information on the range of EBI resources and how to use these tools, this course aims to illustrate their applicability to research by using a range of case studies. In this way, use of the resources is presented with reference to biological questions.

November 2009

Joint Symposium of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society and the 19th Antisense meeting of the Antisense Society of Japan Centennial Hall, Kyushu University Hospital Campus, Fukuoka, Japan, November 3-6, 2009 Sponsoring Organization: Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society/Antisense Society of Japan (OTS/ASJ) Type of Event: Conference Contact: Professor Shigeki Sasaki, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University Telephone: +81-92-642-6615 Fax: +81-92-642-6615 Email: sasaki{at}phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp Website: http://bioorg.phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ots-ants/ Subjects/Keywords: oligonucleotide, therapeutics, siRNA, microRNA, immune modulation, aptamers, drug delivery Description: The 5th annual meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society is this year organized as a joint symposium with the 19th Antisense Symposium of the Antisense DNA/RNA Society of Japan. This joint symposium covers the same subjects of the annual meeting of OTS: antisense oligonucleotides, antigene, siRNA, microRNA, aptamers, decoys, ribozymes, imuno modulation, therapeutic and diagnostic applications, preclinical and clinical studies and delivery strategies. In addition to the keynote lecture from Dr John Rossi, there will be invited lectures from leading scientists from both academia and industry, short talks selected from submitted abstracts and an all evening poster session, in addition to providing excellent networking opportunities and an industrial exhibition.

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/course_091109_proteomics.html Subjects/Keywords: Bioinformatics, Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Proteomics workshop Description: Programme to be confirmed.

December 2009

Rocky 09 Bioinformatics Conference Rocky Mountains, Snowmass, CO, United States, December 10-12, 2009 Sponsoring Organization: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Type of Event: Conference Contact: Stephanie Hagstrom, Gainesville, FL, United States Telephone: +1-360-239-9177 Email: rocky{at}iscb.org Website: http://www.iscb.org/rocky09 Subjects/Keywords: Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Description: 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.

January 2010

APBC2010 (The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference) 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 Website: http://cs.nyu.edu/parida/APBC2010/index.html 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, 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 Oct 9, 2009 Poster submission open July 21, 2009 Poster submission deadline Sep 25, 2009 Poster acceptance decision Oct 9, 2009 Conference Jan 18-21, 2010 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)

LabAutomation2010 Palm Springs, CA, United States, January 23-27, 2010 Sponsoring Organization: Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) Type of Event: Conference Contact: Greg Dummer, 330 West State Street Geneva, IL 60134 USA Telephone: +1.630.208.6830, ext. 223 Fax: +1.630.578.0172 Email: gdummer{at}labautomation.org Website: https://www.labautomation.org/LA10/index.cfm Subjects/Keywords: Laboratory Automation, Drug discovery, Forensics, Security, Energy, Petrochemicals, Agriculture, Food, Clinical Diagnostics Description: LabAutomation2010: Collaborate to Innovate In 2010 a diverse group of scientists, engineers and professionals from around the world will come together once again for the premier laboratory automation event. At LabAutomation2010 participants will develop long-lasting connections through networking and expand their minds by exploring cutting-edge information and strategies. To ensure you are a part of this collaborative international community of laboratory automation professionals— plan now to attend LabAutomation2010. A Diversity of Industries Including: Drug Discovery and Development Forensics and Security Energy Generation and Petrochemicals Agriculture and Food Clinical Diagnostics LabAutomation2010 Key Education Tracks: Detection and Separation High-Throughput Technologies Informatics Micro- and Nanotechnologies Evolving Applications of Laboratory Automation, featuring Agriculture and Food LabAutomation2010 Plenary Series Speakers: R. Graham Cooks Hod Lipson R. Bruce Sterling

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