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December 2009
Rocky 09 Bioinformatics Conference December 10-12, 2009
January 2010
GMOD Community Meeting January 14-15, 2010
APBC2010 (The Eighth Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference) January 18-21, 2010
LabAutomation2010 January 23-27, 2010
7th Cancer Drugs Research & Development January 28-29, 2010
March 2010
RNAi2010: Gene regulation by small RNAs March 17-18, 2010
IB2010: Integrated Bioinformatics Symposium March 22-24, 2010
May 2010
10th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE-2010) May 31 - June 3, 2010
June 2010
Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Computational Biology June 12-19, 2010





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
GMOD Community Meeting
San Diego, CA, United States, January 14-15, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Generic Model Organism Database Project (GMOD)
Type of Event: Meeting
Contact: GMOD Help Desk, NESCent, 2024 W. Main St., Suite A200, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
Telephone: +1 541 914 6324
Email: help{at}gmod.org Website: http://gmod.org/wiki/January_2010_GMOD_Meeting
Description: The next GMOD meeting will be held January 14 and 15 in San Diego, California, USA, immediately after the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XVIII conference. There is no registration fee for this meeting. However, there is limited space, so please register early. Please see the meeting page for more information:
http://gmod.org/wiki/January_2010_GMOD_Meeting

GMOD is a collection of interoperable open source software components for visualizing, annotating, and managing biological data. It is a also a community of users and developers asking diverse questions, and facing common challenges, with their biological data. GMOD has many widely used software packages, including GBrowse, Apollo, CMap, Chado, BioMart, MAKER, Galaxy, Textpresso, and many others. The availability and affordability of next generation sequencing (NGS) has made GMOD particularly timely to a wide range of research groups.

As with previous GMOD meetings, there will be a mixture of project, component, and user talks. The agenda is driven by attendee suggestions, and you are encouraged to add yours to the meeting page when you register. See the summaries of previous meetings (http://gmod.org/wiki/Meetings) for an idea of what is typically discussed.

Please direct questions to the gmod-devel mailing list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gmod-devel
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
7th Cancer Drugs Research & Development
San Diego Marriott La Jolla, San Diego, United States, January 28-29, 2010
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Josette Barba, 434 W Foothill Blvd, Monrovia, CA 91016, USA
Telephone: +1-626-256-6405
Email: josette.bara{at}gtcbio.com Website: http://www.gtcbio.com/conferenceDetails.aspx?id=169
Subjects/Keywords: Cancer Drugs
Description: This year, we will analyze case studies of the successes and challenges of modern Cancer Drugs and provide you with an update on Cancer Drugs currently in development through clinical trials. A look at novel compounds and emerging targets will prime you with an accurate future outlook on cancer drugs. Key topics to be discussed by leading experts including the use of biomarkers, mTOR inhibitors, angiogenesis, PARP inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors, RNAi targets, VEGF Receptor inhibitors, and much more. The new frontier of combination therapeutics and therapies will be also covered in detail.
March 2010
RNAi2010: Gene regulation by small RNAs
St Hilda's College, Oxford, United Kingdom, March 17-18, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: N/A (N/A)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Dr M Sohail, Biochemistry , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU
Telephone: +44 (0)1865-275-743
Email: muhammad.sohail{at}bioch.ox.ac.uk Website: http://www.libpubmedia.co.uk/Conferences/RNAi2010/Home.htm
Subjects/Keywords: RNAi, RNA interference, gene silencing
Description: Welcome to RNAi2010

The 5th Annual Oxford RNAi Conference, RNAi2010, will address most aspects of biology and application of RNA interference, and welcomes proposals on endogenous and exogenous roles of small RNAs in gene regulation, health and disease. We also invite proposals addressing technical advances in siRNA selection, chemical manipulations, delivery and bioinformatics tools.

Important Dates
Early registration: 16 October 2009
Abstracts for oral presentation: 16 October 2009
Abstracts for poster presentation: 18 December 2009
Registration deadline: 29 January 2010
Late/on site registration: Subject to availability of places

Who Should Attend
Academic and Research Institutes: Group and Lab Heads, Postdoctoral Scientists and Research Students
Biotech and Pharma Industry: CEOs, Chief Scientists, Group Heads and Team Leaders, Senior and Junior Research Scientists, Research Managers
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/
Subjects/Keywords: Bioinformatics data Integration
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 participants 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.
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) (IEEE)
Type of Event: Conference
Contact: Isidore Rigoutsos, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Telephone: +1-914-945-1384
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)
June 2010
Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Computational Biology
Grand Hotel Arciduca, Lipari, Italy, June 12-19, 2010
Sponsoring Organization: Jacob T. Schwartz, Lipari International Summer School on BioInformatics and Computational Biology
Type of Event: Course
Contact: Alfredo Ferro, Universita' degli Studi di Catania - Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Citta' Universitaria - Viale A.Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania - ITALY
Telephone: +39-0957-383-071 Fax: +39-0957-337-032
Email: ferro{at}dmi.unict.it Website: http://lipari.dipmat.unict.it/LipariSchool/Bio/
Subjects/Keywords: Statistics, Machine Learning, Computational Biology
Description: The theme of the School: Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Computational Biology is among the most representative areas of interdisciplinary research in modern science. It has also a very long and prestigious history of fundamental contributions to biology and medicine. However, since high throughput and genome wide experiments are becoming a standard for biological investigation, new techniques for the analysis of biological data are required. The main lectures will focus on four aspects of the theme, ranging from new statistical challenges posed by deep sequencing techniques to inference and analysis of network structure that take into full account the paradigm shift that we have witnessed in terms of the scale of data available. A series of tutorial is also offered, with the intent to complement the main lectures by providing snapshots of other areas that are perceived of relevance to the theme of the School. They range from introductory topics to Statistics to probabilistic and Machine Learning methods used to shed light on nucleosome organization in genomes. As a whole, the planned summer school will allow young researchers interested in bioinformatics and biomedicine to be exposed to cutting edge results in an area that, although classic, is among the most effervescent in Post-Genomic Biology.