DEADLINE EXTENSION: April 15th, 2008
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Call for Papers
International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics
5th annual meeting
20th to 22nd August 2008
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany
http://www.imbio.de/conference/
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Papers are invited for oral presentations. Submission must be through the
workshop web site. Accepted papers will appear as conference proceedings
and also in the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics
http://journal.imbio.de/
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Call for Papers
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Biological data are scattered across thousands
of biological databases and hundreds
of scientific journals. Current high throughput genomics technologies
generate large quantities of high dimensional data. Microarray, NMR, mass
spectrometry, protein chips, gel electrophoresis data, Yeast-Two-Hybrid,
QTL mapping, gene silencing and knockout experiments are all examples of
technologies that capture thousands of data points, often in single
experiments. The challenge for Integrative Bioinformatics is to capture,
model, integrate and analyse these data in a consistent way to provide new
and deeper insights into complex biological systems. This, fifth symposium
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 or
their practical applications.
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Topics of Interest
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- Database integration
- Combined dry and wetlab studies
- Molecular databases / Data warehouses
- Errors and inconsistencies in biological databases
- Prediction and integration of metabolic and regulatory networks
- Genotype-phenotype linkage
- Protein-protein interactions
- Integrative microarray modeling and analyses
- Integrative approaches for drug design
- Computational infrastructure for biotechnology
- Virtual cell
- Tool integration and workflow systems
- Laboratory information management systems
- Computational systems biology
- Quality and consistency of biological ontologies
- Integrative modelling and simulation frameworks
- Integrative data and text mining approaches
- Network analysis
- Data visualisation and visual analytics
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Important Dates
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5th April 2008 Paper submission deadline (up to 12 pages)
1st June 2008 Notification of acceptance for papers
20th June 2008 Camera ready paper submission deadline
31st July 2008 Poster and software submission deadline
5th August 2008 Notification of acceptance for poster and
software demo abstracts
20th - 22nd August 2008 Conference
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Keynote Talks
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Peter Karp, (SRI International, USA)
Dietmar Schomburg, (University of Cologne, Germany)
Roland Eils, (DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany)
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Organising Committee
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Ralf Hofestaedt University of Bielefeld, Germany
Jacob Koehler Eli Lilly, USA
Matthias Lange IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Uwe Scholz IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Falk Schreiber IPK Gatersleben & University of Halle, Germany
Paul Verrier Rothamsted Research, UK
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Contact
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lange AT ipk-gatersleben DOT de
