[We would be grateful if you could disseminate this call for abstracts] OR53 Annual Conference Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology Stream Deadline for abstract submission: 15th May, 2011 **************************************************** The aim of this stream is to build a bridge between the research fields of Operational Research and Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology. On one hand, this stream focuses on the application of OR approaches to biological problems, in particular to those in Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology. On the other hand, it also aims at showcasing to the OR community a whole new set of possible applications and challenges for their methods. The scope of this stream includes (but is not limited to): - Synthetic and Systems Biology - Modelling, simulation and optimisation of biological systems - Data mining of biological databases - Data analysis of the -omics universe (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) - Computer Vision methods for the imaging of biological tissue - Sequence analysis - Structural Bioinformatics - Text Mining and Ontologies - Genome-wise analysis - Gene expression and signalling networks The best contributions to the stream will be invited to submit extended versions of their abstracts to an special issue of the Memetic Computing journal dedicated to "Operational Research for Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology". Please feel free to contact the stream organisers if you have any questions regarding the applicability of a potential submission or any other questions in relation to this stream. Conference submissions take the form of extended abstracts (maximum 6 pages), which will be published in the conference proceedings. Further details: * Conference website: http://www.orsoc.org.uk/conf/or53/ * Call for papers: http://www.orsoc.org.uk/conf/or53/or53_CallForPapers.pdf * Deadline for abstract submission: 15th May, 2011. * Conference location and dates: East Midlands Conference Center, U.K., 6th-8th September, 2011. Organisers: Dr. Jamie Twycross Centre for Plant Integrative Biology University of Nottingham [log in to unmask] Dr. Jaume Bacardit School of Computer Science & School of Biosciences University of Nottingham [log in to unmask] Stream Sponsors: - The SynBioNT synthetic biology network (http://www.synbiont.org/) - The Logistics of Small Things (http://www.thelogisticsofsmallthings.net) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaume Bacardit, PhD Lecturer in Bioinformatics University of Nottingham Automated Scheduling, Planning and Optimisation research group, School of Computer Science, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RD, UK Tel: +441158467044 Fax: +441159516292 Email: jaume _dot_ bacardit _at_ nottingham _dot_ ac _dot_ uk Web: http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~jqb --------------------------------------------------------------------