19th Annual International Conference on
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and
10th European Conference on Computational Biology

Special Sessions

ISMB/ECCB 2011 features Special Session presentations throughout the conference July 17 - July 19. Special Sessions have the purpose of introducing the scientific community to relevant scientific issues and topics that are typically not within the focus of the conference. Preliminary program information on Special Sessions is noted below.
(Schedules subject to change)


Special Session 1: BioLINK: Integration across Genomics and Medicine
Special Session 2: Insights & outlook for individual genome interpretation: lessons from the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation
Special Session 3: RNA structure: from genomes to nanotechnology
Special Session 4: ELIXIR
Special Session 5: Bioinformatics for Synthetic Biology

 

Special Session 1: BioLINK: Integration across Genomics and Medicine
Organizer(s):
Christian Blaschke, Bioalma, Madrid, Spain
Lynette Hirschman, Mitre, Bedford, United States
Hagit Shatkay, University of Delaware, United States
Alfonso Valencia, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid, Spain

Date:
Sunday, July 17
Start Time: 10:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.

 

Special Session 2: Insights & outlook for individual genome interpretation: lessons from the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation
Organizer(s):
John Moult, Baltimore, University of Maryland, United States
Susanna Repo, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Steven E. Brenner, University of California, Berkeley, United States

Date: Sunday, July 17
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Room: Hall F2
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Special Session 3: RNA structure: from genomes to nanotechnology
Organizer(s):
Peter Clote, Boston College, United States
Ivo L. Hofacker, University of Vienna, Austria
David Mathews, Rochester Medical Center, New York, United States
Peter Schuster, Professor emeritus, University of Vienna, Austria

Date: Monday, July 18
Start Time: 10:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Room: Hall F2

 

Special Session 4: ELIXIR
Organizer(s):
Janet Thornton, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom

Date: Monday, July 18
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Room: Hall F2
Special Session 5: Bioinformatics for Synthetic Biology
Organizer(s):
C. Forbes Dewey, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
Richard I. Kitney, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Date: Tuesday, July 19
Start Time: 10:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Room: Hall F2
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