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ISCB SIGs

ISCB Special Interest Group On Regulatory & Systems Genomics (RegSys SIG)                    Click here for the RegSys SIG Flier. 



Mission:
Regulatory genomics, the study of genomic 'control systems,' which determine how, when and where to activate the 'blueprints' encoded in genomes, is the topic of much research activity worldwide. The ISCB Regulatory and Systems Genomics Special Interest Group – RegSys SIG - focuses on computational methods that are important in the study of regulation of genes and systems. An important goal of the SIG is to foster a collaborative community wherein scientists consider difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory and system genomics.

Activities:

1. ISMB Regulatory Genomics Special Interest Group Meeting – RegGen SIG

2. Sixth Annual RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics and DREAM Challenges

3. Top Ten Papers in Regulatory and Systems Genomics

 

SIG Steering Committee:
Manolis Kellis, MIT (co-Chair)
Lonnie Welch, Ohio University (co-Chair)
Andrea Califano, Columbia University
Finn Drabløs, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois
Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM

 

Calls for Participation in SIG Activities:

 

1. ISMB Regulatory Genomics Special Interest Group Meeting – RegGen SIG

The RegGenSIG meeting focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics, fostering a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to discuss difficult research problems in computational regulatory genomics.

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013
Location: Berlin, Germany (In conjunction with The Twenty-first International Conference
on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB))
URL: http://light.ece.ohio.edu/~reggen/2013/

Call for Submissions:To make an oral presentation at RegGenSIG, extended abstracts (2-3 pages) should be submitted by April 27, 2013 to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , including "RegGen SIG 2013 - Abstract for oral presentation" in the subject line. Authors will be notified by May 11, 2013. For poster presentations, authors should submit a 250 word abstract no later than May 18, 2013 to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , including "RegGen SIG 2013 - Abstract for poster presentation" in the subject line. Authors will be notified no later than May 25, 2013.

 

2. Sixth Annual RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics and DREAM Challenges
The meeting brings together computational and experimental scientists in the area of regulatory genomics and systems biology, to discuss current research directions, latest findings, and establish new collaborations towards a systems-level understanding of gene regulation.
Date: November 8-12, 2013

Location:Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

URL: http://www.iscb.org/recomb-regsysgen2013

Call for Submissions:

  • Full length papers: We invite full-length papers focusing either on research or theory. Selected papers for presentation in the conference will benefit from fast-track co-submission to Genome Research or the Journal of Computational Biology. Learn more about submitting a paper here.
  • Abstracts: We invite one-page abstracts, including both original unpublished work and work that has been published or accepted for publication by a high-impact journal between January 1 and November 1, 2013. Unpublished work will be considered for either an oral or poster presentation. Work already accepted for publication will be considered for an oral presentation only. Learn more about submitting an abstract here.
  • DREAM challenges: DREAM8 will consist of four challenges focusing on translational research and on reverse engineering biological networks. For more information about the DREAM challenges, please visit the DREAM Project.

3. Top Ten Papers in Regulatory and Systems Genomics

  • 2011
  • 2012 - Nominations for the most influential papers in regulatory and systems genomics published in 2012 will be accepted in the fall of 2013.  The top ten list will be announced at the 2013 RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics and DREAM Challenges.