Special Sessions

ISMB 2012 features Special Session presentations throughout the conference July 15 - July 17. 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: Biological Complexity through Model Organisms
Special Session 2: Modeling Infectious Disease Processes
Special Session 3: Integrating Biology and the Bedside
Special Session 4: Bioinformatic Integration of Diverse Experimental Data Sources
Special Session 5: Celebrating Science Together: ISMB 20 Years and NIGMS 50th anniversary special session
Special Session 6: Computational methods for elucidating nuclear structure and dynamics
Special Session 7: Harnessing community intelligence for bioinformatics

 

Special Session 1: Biological Complexity through Model Organisms
Organizer(s):
Sydney Brenner, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn; &

Salk Institute, La Jolla, United States

 

Date: Sunday, July 15

Start Time: 10:45 a.m. – End Time: 12:40 p.m.

Room: TBD

 

Special Session 2:  Modeling Infectious Disease Processes
Organizer(s):

Jason McDermott, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
Katrina Waters, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States

 

Date: Sunday, July 15
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. – End Time: 4:25 p.m.
Room: TBD

 

Special Session 3: Integrating Biology and the Bedside

Organizer(s):

Peter M. Lyster, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States

Jen Villani, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States

 

Date: Monday, July 16
Start Time: 10:45 a.m. – End Time: 12:40 p.m.
Room: TBD

 

Special Session 4: Bioinformatic Integration of Diverse Experimental Data Sources

Organizer(s):

Kyle Ellrott, University of California Santa Cruz, United States

David Haussler, University of California Santa Cruz, United States

Artem Sokolov, University of California Santa Cruz, United States

Josh Stuart, University of California Santa Cruz, United States

 

Date: Monday, July 16

Start Time: 2:30 p.m. – End Time: 4:25 p.m.
Room: TBD