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Please direct inquiries about ISCB-LA-2012 to:
Francisco Melo
ISCB-LA-2012 Conference Chair
Info-ISCBLatinAmerica [at] iscb [dot] org
Telephone: +56-9-9732-1374
The following eight hands-on tutorials have been confirmed for ISCB-LatinAmerica 2012. Each tutorial is presented during a full day of instruction and interaction. The tutorials will be held during the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of March, 2012, immeidately prior to the main conference. Interested students are invited to register for tutorials as soon as possible, as all of them are expected to sell out. Please see the registration page for pricing.
| Saturday, March 17, 2012 | |
| Analysis, Comparison and Classification of Protein Structures | |
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Date: Sat, March 17 Duration: One day Type: Theoretical (lectures, demonstrations and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Manfred Sippl Affiliation: University of Salzburg DETAILS [PDF] |
| Genome browsers with special emphasis in the ENSEMBL system | |
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Date: Sat, March 17 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff and Dr. Andreas Gisel Affiliation: European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet) DETAILS [PDF] |
| Protein resources and tools: sequence, architecture and protein interactions | |
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Date: Sat, March 17 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. James Watson and Dr. Gabriella Rustici Affiliation: EMBL-EBI DETAILS [PDF] |
| Algorithms and tools for transcriptomics and multiple gene profiling using the open source platforms R and Bioconductor | |
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Date: Sat, March 17 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Javier De Las Rivas and José Ramón Valverde Affiliation: CiC-IBMCC (CSIC/USAL, Salamanca) and CNB (CSIC, Madrid) with the support of SoIBio and FreeBIT DETAILS [PDF] |
| Sunday, March 18, 2012 | |
| Immunoinformatics | |
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Date: Sun, March 18 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Morten Nielsen Affiliation: Technical University of Denmark DETAILS [PDF] |
| Next generation sequencing: an introduction for bioinformaticians | |
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Date: Sun, March 18 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Andreas Gisel and Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff Affiliation: European Molecular Biology Network (EMBnet) DETAILS [PDF] |
| Functional Genomics | |
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Date: Sun, March 18 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Gabriella Rustici and Dr. James Watson Affiliation: EMBL-EBI DETAILS [PDF] |
| Computer Based Drug Design | |
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Date: Sun, March 18 Duration: One day Type: Practical (lectures and hands on) Presenters: Dr. Tomás Pérez-Acle and Dr. Danilo González-Nilo Affiliation: Center for Mathematical Modeling, Universidad de Chile (TPA); Universidad Andrés Bello (DG) with the support of SoIBio DETAILS [PDF] |
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) has held the ISCB Latin America Conference on Bioinformatics in Santiago, Chile, in March 17-21, 2012. This meeting constituted the second regional ISCB Latin America meeting, with the first held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in March 2010.
Conferences are key to the development and exchange of new ideas in science. Over the years many thousands of participants have attended ISCB’s annual ISMB conferences. As the majority of those attendees do their research in North America and Europe, the ISCB Regional Conferences aim to break the barrier imposed by high cost travel. How? By bringing a high quality conference, including lectures delivered by world-renowned scientists, to the regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Toward this aim, in 2009 ISCB began organizing a newer series of smaller, regionally-based meetings as part of its mission to advance the science through world-wide education and training activities. These regional meetings have included ISCB-Africa (Mali 2009, South Africa 2011), ISCB-Latin America (Uruguay 2010) and ISCB-Asia (Malaysia 2011).
ISCB also aims to provide more students the opportunity to discuss and participate in the latest developments in bioinformatics and computational biology by bringing these meetings closer to home. We hope the ISCB-Latin America 2012 has been the second of many conferences that will contribute to the growth of the field within this region and support scientific innovation across Latin America.
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Dr. Fernando AlvarezUniversidad de La República, Montevideo, UruguayKeynote Lecture: "Orphan Orfogenic ORFs in the genomes of African trypanosomes" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Peer BorkEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, GermanyKeynote Lecture: "Function prediction at different spatial scales" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Anamaria CamargoLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, BrazilKeynote Lecture: "Using Genomics to Improve Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Rectal Cancer" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Sandro José de SouzaLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, BrazilKeynote Lecture: "On the evolution of PPI networks" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Danilo GonzálezUniversidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, ChileKeynote Lecture: "Molecular Simulation of Non-equilibrium Systems: The Dance of ions across the membrane" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Sergio PantanoInstitut Pasteur, Montevideo, UruguayKeynote Lecture: "Coarse-Grain methods for molecular dynamics simulations: Actually bridging the gap between simulations and biological scales" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Gustavo ParisiUniversidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaKeynote Lecture: "Conformational diversity and the development of new tools in bioinformatics" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Ana Tereza Ribeiro de VasconcelosNational Laboratory of Scientific Computation, Petrópolis, BrazilKeynote Lecture: "SABIA: A new version for next generation sequencing platforms" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Alessandro SetteLa Jolla Institute for Immunology and Allergy, La Jolla, CA, USAKeynote Lecture: "Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource Program: Proving Intuitive Access To Comprehensive Epitope Data And Tools" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Manfred SipplUniversity of Salzburg, Salzburg, AustriaKeynote Lecture: "Amazing Protein Folds" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Yves van de PeerGhent University, Ghent, BelgiumKeynote Lecture: "Using ‘omics’ data to study regulator-target interactions and organizational principles in networks" More Information [PDF] |
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Dr. Aleksey ZiminUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAKeynote Lecture: "Challenges of Assembling Genomes from the Second Generation Sequencing data" More Information [PDF] |
| Two days ISCB-LatinAmerica-2012 Practical Tutorials | ||||
| Day 1: Saturday - March 17, 2012 | ||||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Tutorial Registration | |||
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Practical Tutorials and Workshops (Morning Session) | |||
| Analysis, Comparison and Classification of Protein Structures [Room Z06 FCBS] |
Genome browsers with special emphasis in the ENSEMBL system [Room CE1] |
Protein resources and tools: sequence, architecture and protein interactions [Room Z05 FCBS] |
Algorithms and tools for transcriptomics and multiple gene profiling using the open source platforms R and Bioconductor [Room CC1D] |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Practical Tutorials and Workshops (Afternoon Session) | |||
| Analysis, Comparison and Classification of Protein Structures [Room Z06 FCBS] |
Genome browsers with special emphasis in the ENSEMBL system [Room CE1] |
Protein resources and tools: sequence, architecture and protein interactions [Room Z05 FCBS] |
Algorithms and tools for transcriptomics and multiple gene profiling using the open source platforms R and Bioconductor [Room CC1D] |
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| Day 2: Sunday - March 18, 2012 | ||||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Tutorial Registration | |||
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Practical Tutorials and Workshops (Morning Session) | |||
| Immunoinformatics [Room CC1D] |
Next generation sequencing: an introduction for bioinformaticians [Room Z06 FCBS] |
Functional Genomics [Room CE1] |
Computer-Based Drug Design [Room Z05 FCBS] |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Practical Tutorials and Workshops (Afternoon Session) | |||
| Immunoinformatics [Room CC1D] |
Next generation sequencing: an introduction for bioinformaticians [Room Z06 FCBS] |
Functional Genomics [Room CE1] |
Computer-Based Drug Design [Room Z05 FCBS] |
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| Three days ISCB-LatinAmerica-2012 Main Conference | ||||
| Day 3: Monday - March 19, 2012 | ||||
| 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM | Main Conference Registration | |||
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcome/Opening Main Conference | |||
| SESSION I. Comparative Genomics and Evolution. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Keynote Lecture I: "Function prediction at different spatial scales" | |||
| Peer Bork. EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany. | ||||
| 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral Presentations MM1-MM3 | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM | Keynote Lecture II: "Orphan Orfogenic ORFs in the genomes of African trypanosomes" | |||
| Fernando Alvarez. Universidad de la República, Uruguay. | ||||
| 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM | Oral Presentations MM4-MM6 | |||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Business Presentation with free Lunch Sponsored by Life Technologies (open to any interested people) [Loc. Sala Colorada (ground floor)] |
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| SESSION II. Genomics, Proteomics, Metagenomics and Metabolomics. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | Keynote Lecture III: "Challenges of Assembling Genomes from the Second Generation Sequencing data" | |||
| Aleksey Zimin. University of Maryland, USA. | ||||
| 2:40 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral Presentations MA1-MA3 | |||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |||
| 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Keynote Lecture IV: "SABIA: A new version for next generation sequencing platforms" | |||
| Ana Teresa Ribeiro de Vasconcelos. National Laboratory of Scientific Computation, Brazil. | ||||
| 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM | Oral Presentations MA4-MA6 | |||
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster Session I (Odd numbers) [Loc. Central Square (ground floor)] |
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| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Meeting of SoIBio and FreeBIT/CYTED: Societies and Networks promoting Bioinformatics for Life Sciences and Biomedicine in IberoAmerica. [Loc. Sala Colorada (ground floor)] |
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| Day 4: Tuesday - March 20, 2012 | ||||
| 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM | Main Conference Registration | |||
| SESSION III. Macromolecule Structure/Function Prediction. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Keynote Lecture V: "Amazing Protein Folds" | |||
| Manfred Sippl. University of Salzburg, Austria. | ||||
| 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral Presentations TM1-TM3 | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM | Keynote Lecture VI: "Conformational diversity and the development of new tools in bioinformatics" | |||
| Gustavo Parisi. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina. | ||||
| 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM | Oral Presentations TM4-TM6 | |||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 12:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Business Presentation with free Lunch Sponsored by Roche (open to any interested people) [Loc. Sala Colorada (ground floor)] |
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| SESSION IV. Computer Aided Drug Design and Docking/Molecular Dynamics Simulations. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | Keynote Lecture VII: "Coarse-Grain methods for molecular dynamics simulations: Actually bridging the gap between simulations and biological scales" | |||
| Sergio Pantano. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay. | ||||
| 2:40 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral Presentations TA1-TA3 | |||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |||
| 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Keynote Lecture VIII: "Molecular Simulation of Non-equilibrium Systems: The Dance of ions across the membrane" | |||
| Danilo González. Universidad Andres Bello, Chile. | ||||
| 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM | Oral Presentations TA4-TA6 | |||
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster Session II (Even numbers) [Loc. Central Square (ground floor)] |
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| Day 5: Wednesday - March 21, 2012 | ||||
| SESSION V. Biomedicine and Immunoinformatics. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Keynote Lecture IX: "Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource Program: Proving Intuitive Access To Comprehensive Epitope Data And Tools" | |||
| Alessandro Sette. La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, USA. | ||||
| 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral Presentations WM1-WM3 | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM | Keynote Lecture X: "Using Genomics to Improve Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Rectal Cancer" | |||
| Anamaría Camargo. Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brazil. | ||||
| 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM | Oral Presentations WM4-WM6 | |||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | The ISCB Open Member Meeting (open to any interested people) [Loc. Sala Colorada (ground floor)] |
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| SESSION VI. Functional Genomics and Systems Biology. [Loc. Auditorium Juan Francisco Fresno (ground floor)] |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | Keynote Lecture XI: "Using ‘omics’ data to study regulator-target interactions and organizational principles in networks" | |||
| Yves van de Peer. University of Ghent, Belgium. | ||||
| 2:40 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral Presentations WA1-WA3 | |||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |||
| 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Keynote Lecture XII: "On the evolution of PPI networks" | |||
| Sandro José de Souza. Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brazil. | ||||
| 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM | Oral Presentations WA4-WA6 | |||
| 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Awards Ceremony | |||
| 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Closing Remarks | |||
| 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM | Conference Banquet [Loc. Castillo Hidalgo, Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago SEE MAP HERE] |
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| One day satellite Workshops and Round Tables | ||||
| Day 6: Thursday - March 22, 2012 | ||||
| SESSION VII. WorkShops on Next Generation Sequencing Technologies and GRID Computing. [Loc. Auditorium Aula Magna Eleodoro Matte Ossa (second floor)] |
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| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | "Ion Torrent – Open, Accessible, and Enabling" | |||
| Matt Dyer. Life Technologies, USA. | ||||
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | "Introducing GS FLX+ System" | |||
| Xuemin Liu. 454 Sequencing/Roche, USA. | ||||
| 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | "Optimization of bioinformatics applications to be executed on GRID platforms" | |||
| Manuel A. Rodríguez-Pascual and Rafael Mayo-García (CIEMAT, Spain; SoIBio, CYTED and FreeBIT) | ||||
| 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM | Coffee Break | |||
| SESSION VIII. Round Tables on Bioinformatics Research, Training and Education in Iberoamerica. [Loc. Auditorium Aula Magna Eleodoro Matte Ossa (second floor)] |
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| 3:20 PM – 4:20 PM | "Bioinformatics Education in Iberoamerica" | |||
| Alejandra Medina-Rivera and Juan Pablo Bustamante (SoIBio Student Council), Daniel ALmonacid and Priscila Grynberg (ISCB Student Council). | ||||
| 4:20 PM – 4:40 PM | Coffee Break | |||
| 4:40 PM – 5:40 PM | "Bioinformatics Research and Training in Iberoamerica" | |||
| Guilherme de Oliveira (Brazil), Fernán Aguero (Argentina), Javier de las Rivas (Spain), Julio Collado-Vides (México), Allan Orozco (Costa Rica) and Francisco Melo (Chile). | ||||
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All hotel rates noted below are subject to change without notice. ISCB-Latin America 2012 has no control over hotel pricing, and presents this page for comparison and general pricing information only.
Hotels in Las Condes district (El Golf area)
Holiday Inn Express
Av. Vitacura 2929 [map]
ca. 146 USD weekend - 182 USD week day
W Hotel
Av. Isidora Goyenechea 3000 [map]
ca. 400 USD
Hotel Intercontinental
Av. Vitacura 2885 [map]
ca. 270 USD
Ritz-Carlton
Calle El Alcalde 15 [map]
ca. 268 USD weekend - 368 USD week day
Plaza El Bosque
Ebro 2828 [map]
ca. 200 USD
Apart Hotels in Las Condes district (El Golf area)
Director Suites Hotel
Carmencita 45 [map]
ca. 130 USD
Time Suites
Callao 2988 [map]
ca. 173 USD
Versalles Suite
Callao 2947 [map]
ca. 144 USD
La Sebastiana Suites
San Sebastian 2727 [map]
from 115 USD
Hotels in Providencia district
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