| Second Workshop on Educational Approaches for Integrating Bioinformatics into Computer and Life Science (WEAIB 2013) | |
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Spain - Barcelona |
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| Hosted by: | International Conference on Computational Science 2013 |
| Venue: | Centre Conventions International Barcelona |
| Dates: | Jun 05, 2013 through Jun 07, 2013 |
| Call for Proceedings Presentations: | 2012-10-15 through 2013-01-15 |
| Event Registration: | 2013-02-10 through 2013-06-05 |
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Description |
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| Bioinformatics is a young discipline that integrates mathematical and computational techniques with biological knowledge to analyze genetic information. Bioinformatics techniques are playing an increasingly important role in the biosciences. Using these techniques, analysis of the vast amounts of data produced by DNA sequencing and mapping projects such as the Human Genome Project is uncovering hitherto unknown relationships between genes and diseases, having a profound impact on drug development and clinical trials, and is affecting medical diagnostics, pharmacogenomics and agricultural and industrial biotechnology. Despite its increasing importance, however, there is a general lack of integration of bioinformatics concepts into undergraduate curricula in the life sciences and related disciplines where they could be readily applied. Further, although molecular biology is a rich problem domain for computer scientists, most computer science students are not introduced to its potential. This workshop will provide a venue for educators and researchers from the life and computer sciences to explore the integration of bioinformatics into the life sciences as well as strategies for presenting bioinformatics as an interesting problem domain for computer scientists. Also of interest are innovative ways of introducing bioinformatics as a scientific discipline and possible career path to pre-college students and teachers. Submission instructions and an expanded list of topics can be found on the workshops page of the ICCS 2013 website (http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2013) and at the workshop website (http://ccli.ist.unomaha.edu/iccs2013). Submissions pertaining to all levels of instruction, from course modules to entire curricula, will be welcomed. |
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| Additional Information | |
| Event URL: | http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2013 |
| ISCB Member Discount: | None |
| Contact Person: | Mark Pauley ([javascript protected email address]) |
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