| Third Annual RECOMB Satellite meeting on Comparative Genomics | |
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Ireland - Dublin |
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| Hosted by: | RECOMB |
| Venue: | Trinity College |
| Dates: | Sep 18, 2005 through Sep 20, 2005 |
| Call for Proceedings Presentations: | 2005-01-01 through 2005-05-15 |
| Call for Posters: | 2005-01-01 through 2005-06-19 |
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Description |
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| arge-scale genome sequencing projects are generating vast amounts of data for a multitude of organisms including mammals and other vertebrates, invertebrates, fungi, plants, bacteria, and viruses. As the data increase so do the opportunities and the challenges for scientists to interpret them. By endeavouring to make sense of the process and pattern of genome evolution, comparative genomics lies at the forefront of this challenge. The core of comparative genome analysis is the establishment of the correspondence between genes (orthology analysis) or other genomic features in different organisms. It is these intergenomic maps that make it possible to trace the evolutionary processes responsible for the divergence of two genomes. A multitude of evolutionary events acting at various organizational levels shape genome evolution. At the lowest level, point mutations affect individual nucleotides. At a higher level, large chromosomal segments undergo duplication, lateral transfer, inversion, transposition, deletion and insertion. Ultimately, whole genomes are involved in processes of hybridization, polyploidization and endosymbiosis, often leading to rapid speciation. The complexity of genome evolution poses many exciting challenges to developers of mathematical models and algorithms, who have recourse to a spectrum of algorithmic, statistical and mathematical techniques, ranging from exact, heuristic, fixed parameter and approximation algorithms for problems based on parsimony models to Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithms for Bayesian analysis of problems based on probabilistic models. The RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics is a forum on all aspects and components of this field, ranging from new quantitative discoveries about genome structure and process to theorems on the complexity of computational problems inspired by genome comparison. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the paper is submitted to the conference, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be under review by any other conference or scientific journal. Successful submissions will be invited for a 25-minute presentation, and the paper will be printed in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer in the "Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics" series. Papers should not exceed 10 pages (all inclusive) and must be submitted via the conference website http://www.gen.tcd.ie/recomb_cg/. KEY DATES: May 15, 2005 Paper submission deadline June 12, 2005 Notification of paper acceptance June 19, 2005 Poster submission deadline June 26, 2005 Final manuscript due REGISTRATION: Please register via the conference website http://www.gen.tcd.ie/recomb_cg/ |
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| Additional Information | |
| Event URL: | http://www.gen.tcd.ie/recomb_cg/ |
| ISCB Member Discount: | None |
| Contact Person: | Jens Lagergren ([javascript protected email address]) |
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