| International Symposium on Bioinformatics Education and Research | |
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Japan - Yokohama |
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| Hosted by: | Bioinformatics Center, Kyoto University and Human Genome Center, University of Tokyo |
| Venue: | Pacifico Yokohama Conference Hall |
| Dates: | Dec 17, 2006 through Dec 17, 2006 |
| Event Registration: | 2006-11-29 through 2006-12-17 |
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Description |
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| The Education and Research Organization for Genome Information Science is a joint bioinformatics education program between the Bioinformatics Center of Kyoto University and the Human Genome Center of the University of Tokyo. It is supported by the special coordination fund for promoting science and technology from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. As an occasion in the final year of the five-year program, this symposium is organized to exchange ideas and experiences among different bioinformatics education and research programs in the world. Date: December 17, 2006, 10:30 - 17:00 Place: Pacifico Yokohama Conference Hall Admission is free. Registration is required. Program: 10:30 - 10:40 Minoru Kanehisa (Kyoto Univ. and Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) - Opening Address - 10:40 - 11:25 Temple Smith (Boston University, USA) "Large-scale full-genome comparisons: 40 million years of chromosome inversions" 11:25 - 12:10 David Jones (University College London, UK) "Progress in predicting protein folds and protein-protein interactions from amino acid sequence" 13:30 - 14:15 Limsoon Wong (National University of Singapore, Singapore) "Exciting the reluctant bioinformatician" 14:15 - 15:00 Anders Blomberg (Goeteborg University, Sweden) "To bridge the gap between the theoretical and experimental worlds - the Swedish national research school in Genomics and Bioinformatics" 15:20 - 16:05 Oliver Ebenhoeh (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) "Combining education in systems biology and bioinformatics" (In place of the late Professor Reinhart Heinrich) 16:05 - 16:50 Minoru Kanehisa (Kyoto Univ. and Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) "Bioinformatics education integrating basic sciences and practical applications" 16:50 - 17:00 Hiroshi Mamitsuka (Kyoto Unviersity, Japan) - Closing Remark - |
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| Additional Information | |
| Event URL: | http://www.bic.kyoto-u.ac.jp/egis/events/e061217.html |
| ISCB Member Discount: | None |
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