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          | Events and 
              Opportunities of InterestA more thorough description of events is available 
              here.
 DIMACS 
              Special Focus on Computational Molecular BiologyDATE: September 2000-August 2003
 URL: dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/index-compmolecbiol.html
 
 
 3rd Annual RECOMB satellite meeting on DNA Sequencing Technologies and Computation 
DATE: May 17-19, 2003
 LOCATION: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
 URL: recomb-satellite.stanford.edu
 
 
 Bioinformatics 2003DATE: May 22-24, 2003
 LOCATION: Helsinki, FINLAND
 URL: bioinf.uta.fi/bio2003/
 
 
 Hawaii International Conference on Statistics
 DATE: June 5-8, 2003
 LOCATION: Honolulu, Oahu, USA
 URL: www.hicstatistics.org/cfp_stats.htm
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Data Mining 
            in Bioinformatics
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 6, 2003
 URL: www.cs.rpi.edu/~zaki/BIOKDD03/
 
 
 Frontiers in 
            Bioinformatics 2003
 DATE: June 6-8, 2003
 LOCATION: Buffalo, New York, USA
 URL: www.bioinformatics.buffalo.edu/current_buffalo/frontiers.html
 
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS: 15th IEEE International Conference on Tools with 
            Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2003)
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 15, 2003
 URL: sierra.ecs.csus.edu:8080/
 
 
 
 Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny
 DATE: June 16-19, 2003
 LOCATION: Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, FRANCE
 URL: www.ihp.jussieu.fr/mep/
 
 
 
 SHORT 
            COURSE: Bioinformatics: Key to a New Biology
 DATE: June 19-20, 2003
 LOCATION: Berkeley, California, USA
 URL: www.unex.berkeley.edu/eng/sum/336727.html
 
 
 
 WORKSHOP: Science 
              and Social ResponsibilityDATE: June 20-23, 2003
 LOCATION: Garrison, New York, USA
 CONTACT: Callahan@thehastingscenter.org
 
 2003 International 
            Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and 
            Biological Sciences (METMBS '03)
 DATE: June 23-26, 2003
 LOCATION: Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
 URL: metmbs.sdsu.edu/
 
 
 
 BioMED 2003
 DATE: June 25-27, 2003
 LOCATION: Salzburg, AUSTRIA
 URL: www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/salzburg/biomed.htm
 
 
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS: Theoretical Computer Science Special Issue on 
            Pattern Discovery in the Post Genome
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 30, 2003
 URL: www.dimi.uniud.it/labs/bioinformatics/downloads/callForPapersTCS2003.html
 
 
 International 
              Conference on Computer Science and Its Applications (ICCSA-2003)DATE: July 1-2, 2003
 LOCATION: San Diego, California, USA
 URL: www.useducationservice.com/conference/callforpaper.htm
 
 Genetics XIX 
            International Congress of Genetics Gemones: The Linkage to Life
 DATE: July 6-12, 2003
 LOCATION: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
 URL: www.geneticscongress2003.com/index.php
 
 
 
 15th Edition Lipari Summer School
 DATE: July 13-26, 2003
 LOCATION: Lipari, ITALY
 URL: lipari.cs.unict.it
 
 
 
 15th John Innes 
            Symposium: Structural Challenges in the Post-Genomic Era
 DATE: July 15-18, 2003
 LOCATION: Norwich, UK
 URL: www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/events/symposium/
 
 BioThailand 
            2003
 DATE: July 17-20, 2003
 LOCATION: Bangkok, THAILAND
 URL: biothailand2003.biotec.or.th
 
 Moscow Conference 
            on Computational Molecular Biology (MCCMB'03)
 DATE: July 22-25, 2003
 LOCATION: Moscow, RUSSIA
 URL: mccmb.belozersky.msu.ru/2003/
 
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issues of the Informs Journal on Computing: 
            Computational Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 1, 2003
 LOCATION: Lipari, ITALY
 URL: joc.pubs.informs.org/CallSpecialIssueCompBio.html
 
 
 Symposium Integrative Bioinformatics
 DATE: August 4-5, 2003
 LOCATION: Bielefeld, GERMANY
 URL: cweb.uni-bielefeld.de/agbi/home/index.html?id=142
 
 
 COURSE: Techniques in Bioinformatics and Comparative Genomics
 DATE: August 4-8, 2003
 LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
 URL: www.btci.org/courses/intermediate/tbcg03.html
 
 IEEE 
            Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference
 DATE: August 11-14, 2003
 LOCATION: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
 URL: conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics/
 
 COURSE: Computational 
            Approaches to Analyzing Gene Expression Data
 DATE: August 11-15, 2003
 LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
 URL: www.btci.org/courses/intermediate/caaged03.html
 
 
 
 12th 
            International Congress of Radiation Research
 DATE: August 17-22, 2003
 LOCATION: Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
 URL: www.icrr2003.org/
 
 
 Gordon Research Conference on Bioinformatics 2003: From Inference 
            to Predictive Models
 DATE: August 24-29, 2003
 LOCATION: Queen's College, Oxford, UK
 URL: www.grc.org/programs/2003/bioinf.htm
 
 
 Third International Summer School on Computational Biology (ISSCB 
            2003)
 DATE: August 31-September 5, 2003
 LOCATION: Warsaw, POLAND
 URL: www.mimuw.edu.pl/isscb03/
 
 7th 
            European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL-2003)
 DATE: September 14-17, 2003
 LOCATION: Dortmund, GERMANY
 URL: www.ecal2003.org
 
 2003 IEEE International 
            Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing
 DATE: September 15-17, 2003
 LOCATION: Toulouse, FRANCE
 URL: isp.imm.dtu.dk/nnsp2003/
 
 
 
 WABI 
            2003: 3rd Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics
 DATE: September 15-20, 2003
 LOCATION: Budapest, HUNGARY
 URL: wabi.biomath.mssm.edu/
 
 
 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 
            ECCB Satellite Meeting: Modeling and Simulation of Biological Regulatory 
            Processes
 DATE: October 1, 2003
 LOCATION: Paris, FRANCE
 URL: www.inra.fr/eccb2003/satellite2.html
 
 6th Annual Conference on Computational Genomics
 DATE: October 8-11, 2003
 LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
 URL: www.jax.org/courses/tigr03.html
 
 German 
            Conference on Bioinformatics
 DATE: October 12-14, 2003
 LOCATION: Neuherberg, GERMANY
 URL: www.gcb03.de
 
 
 Atlanta Bioinformtics 
            Conference
 DATE: November 13-16, 2003
 LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 URL: opal.biology.gatech.edu/GeneMark/conference/
 
 
 
 Hawaii 
            International Conference on Sciences
 DATE: January 15-18, 2004
 LOCATION: Honolulu, Oahu, USA
 URL: www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
 
 
 2nd Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2004)
 DATE: January 18-22, 2004
 LOCATION: Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND
 URL: www.fit.qut.edu.au/~chenp/APBC2004
 
 SAC 2004 -19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing: Bioinformatics 
              Track
 DATE: March 14-17, 2004
 LOCATION: Nicosia, CYPRUS
 URL: www.cs.iupui.edu/~bioin/
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          | ISCB Affiliated 
              Conferences ISMB 2003$80USD 
              Discount for Regular ISCB members; $45USD Discount for Student/Postdoc 
              Members
 DATE: June 29-July 3, 2003
 LOCATION: Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
 URL: www.iscb.org/ismb2003/index.shtml
 
 InCOB 2003
 DATE: September 8-10, 2003
 LOCATION: Penang, MALAYSIA
 URL: cgat.ukm.my/incob/
 
 
 ECCB 2003 
              DATE: September 27-30, 2003
 LOCATION: Paris, FRANCE
 URL: www.inra.fr/eccb2003/
 
 PSB 2004 
              $100USD Discount for ISCB Members
 DATE: January 6-10, 2004
 LOCATION: Big Island of Hawaii, USA
 URL: psb.stanford.edu/
 
 ISMB/ECCB 
              2004 (a joint meeting in conjunction with GPCVIII)DATE: August 1-5, 2004
 LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
 URL: www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2004/
 
 RECOMB 2004 
              DATE: March 27-31, 2004
 LOCATION: San Diego, California, USA
 URL: recomb04.sdsc.edu
 
 ISMB 2006 
              Date: August 4-11, 2006
 Location: Fortaleza, Ceara, BRAZIL
 
 
 ISCB members 
              receive a US $300 discount when they register for the following three events:
 Microarray Analysis, Visualization, and Integration
 DATE: May 20-22, 2003
 LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 URL: www.marcusevans.com/EVENTS/Life_Science_CFEventinfo.asp?RecID=7349
 
 Knowledge 
              Management for Pharmaceutical R&D DATE: June 3-5, 2003
 LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 URL: www.marcusevans.com/EVENTS/Life_Science_CFEventinfo.asp?RecID=7318
 
 Executive 
              IT Life Science Forum DATE: June 4-5, 2003
 LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 URL: www.marcusevans.com/EVENTS/Life_Science_CFEventinfo.asp?RecID=7332
 
   Scholarship 
              offer for ISCB members 
 The Stanford 
              University Biomedical Informatics Training Program and Stanford 
              Center for Professional Development (SCPD) will award one ISCB member 
              a scholarship to attend Bioinformatics: Methods and Techniques - 
              a three-day, intensive survey of Bioinformatics. The scholarship 
              will cover the cost of course tuition but not expenses related to 
              travel or accommodations. The scholarship has a value of $2595 USD 
              and ISCB memberships must be paid for year 2003 to qualify to win. 
              Application deadline is May 23, 2003. Apply at proed.stanford.edu/?bioinformatics_iscb-scholarship
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          | ADDITIONAL 
              ITEMS
 Models of Infectious Diseases RFA
 ABOUT: NIGMS has issued a request for applications for pilot research 
              projects and database development for a new initiative, Models of 
              Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS). MIDAS will consist of a 
              centralized database and a network of multidisciplinary scientists 
              conducting computational and mathematical research to improve the 
              ability to detect, control, and prevent emerging infectious diseases 
              caused by naturally occurring or intentionally released pathogens, 
              including those relevant to biodefense. The request for applications 
              is at grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-03-008.html
 
 American 
              Heart Association (AHA)ABOUT: The AHA supports research activities broadly related to cardiovascular 
              function and disease, stroke, as well as basic science, clinical, 
              bioengineering/biotechnology and public health problems. National 
              Research Programs are offered bi-annually. Application deadline: 
              July 15, 2003. Information and forms are available at my.americanheart.org/portal/professional/research
 
 
 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 
              Bioinformatics IndiaURL: www.bioinformaticscentre.org/journal/
 ABOUT: In an attempt to fill vacuum created by lack of comprehensive 
              information on bioinformatics development s in India, the Bioinformatics 
              Institute of India is launching first of its kind of journal dedicated 
              solely to bioinformatics. BII is providing the platform for expression 
              and is calling for research papers/review articles news clips to 
              be published in this quarterly journal.
 
 
 Forthcoming 
              Titles from Chapman & Hall/CRC Press URL: www.crcpress.com
 ABOUT: Order the following titles online and receive a 10% discountuse 
              discount code CHB20XXXX when ordering. Statistical Analysis of 
              Gene Expression Microarray Data, Terry Speed; Data Analysis 
              Tools for DNA Microarrays, Sorin Draghici; Statistical Genomics 
              and Bioinformatics, Second Edition, Ben Hui Liu.
 
 
 NSF, Science 
              Journal Announce Science Visualization Contest ABOUT: The National Science Foundation and the journal Science are 
              now accepting entries for the inaugural 2003 Science and Engineering 
              Visualization Challenge. This new national contest will recognize 
              outstanding achievement by scientists, engineers, and visual information 
              practitioners in the use of visual media to promote understanding 
              of research results. Contest rules and entry submission instructions 
              are available on the Web at www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/sevc/.
 
 
 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 
              Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology (SAGMB)URL: www.bepress.com/sagmb
 ABOUT: SAGMB publishes significant research on the application of 
              statistical ideas to problems arising from computational biology. 
              The focus of the papers should be on the relevant statistical issues 
              but should contain a succinct description of the relevant biological 
              problem being considered. The range of topics is wide and will include 
              topics such as linkage mapping, association studies, gene finding 
              and sequence alignment, protein structure prediction, design and 
              analysis of microarray data, molecular evolution and phylogenetic 
              trees, DNA topology, and data base search strategies.
 
 
 Free CD 'Automation 
              in Bioscience' Now AvailableURL: www.modernsciences.com/
 ABOUT: A free CD 'Automation in Bioscience' is now available. Microbiological 
              calculations and growth curve charts are shown directly in MS Excel. 
              Almost all microbiology related fields are covered.
 
 
 Journal of 
              Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (JBCB)URL: www.worldscinet.com/jbcb/jbcb.shtml
 ABOUT: The first issue is FREE online at: www.worldscinet.com/jbcb/jbcb.shtml. 
              If you would like to receive a FREE printed copy for review, please 
              complete the form at: www.worldscinet.com/cgi-bin/printed_copy.cgi?jbcb.
 CONTACT: limsoon@lit.a-star.edu.sg, 
              mli@cs.ucsb.edu, jwooley@sdsc.edu
 
 
 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 
               Intl. Journal of Cooperative Information SystemsURL: www.worldscinet.com/ijcis/mkt/guidelines.shtml
 ABOUT: This issue focuses is Data Management and Modeling Support 
              in Bioinformatics. Papers describing state-of-the research including, 
              but not limited to, the following areas are solicited: Database 
              integration and interoperability; Information Modeling, metadata 
              and data sharing; Multidatabase indexing and multidatabase queries; 
              Data semantic and control; Ontology design; Knowledge discovery 
              and datamining; Algorithms for large scale and distributed biological 
              databases
 
 To recommend a conference for inclusion in the ISCB Newsletter, 
              please write to admin@iscb.org.
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