Agenda at a Glance

The Rocky 09 Program Book is available (pdf). Click here.

Thursday – December 10, 2009
11:00 am – 1:00 pm	Registration
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Keynote 1 Polypharmacology: Drug Discovery in the Era of Genomics and Proteomics Philip E. Bourne, PhD Professor Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD Associate Director, RCSB Protein Data Bank Editor in Chief, PLoS Computational Biology
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm	Oral Presentations 1 - 6
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Break (15 minutes)
3:00 pm – 4:10 pm	Oral Presentations 7 - 13
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm	Break (15 minutes)
4:25 pm – 5:10 pm	Keynote 2 Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge Discovery in Cancer Metastasis Anna Divoli, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Medicine and Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology The University of Chicago
5:10 pm – 6:20 pm	Oral Presentations 14 - 20
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	*This dinner event is sold out.* Banquet, Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Banquet Location: Il Poggio Restaurant, Snowmass Village

Friday – December 11, 2009
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Keynote 3 Spanning Scales - The Combination of Mathematics and High Performance Computing impacts Computational Biology Kirk E. Jordan, PhD, Emerging Solution Executive Computational Science Center IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
9:45 am – 10:45 am	Oral Presentations 21 - 26
10:45 am – 11:00 am	Break (15 minutes)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Oral Presentations 27 - 32
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm	Keynote 4 (Joint Keynote) Strategies for Elaborating Cognitive Requirements of Bioinformatics Tools Ben Keller, PhD, Associate Professor Computer Science Department Eastern Michigan University and Barbara Mirel Associate Research Scientist School of Education, University of Michigan NCIBI Core Director of Evaluation, Education and Training
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm	Oral Presentations 33 - 38
5:45 pm – 8:00 pm	Reception and Poster Session

Saturday – December 12, 2009
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Keynote 5 ChEMBL - Large-scale Open Access Data for Drug Discovery John P. Overington, PhD CChem. European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
9:45 am – 10:35 am	Oral Presentations 39 - 43
10:35 am – 12:00 pm	Poster Session
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Oral Presentation 44 - 49
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm	Keynote 6 Informatics Challenges for Pharmacogenetic Russ B. Altman, MD, PhD Professor of Bioengineering Genetics, Medicine (& Computer Science, by courtesy) Chair, Bioengineering Director Biomedical Informatics Training Program Stanford University
5:45 pm	Rocky '09 Closing Comments

Full Agenda

The Rocky 09 Program Book is available (pdf). Click here.

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Thursday – December 10, 2009
11:00 am – 1:00 pm	Registration
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Keynote 1 Polypharmacology: Drug Discovery in the Era of Genomics and Proteomics Philip E. Bourne, PhD Professor Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD Associate Director, RCSB Protein Data Bank Editor in Chief, PLoS Computational Biology
1:45 pm – 1:55 pm	Oral Presentation 1 Helping Biologists Understand their Data: An Update on the Hanalyzer System Presenter: William A. Baumgartner, Jr., University of Colorado, Denver Authors: William A. Baumgartner Jr., Hannah Tipney, Lawrence E. Hunter
1:55 pm – 2:05 pm	Oral Presentation 2 Thermodynamics-inspired ncRNA Search Presenter: Jennifer Smith, Boise State University Authors: Jennifer Smith, Pamila Ward
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm	Oral Presentation 3 Algorithm to Improve Gene Consistency Across Bacterial Genomes Presenter: Judith D. Cohn, Los Alamos National Laboratory Authors: Judith D. Cohn, Michael E. Wall, John Dunbar
2:15 pm – 2:25 pm	Oral Presentation 4 A Genome-wide Analysis of Poised Promoters in Bacteria Presenter: Marko Djordjevic, Arkansas State University and The Arkansas Bioscience Institute Authors: Marko Djordjevic
2:25 pm – 2:35 pm	Oral Presentation 5 Structure-Based Prediction of DNA Binding Sites for Families of Transcription Factors Presenter: Julia Ponomarenko, University of California, San Diego Authors: Julia Ponomarenko
2:35 pm – 2:45 pm	Oral Presentation 6 Genome-wide Discovery of Human Heart Enhancers Presenter: Ivan Ovcharenko, NIH Authors: Leelavati Narlikar, Noboru Sakabe, Alexander Blanski, Fabio Arimura, Marcelo Nobrega, Ivan Ovcharenko
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Break (15 minutes)
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm	Oral Presentation 7 Development of Methods for Integrating Diverse Sources of Genome-Scale Data Presenter: Daniel Dvorkin, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Daniel Dvorkin, Katerina Kechris
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm	Oral Presentation 8 Visualizing Genomic Sequences in 2D Presenter: Josiah Seaman, Colorado State University Authors: Josiah Seaman
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm	Oral Presentation 9 Automated Inference of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease from Amino Acid Substitutions Presenter: Biao Li, Indiana University Authors: Biao Li, Vidhya G. Krishnan, Matthew E. Mort, Fuxiao Xin, Kishore K. Kamati, David N. Cooper, Sean D. Mooney, Predrag Radivojac
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm	Oral Presentation 10 A User Study of Attribute Visualization Tools and Their Role in Understanding Biological Networks Presenter: Hande Kucuk, Eastern Michigan University Authors: Hande Kucuk, Benjamin J. Keller, Terry Weymouth, Barbara Mirel
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm	Oral Presentation 11 NeuroIE: Extracting Neuroimaging Study Results from the Literature Presenter: Yong Gao, Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Authors: Yong Gao, Dave Kennedy
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm	Oral Presentation 12 Analysis of a Local Huntingtin Protein Interaction Network Presenter: Corey Powell, Buck Institute for Age Research Authors: Corey Powell, Robert Hughes, Cendrine Tourette, Russell Bell, Sean Mooney
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm	Oral Presentation 13 In Silico Functional Profiling of Human Disease-Associated and Polymorphic Amino Acid Substitutions Presenter: Vidhya G. Krishnan, Buck Institute for Age Research Authors: Matthew Mort, Uday S. Evani, Vidhya G. Krishnan, Kishore K. Kamati Peter H. Baenziger, Anghuman Bagchi, Brandon Peters, Rakesh Sathyesh, Biao Li, Yanan Sun, Bin Xue, Nigam Shah, Maricel Kann, David N. Cooper, Predrag Radivojac, Sean D. Mooney
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm	Break (15 minutes)
4:25 pm – 5:10 pm	Keynote 2 Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge Discovery in Cancer Metastasis Anna Divoli, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Medicine and Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology The University of Chicago
5:10 pm – 5:20 pm	Oral Presentation 14 Accelerating Candidate Gene Discovery through Ontological Indexing of Large Scale Data Repositories Presenter: Simon Twigger, Medical College of Wisconsin Authors: Simon Twigger, Joey Geiger, Jennifer Smit
5:20 pm – 5:30 pm	Oral Presentation 15 Knowledge Network Approach: Pathways and Drugs Presenter: Nikolai Daraselia, Ariadne Authors: Nikolai Daraselia, Ekaterina Kotelnikova, Anton Yuryev
5:30 pm – 5:40 pm	Oral Presentation 16 Can We Accurately Determine the Fittest Genes in Nature Presenter: Ramy K. Aziz, San Diego State University Authors: Ramy K. Aziz, Mya Breitbart, Robert Edwards
5:40 pm – 5:50 pm	Oral Presentation 17 Assessing Models of Protein Interaction Network Evolution Presenter: Todd A. Gibson, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Todd A. Gibson, Debra S. Goldberg
5:50 pm – 6:00 pm	Oral Presentation 18 Gene and Genome Trees Conflict at Many Levels Presenter: Leanne S. Haggerty, NUI Maynooth Authors: Leanne S. Haggerty, Fergal J. Martin, David A. Fitzpatrick, James O. McInerney
6:00 pm – 6:10 pm	Oral Presentation 19 Protein-protein Interactions are Driven by Functional Evolution Presenter: Yiqiang Zhao, Buck Institute for Age Research Authors: Yiqiang Zhao, Sean Mooney
6:10 pm – 6:20 pm	Oral Presentation 20 Evolutionary Study and Prediction of Protein-protein Interactions in Chromatin Modification Complexes Presenter: Xuejian Xiong, Hospital for Sick Children Authors: Xuejian Xiong, Tuan On, Shuye Pu, Andrei Turinsky, Yunchen Gong, Andrew Emili, Zhaolei Zhang, Jack Greenblatt, Shoshana J. Wodak, John Parkinson
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	*This dinner event is sold out.* Banquet, Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Banquet Location: Il Poggio Restaurant, Snowmass Village
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Friday – December 11, 2009
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Keynote 3 Spanning Scales - The Combination of Mathematics and High Performance Computing impacts Computational Biology Kirk E. Jordan, PhD, Emerging Solution Executive Computational Science Center IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
9:45 am – 9:55 am	Oral Presentation 21 An Individual Based Modelling Approach to Studying the Evolution of Mate Choice Strategy Presenter: Robert Williamson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Authors: Robert Williamson
9:55 am – 10:05 am	Oral Presentation 22 MtHaplogroups: A Curated Web Resource for Mitochondrial Variation Presenter: Michael V. Osier, Rochester Institute of Technology Authors: Kyle Dewey, Eric Stevens, Dina L. Newman, Michael V. Osier
10:05 am – 10:15 am	Oral Presentation 23 Posterior-Predictive Detection Of Molecular Co-Evolution Using Phylogenetically-Integrated Mutual Information Presenter: A.P. Jason de Koning, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: A.P. Jason de Koning, Todd A. Castoe, Hyun-min Kim, David D. Pollock
10:15 am – 10:25 am	Oral Presentation 24 Bioinformatics Characterization Of The Plasmodium Glutathione S-Transferase Presenter: Emilee Colón, University of Puerto Rico Authors: Emilee Colón, Adelfa Serrano, Hugh Nicholas Jr., Troy Wymore, Alexander Ropelewski, Ricardo González Méndez
10:25 am – 10:35 am	Oral Presentation 25 Leveraging Existing Biological Knowledge in Genome Wide Association Studies Presenter: Ronald Schuyler, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Ronald Schuyler, Lawrence E. Hunter, Deborah Glueck
10:35 am – 10:45 am	Oral Presentation 26 Evaluating Microbial Diversity and Adaptation: New Opportunities for Insight in a Data Rich World Presenter: Catherine Lozupone, University of Colorado, Boulder Authors: Catherine Lozupone, Rob Knight
10:45 am – 11:00 am	Break (15 minutes)
11:00 am – 11:10 am	Oral Presentation 27 Wow! That's Really Interesting! Presenter: Hannah Tipney, University of Colorado, Boulder Authors: Hannah Tipney, Lawrence E. Hunter
11:10 am – 11:20 am	Oral Presentation 28 Global Optimization in Nonlinear Models: Optimization and Evolution in Metabolic Networks Presenter: Albert Sorribas, CMB - IRBLLEIDA - University of Lleida Authors: Albert Sorribas, Carlos Pozo, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Laureano Jimenez, Rui Alves
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Oral Presentation 29 Virus Discovery by Deep Sequencing and Assembly of Virus-derived Small Silencing RNAs Presenter: Qingfa Wu, University of California, Riverside Authors: Qingfa Wu, Yingjun Luo, Rui Lu, Nelson Lau, Eric C. Lai, Wan-Xiang Li, Shou-Wei Ding
11:30 am – 11:40 am	Oral Presentation 30 Prediction of Protein Protein Interaction Sites and Their Impact on Genetic Disease Presenter: Angshuman Bagchi, Buck Institute for Age Research Authors: Angshuman Bagchi, Eunseog Youn, Matthew E. Mort, David N. Cooper, Sean D. Mooney
11:40 am – 11:50 am	Oral Presentation 31 Optimal Nearest Shrunken Centroids Method for High-dimensional Data Classification Presenter: Tiejun Tong, University of Colorado, Boulder Authors: Tiejun Tong, Herbert Pang
11:50 am – 12:00 pm	Oral Presentation 32 Retrobiosynthesis: Searching Backwards, Looking Forwards Presenter: Dan McShan, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Dan McShan
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm	Keynote 4 (Joint Keynote) Strategies for Elaborating Cognitive Requirements of Bioinformatics Tools Ben Keller, PhD, Associate Professor Computer Science Department Eastern Michigan University and Barbara Mirel Associate Research Scientist School of Education, University of Michigan NCIBI Core Director of Evaluation, Education and Training
4:45 pm – 4:55 pm	Oral Presentation 33 Experiments with Biological Concept Recognition Tools Presenter: Karin Verspoor, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Karin Verspoor, Kevin B. Cohen, Helen Johnson, Christophe Roeder, Cesar Mejia, William Baumgartner Jr., Lawrence E. Hunter
4:55 pm – 5:05 pm	Oral Presentation 34 Test Suite Design for Biomedical Ontology Concept Recognition Systems Presenter: K. Bretonnel Cohen, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: K. Bretonnel Cohen, Karin Verspoor, Christophe Roeder, William A. Baumgartner Jr., Lawrence E. Hunter
5:05 pm – 5:15 pm	Oral Presentation 35 Predicting Protein Linkages in Bacteria: Which Method is Best Depends on Task Presenter: Anis Karimpour-Fard, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Anis Karimpour-Fard, Sonia M. Leach, Ryan T. Gill, Lawrence E. Hunter
5:15 pm – 5:25 pm	Oral Presentation 36 A Metagenomic Study of a Microbial Mat in a Hawaiian Lava Cave Presenter: Gayle K. Philip, NASA Astrobiology Institute Authors: Gayle K. Philip, Mark V. Brown, Stuart P. Donachie
5:25 pm – 5:35 pm	Oral Presentation 37 Mobile Metagenomics: Annotating DNA Sequences On A Cell Phone Presenter: Josh Hoffman, San Diego State University Authors: Josh Hoffman, Daniel Cuevas, Robert Edwards
5:35 pm – 5:45 pm	Oral Presentation 38 The Colorado Richly Annotated Full-Text (CRAFT) Corpus: A Resource for BioNLP Research Presenter: Michael Bada, University of Colorado, Denver Authors: Michael Bada, Miriam Eckert, Kristin Garcia, Donald Evans, Dmitry Sitnikov, William A. Baumgartner, Jr., Philip V. Ogren, Arrick Lanfranchi, Amanda Howard, William Corvey, Nianwen Xue, Kevin B. Cohen, Karin Verspoor, Judith A. Blake, Martha Palmer
5:45 pm – 8:00 pm	Reception and Poster Session
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Saturday – December 12, 2009
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Keynote 5 ChEMBL - Large-scale Open Access Data for Drug Discovery John P. Overington, PhD CChem. European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
9:45 am – 9:55 am	Oral Presentation 39 Subgraphs of Protein-protein Interaction Networks with High Connectivity Presenter: Suzanne Gallagher, University of Colorado, Boulder Authors: Suzanne Gallagher, Debra Goldberg
9:55 am – 10:05 am	Oral Presentation 40 TreeHugger: A New Test for Enrichment of Gene Ontology Terms Presenter: Daniel Jupiter, Texas A&M Health Science Center Authors: Daniel Jupiter, Jessica Sahutoglu, Vincent VanBuren
10:05 am – 10:15 am	Oral Presentation 41 Pattern-Based Extraction of Argumentation from the Scientific Literature Presenter: Elizabeth White, University of Colorado, Boulder Authors: Elizabeth White
10:15 am – 10:25 am	Oral Presentation 42 Early Host Response During Influenza Infections Presenter: Christian V. Forst, University of Texas Authors: Christian V. Forst
10:25 am – 10:35 am	Oral Presentation 43 Boolean Network Models of Human Aging Presenter: Michael Verdicchio, Arizona State University Authors: Michael Verdicchio, Seungchan Kim
10:35 am – 12:00 pm	Poster Session
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm	Oral Presentation 44 Positive Selection and Functional Shift: Human Heme Peroxidase Case Study Presenter: Mary J. O'Connell, Dublin City University Authors: Noeleen B. Loughran, Brendan O'Connor, Ciaran O'Fagain, William M. Nauseef, Mary J. O'Connell
4:10 pm – 4:20 pm	Oral Presentation 45 Delving into the Bacteriome:Protein-protein Interactions in E. coli Presenter: John Parkinson, Hospital for Sick Children Authors: Jose Peregrin-Alvarez, Xuejian Xiong, Chong Su, John Parkinson
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm	Oral Presentation 46 Simplified Clustering with Dirichlet Process and Other Process Mixtures Presenter: Matthew Shotwell, Medical University of South Carolina Authors: Matthew Shotwell, M.S., Elizabeth Slate, Ph.D.
4:30 pm – 4:40 pm	Oral Presentation 47 Real Time Metagenomics Presenter: Robert Edwards, San Diego State University Authors: Robert Edwards, Robert Olson, Terry Disz, Rick Stevens, Ross Overbeek
4:40 pm – 4:50 pm	Oral Presentation 48 Structure Discovery in PPI Networks Using Pattern-Based Network Decomposition Presenter: Ying Liu, University of Texas, Dallas Authors: Ying Liu, Chengcheng Shen, Phil Bachman
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm	Oral Presentation 49 Data Mining Over Directed Transcription Factor Networks Presenter: Rauf Malick, Bahria University Authors: Rauf Malick, Abdul Aziz, Mansoor Ahmed, Aysha Mazhar
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm	Keynote 6 Informatics Challenges for Pharmacogenetic Russ B. Altman, MD, PhD Professor of Bioengineering Genetics, Medicine (& Computer Science, by courtesy) Chair, Bioengineering Director Biomedical Informatics Training Program Stanford University
5:45 pm	Rocky '09 Closing Comments

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Location & Travel

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

NOTE: Independence Pass is closed in December, please do not attempt to drive through Leadville

From Denver & Eagle Airports and all points east of Aspen:

Take I-70 west to Glenwood Springs.
Take Exit 116 at Glenwood Springs, follow the signs for Hwy. 82 (right at 1st traffic light, right again at 2nd traffic light, onto Grand Ave./Hwy. 82, crossing bridge over Colorado River), toward Aspen.
Follow Hwy. 82 for approximately 38 miles. DO NOT turn at the first sign for Snowmass (note mileage); this will take you to "Old Snowmass." Follow the signs for Snowmass Village/Snowmass Ski Area.
Turn right onto Brush Creek Road at the traffic light, following signs toward Snowmass Village/Snowmass Ski Area.
Follow Brush Creek Road for approximately 6 miles.
In Snowmass Village you will pass a Conoco gas station on your right. Continue straight up the hill. At the top of the hill the road forks. Stay on Brush Creek Road, to the left, following the arrow on the "To Upper Village" sign.
Take the next right turn onto Upper Snowmelt Road.
Take the next left onto Elbert Lane. Continue to the end of the street to The Silvertree Hotel.

Directions From Colorado Springs:

Take I-25 North from Colorado Springs about 70 miles
to Exit 194 (C470 West)
Take C470 West to I-70 West
Go to Step 1 (above) under "From Denver & Eagle Airports and all
points east of Aspen:"

Map of Aspen

Map of the United States

GROUND TRANSPORTATION FROM DENVER AIRPORT TO ASPEN

Colorado Mountain Express direct to Silvertree Hotel
1-800-267-0851
www.ridecme.com/?gclid=CNbY35OK050CFRHxDAodYn_trw
Stops in Vail and at individual hotels in Aspen and Snowmass. Various stops.

Grayline from Denver Airport to Aspen Airport Direct to Aspen Airport with no stops.
From the Aspen Airport, the Silvertree Hotel will pick up free.
www.ridegrayline.com
(877) 277-3690 or (970) 544-2057

AIRLINE INFORMATION

If travelling by air to the conference, you have two options.

1. Fly to Denver and drive to Aspen/Snowmass
2. Fly directly to Aspen/Snowmass Airport

Flying to Aspen: There are several airlines that service the Aspen/Snowmass area. See this link for Aspen air transportation information: www.aspensnowmass.com/travelinfo/air.cfm

For specific information on increased flights from United Airlines click here.

Hotel transportation is provided complimentary to the Silvertree Hotel (conference hotel) from the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport. Advance reservations for the shuttle are not required, a telephone is available at the airport to request shuttle service

Silvertree Hotel : www.silvertreehotel.com
Travel Information: www.aspensnowmass.com/travelinfo/air.cfm
Colorado Tourism: www.colorado.com

Conference Hotel

The Silvertree Hotel is located in Snowmass Village, thirty feet from the Snowmass Conference Center and is on the Snowmass Village Mall and Fanny Hill, which has more than fifty shops, boutiques, and restaurants and is the hub for many exciting activitie. Fanny Hill offers direct access to ski lifts.

Transportation within Snowmass Village is easy and free, with frequent service at the Village Bus Stop. Buses to Aspen leave from the end of the mall.

THE SILVERSTREE HOTEL HOUSING INFORMATION

Silvertree Hotel is sold out on Saturday night, other accommodations are available at a discount group rate. Please call the hotel directly to make your reservation. Telephone Numbers: 1-800-525-9402 or +1-970-923-3520.

PLAN AN ACADEMIC RETREAT! Earn a Suite Upgrade AND Free Food or Ski Lift Tickets PLUS one additional student registration at no charge with paid attendance of 10 or more from one school! Click HERE for details.

Group Room Rates - PLEASE NOTE: Group discount rates are available until November 11, 2009. Please call the hotel directly (1-800-525-9402) to inquire if rooms are still available at the discount rate.

Single/Double occupancy $88.00 per night. Extra person charge is $25 per person per night. Children under 12 stay free in parents' room. The hotel rates will be subject to all state, county and city taxes in effect at the time of the ISCB meeting.
State tax is currently 12.8% and is subject to change.
Please mention the Rocky '09 conference to get the group rate

Reservation Information:

Phone: 1-800-525-9402
A one night deposit of the room rate will be due at the time of the reservation.
Cut-off date to receive reduced group rate is November 11, 2009. After this date, rooms, if available, are at prevailing rates.
Check-in is 4:00 pm, Check-out is 10:00 am

Web Site:
www.booked.net
Phone: 970-923-3520

Guest Fax: 970-923-5192

Physical Address:
100 Elbert Lane
Snowmass Village, Colorado 81615

Mailing Address:
PO Box 5009
Snowmass Village
Colorado 81615-5009

Complimentary shuttle available from Aspen Airport to Snowmass Village.

Key Dates

Early Abstract Submission Opens	August 1
Registration Opens	September 1
Abstract Submission Deadline	October 16
Acceptance Notification	November 2
MARC Travel Fellowship Application Deadline	October 16
Early Registration Deadline	November 11
Housing Cut-Off Deadline	November 11
Rocky Conference Dates	December 10 - 12

Registration

Registration options:

Online Registration has closed. Remaining Registrations will be accepted onsite.
Form for onsite registration (.pdf)

PLAN AN ACADEMIC RETREAT! Earn a Suite Upgrade AND Free Food or Ski Lift Tickets PLUS one additional student registration at no charge with paid attendance of 10 or more from one school! Click HERE for details.

EARLY REGISTRATION
Applicable dates: 9/1/2009 to 11/11/2009 (11:59 PM)	ISCB Member	Non-member
Industry:	$460	$595
Academic/Government/ /Non-profit:	$365	$500
Postdoc (with letter from Advisor):	$220	$325
Students (with ID):	$185	$260

To Go lunches available for purchase with registration Please present Advisor letter and student ID upon check-in.

REGULAR REGISTRATION
Applicable dates: 11/12/2009 to 12/9/2009	ISCB Member	Non-member
Industry:	$535	$670
Academic/Government/ /Non-profit:	$440	$575
Postdoc (with letter from Advisor):	$295	$400
Students (with ID):	$260	$335

To Go lunches available for purchase with registration Please present Advisor letter and student ID upon check-in.

OTHER ITEMS:
To Go Lunches To go lunches are available from a local Deli at $16.00 each. Lunches must be ordered in advance of the conference for Friday and Saturday. They will not be available on-site for purchase. Friday Lunch: Large slice pizza choices are vegetarian, cheese, pepperoni or meat combo (pepperoni, sausage and ham), with green salad, dessert and drink. Saturday Lunch: Deli sandwich (choices are vegetarian, turkey, ham), with chips, dessert and drink.	$16 each
Banquet Tickets (each) Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Il Poggio Restaurant Tickets are available for that special evening.	$45 each
Discount Ski Lift Tickets - NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Radio frequency (RF) gate cards will be issued to all guests starting this year. These cards will allow faster access to the lifts and hands-free scanning. Please note there will be a refundable $5 per ticket fee for the RF card; refunds given at the ticket counters. Tickets at Aspen ticket counter are $(TBA) per day on-site. Lift tickets purchased at advance Rocky group rate are non-refundable. 1 day ticket/card $58 2 day ticket/card $109 3 day ticket/card $158 4 day ticket/card $207	On-site Tickets at Aspen ticket counter: TBA
Rocky Mountain Regional Bioinformatics Group Membership Contribution to the Rocky Mountain Regional Bioinformatics Group are gratefully accepted. If you choose, this contribution will enroll you as a member of this group, and place you on the group mailing list for networking opportunities after the conference.	$5

Program

A detailed Agenda will be posted following the paper selection process in early November. Please refer to the 'Agenda at a Glance' page.

Poster Session

General Information:

Posters will be available for viewing on Friday evening, December 11 and Saturday morning, December 12. There are two scheduled poster sessions: Friday, December 11 from 5:45 pm to 8:00pm and Saturday, December 12 from 10:35am-12noon. Poster Presenters should be available for presentation during the scheduled poster sessions.
There will be no pre-assigned poster boards, please place your poster on any available boards in the poster session room.
The poster board dimensions are 4 feet high x 4 feet wide. Tacks will be provided
for securing your poster to the board.

Schedule:

Day/Date	Time	Activity/Location
Thursday: December 10, 2009	3:00pm – 6:00pm	SET UP POSTERS (Maximum size 4 feet high x 4 feet wide) Silvertree Hotel - Eldorado Room – 3^rd floor
Friday: December 11, 2009	9:00am – 12:00pm	SET UP POSTERS (Maximum size 4 feet high x 4 feet wide) Silvertree Hotel - Eldorado Room – 3^rd floor
Friday: December 11, 2009	12:00pm – 5:45pm	POSTER VIEWING (no authors present) Silvertree Hotel - Eldorado Room – 3^rd floor
Friday: December 11, 2009	5:45 pm - 8:00 pm	POSTER SESSION (author present) Silvertree Hotel - Eldorado Room – 3^rd floor
Saturday: December 12, 2009	10:35 am - 12:00 pm	POSTER SESSION (author present) Silvertree Hotel - Eldorado Room – 3^rd floor
Saturday: December 12, 2009	12:00pm	REMOVE POSTERS (all posters must be removed so room can be used for 4:00pm event)

FURTHER QUESTIONS
Rocky Conference Coordinator
Stephanie Hagstrom
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360-239-9177

News

December 15, 2009 - The Rocky 09 Program Book is available (pdf). Click here.

December 4, 2009 - Online Registration has closed. Remaining Registrations will be accepted onsite.

November 12, 2009 - DISCOUNT SKI RENTAL PACKAGES FOR ROCKY ATTENDEES.
Snowmass Sports (located on the 3rd floor of the Silvertree) is offering 30% off equipment rental for all Rocky Conference attendees.

Available prior to arrival in Aspen.
Sign in: www.snowmasssports.com
Left side bar – 'groups'
Group Name: rocky09
Password: Dec09
Click on Start Rental and then fill in the blanks.

October 16, 2009 - Call for Presentations has closed. Thank you for your submissions.

September 1, 2009 - Register Now for Rocky '09

August 31, 2009 - PLAN AN ACADEMIC RETREAT! Earn a Suite Upgrade AND Free Food or Ski Lift Tickets PLUS one additional student registration at no charge with paid attendance of 10 or more from one school! Click HERE for details.

July 16, 2009 - MARC Travel Fellowship Application is now available (.pdf)

July 2009 - Download the Rocky '09 Promotional Flyer (.pdf)

ISCB News and Announcements