ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics 2013
Agenda (suggested topics subject to change)
Pre-Conference Workshops at the Institut Pasteur in Morocco
Monday 11 March 2013
Track 1: EuPathDB - An Integrated ‘Omics Resource for Eukaryotic Pathogens (Jessica Kissinger)
Track 2: EMBNET eBioKit - Introduction to the new eBioKit functionalities (Andreas Gisel)
Track 3: From promoters to pathway (Alexander Kel & Olga Kel-Margoulis)
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Track 1: Morning: EMBNET eBioKit - Using the eBioKit for protein structure prediction (Gert Vriend)
Afternoon: EBI Roadshow (Shaun McGlinchey)
Track 2: Molecular phylogenetics: principles and use of up‐to‐date tools (Aidan Budd, Olivier Gascuel and Sheila Ommeh)f
Track 3: Deep sequencing (Andrew Oler & Mariam Quinones)
Main Conference at the Novotel City Center Hotel
(*Updated March 08, 2013. Schedule subject to change. )
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Wednesday - March 13, 2013 | |||
07:30 am -08:30 am | Registration open | ||
08:30 am - 09:00 am | Opening remarks and Welcome | Welcome from ISCB President | |
Welcome from ASBCB President | |||
SESSION 1 Chair: Nicola Mulder |
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Keynote: Muntaser Ibrahim |
Genome Analysis Under Thrust of Diversity | ||
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Tea/Coffee | ||
10:30 am - 10:50 am | T1 Can Genomic Context Improve Phage Gene Annotations? |
Oussema Souiai | |
10:50 am -11:10 am | T2 Genome-wide Structure and Transcriptional P_rofiling of Indigenous Chickens Infected by Kenyan Avian Paramyxovirus Type 1 Strain Defined by SNP Genotyping and RNA-seq |
Sheila Ommeh | |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | T3 In Silico Insights from a Comparative 3D Structure Analysis of the Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase (MTAP) of Leishmania Infantum and Human |
Hela Abid | |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | T4 Evaluation of the Potential of Sesamum Indicum Linn Proteins as Precursors of Angiostensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors by an In Silico Approach |
Solomon Rotimi | |
11:50 am - 12:10 am | T5 Sayeh Ezzikouri |
TBA | |
12:10 am - 12:30 pm | Open |
TBA | |
12:30 pm - 14:00 pm | Lunch | ||
SESSION 2 Chair: Alia Benkahla |
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14:00 pm - 15:00 am | Keynote: Jean-Michel Claverie |
Open Questions about Giant Viruses | |
15:00 pm - 15:30 pm | Tea/Coffee | ||
15:30 pm - 15:50 pm | T6 Identification of Transcription Associated Proteins in Plasmodium Falciparum |
Angela Makolo | |
15:50 pm - 16:10 pm | T7 Searching for Local Minima in RNA Folding Landscapes |
Ouala Abdelhadi Ep Souki | |
16:10 pm - 16:30 pm | T8 In silico Identification of Candidate Genes for Drought Tolerance in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) |
Adugna Woldesemayat | |
16:30 pm - 16:50 pm | T9 Meningitis Causing Pneumococci Have a Distinct Genomic Make-up |
Benard Kulohoma | |
16:50 pm - 17:10 pm | T10 Identification of divergent protein-domains by combining HMM-HMM comparisons and co-occurrence detection |
Amel Ghouila | |
17:10 pm - 17:30 pm | T11 Functional characterization of Motif Sequences Under Purifying Selection |
Chen-Hsiang Yeang | |
17:30 pm - 18:30 pm | Joint ISCB ASBCB Society meetings | ||
18:30 pm | End of Day 1 | ||
Thursday March 14, 2013 | |||
SESSION 3 Chair: Dan Masiga |
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09:00 am - 10:00 am | Keynote: Erik Bongcam-Rudloff |
Next Generation Biotechnologies and society: New insights | |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Tea/Coffee | ||
10:30 am - 10:50 am | T12 Genetic Structure of Tunisian Population as Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Phylogeny |
Rym Kefi | |
10:50 am -11:10 am | T13 ancGWAS: Analysis of Sub-networks Underlying Ethnic Differences in Complex Disease Risk in a Recently Admixed Population |
Emile Rugamika Chimusa | |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | T14 Identification of the Hemagglutinin Protein Yearly Change in Genetic Distance as a Potential Marker for the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: In Silico Metaanalysis of Markers for Influenza Pandemics and Virulence |
Mahmoud El Hefnawi | |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | T15 HIV/HCV Co-infection in Cameroon: Involvement of Bioinformatics Approach in the Control of the Disease Progression in Correlation with the Immune Status and the Biochemical Indicators in Co-infected Patients |
Marceline Djuidje Ngounoue | |
11:50 am - 12:10 am | T16 Bioinformatics tools and identification of genetic causes of hereditary hearing loss in Moroccan patients |
Omar Abidi | |
12:10 am - 12:30 pm | open |
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12:30 pm - 14:00 pm | Lunch |
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SESSION 4 Chair: Burkhard Rost |
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14:00 pm - 15:00 am | Keynote: Alfonso Valencia |
Genome Cancer Analysis | |
15:00 pm - 15:30 pm | Tea/Coffee | ||
15:30 pm - 15:50 pm | T17 Homology Modeling of M. Tuberculosis Potential Drug Target Candidates and Docking Studies to Identify Novel Inhibitors |
Ruben Cloete | |
15:50 pm - 16:10 pm | T18 The Influence of Glycans on the Molecular Dynamics of the HIV-1 gp120 V3 Loop |
Natasha Wood | |
16:10 pm - 16:30 pm | T19 Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase, a Candidate Drug Target |
Hela Abid | |
16:30 pm - 16:50 pm | T20 Virtual Screening and Drug Design for Identifying Novel RNA Polymerase Inhibitors for the Influenza A Virus |
Ghada Antar | |
16:50 pm - 17:10 pm | T21 Genotyping of Human Neutrophil Antigens (HNA) from Whole Genome Sequencing Data |
Cheng-Yan Kao | |
17:10 pm - 17:30 pm | T22 Development of a 'Moroccan Database for Cancer Care' (MD2C) |
Oussama Semlali | |
18:00 pm | End of Day 1 | ||
Friday March 15, 2013 | |||
SESSION 5 Chair: Fouzia Radouani |
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09:00 am - 10:00 am | Keynote: Jessica Kissinger |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Tea/Coffee | ||
10:30 am - 10:50 am | T23 Prediction of Human-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Protein-protein Interaction using Multilayer Neural Network Trained with Ant Colony and Particle Swarm Optimization for Feature |
Ibrahim Ahmed | |
10:50 am -11:10 am | T24 A Systems-Biology Level Comparison of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Leprae and Smegmatis Based on Functional Network Analysis |
Richard Akinola | |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | T25 Endosymbionts in Glossina Morsitans Morsitans tsetse Fly and the Fly Interplay to Biosynthesize Vitamins and Co-factors |
Kevin Marucha | |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | T26 Analysis and Modeling of Signaling Pathways in Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Sonia Kechaou-Cherif | |
11:50 am - 12:10 am | T27 Moroccan Clinical Avatar for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction in Moroccan Population |
Yassine Souilmi | |
12:10 am - 12:30 pm | Open |
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12:30 pm - 14:00 pm | Lunch |
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SESSION 6 Chair: Hassan Ghazal |
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14:00 pm - 15:00 am | Keynote: Seydou Doumbia |
Bioinformatics for Public Health in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities | |
15:30 pm - 15:50 pm | T28 InsecTar: a Database for MicroRNA Targets in Insects |
Mushal Ali | |
15:50 pm - 16:10 pm | T29 The Moroccan Genetic Disease Database (MGDD) |
Hicham Charoute | |
16:10 pm - 16:30 pm | T30 A Simplified Integrated Automation of Clustering Indices for Quality Validation and Comparison |
Victor Osamor | |
16:30 pm - 16:50 pm | T31 30 Development of a Simple Artificial Intelligence Method to Accurately Subtype Breast Cancers based on Gene Expression Barcodes |
Fanechka Esterhuysen | |
16:50 pm - 17:10 pm | T32 A New Method for Analyzing Virtual Screening Output Using a Self-Organizing Map Targeting the Leishmania eIF4A Protein |
Emna Harigua-Souiai | |
17:10 pm - 17:30 pm | T33 DOOSS: A Tool for Visual Analysis of Data Overlaid on Secondary Structures |
Michael Golden | |
17:30 pm - 18:00 pm | Closing Ceremony | ||
Awards best poster and paper (ISCB Student Council) |
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19:00 pm | Conference dinner | ||