Network Biology SIG, ISMB 2012, Long Beach CA

The NetBio SIG is a satellite meeting held before ISMB, the largest computational biology/bioinformatics conference in the world, both of which are in Long Beach, California, near Los Angeles in mid-July 2012. The NetBio SIG will focus on two major areas: (1) the development of network-related tools and resources, and (2) the application of network analysis and visualization in the study of biology, synthetic biology and medicine. The meeting will provide a unique interface between tool developers and users in the field of network biology. Through these complementary lenses, the SIG will bring into focus the current state of the field, its future promise and how to get from here to there.

Important Dates
  • Feb 6: Open call for abstract submissions
  • April 16: Submission deadline
  • May 21: Notification of accepted abstracts
  • June 1: Early registration discount cut-off date
  • July 13: NetBio SIG
  • July 15-17: ISMB 2012, Main program
Submission Guidelines
  • Length: Up to 1 page, including figure
  • Format: 11pt font, >= 1.0-inch margins, PDF
  • Content: Please include a title, author list (underline presenter), brief summary paragraph, and references where appropriate. Feel free to include hyperlinks to relevant sites (e.g., for Tool & Resource submissions). Within the 1-page limit, you may also include a figure and/or table.
  • Topic: During submission you will select a topic area for your abstract: Tools & Resources or Applied Research
  • Presentation: Also indicate whether you would prefer to present a talk, poster, or either. We will accommodate as many talks as possible, but may invite you to present a poster if the schedule is full.
SIG Program

Keynote Speakers

  • Chris Evelo - Head of Department of Bioinformatics, BiGCaT at Maastricht University, NL
  • Hiroaki Kitano - Director of Systems Biology Institute in Tokyo; Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  • Chris Sander - Chair of Computational Biology at Sloan-Kettering Institute
  • Josh Stuart - Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UC Santa Cruz
Organizing Committee
  • Alexander Pico, Gladstone Institutes, UCSF, profile
  • Scooter Morris, RBVI, University of California at San Francisco, profile
  • Allan Kuchinsky, Agilent Technologies, website
  • Gary Bader, University of Toronto, profile
  • Mario Albrecht, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, profile
  • Ian Donaldson, University of Oslo, website
  • Natasa Przulj, Imperial College London, profile
  • Esti Yeger-Lotem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, profile

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