Please feel free to forward this=20 e-mail.

Thank you,

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First Virtual Conference in Genomics = and=20 Bioinformatics

October 15 & 16, 2001

At World-Wide = Access Grid=20 Locations

Sequencing projects and genomics research has led to an = explosive rate of
data accumulation and to a shift in the way = biological=20 research is
conducted. Bioinformatic tools of the post-genome era are = providing new
insights about gene expression patterns, intron/exon=20 structure,
post-translational changes and protein interactions as = well as=20 phylogenetic
relationships. Parallel analysis of thousands of = genes=20 using microarray
technology has become a multi-disciplinary endeavor = in which=20 unsupervised
and supervised learning is applied for gene expression=20 clustering and/or
classification. Although genomic technologies = offer=20 an enormous scientific
potential to understand organisms at the = molecular=20 level, new challenges on
the horizon are envisioned. There is a = need=20 for improvement of microarray
technology, data standardization, and = tools for=20 integration of multiple
databases and data mining. Other needs = include=20 the improvement of
bioinformatic tools and statistical approaches for = sequence analysis, gene
annotation, categorization of protein = families,=20 protein-protein
interactions, and phylogenetic studies.

The = goal for=20 the First Virtual Conference in Genomics and Bioinformatics is
to = increase=20 the exchange of ideas and establish new ways of interaction = and
collaboration=20 among scientists around the world.

For the 2001 Virtual = Conference,=20 topics include:

Functional Genomics
Structural=20 Genomics
Computational Approaches for Gene Expression = Analysis
Metabolic=20 Profiling
Genomic Data Standardization and Management
Implications = of=20 Genomic Research
Proteomics

Invited speakers and=20 Participation:

For the First Conference, invited speakers and = reviewers=20 represent
institutions including:

Argonne National=20 Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor=20 Laboratory
First Genetic Trust, Inc.
Massachusetts Institute of=20 Technology
National Center for Genome Resources
National Institute = of=20 Standars and Technology
National Science Foundation
National = Institutes of=20 Health
North Dakota State University
Stanford University
SRI=20 International
UC Berkeley

Although registration is required, = there are=20 no registration fees to
participate in the conference. To = participate=20 at the Fargo Access Grid Node
or one of several other Nodes around = the world,=20 please register through our
web page

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/registration.htm

Abstract and Papers:

In addition to the = invited=20 presentations, we invite you to consider submitt
abstracts and = papers. =20 This is a fully refereed meeting and each submitted
abstract will be=20 peer-reviewed. Abstracts should describe unpublished
research = that is=20 not under review. Abstracts describing novel applications
and=20 theoretical contributions are also requested. An abstract of no=20 more
than 250 words should be submitted by August 31, 2001. Please = submit=20 your
abstract through our web page
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/abstract.htm

Accepted abstracts will be invited for a complete = paper to be=20 submitted by
September 21, 2001. Papers should not be more than = 20=20 pages long using 11
point font times new roman, 1.5 line spacing, and = 3 cm=20 margins on all four
sides on letter size paper. An electronic = document=20 session will be
scheduled following the conference to allow the = maximum=20 participation
between the attendees and the authors. Accepted = documents as=20 well documents
submitted by invited speakers will be available in = electronic=20 version in the
"Proceedings of the Virtual Conferences of Genomics = and=20 Bioinformatics."
Deadline: August 31, 2001 for abstracts
Deadline: = September 21, 2001 complete documents

Useful links:

Access = Grid=20 locations in the US and around the world:
http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-nodes.htm<= BR>
Registration to attend the meeting in Fargo, North = Dakota

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/registration.htm

Link to submit your abstract
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/abstract.htm

Subscribe to our e-mail list
http://listserv.nodak.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=3Dvirtual-genomi= cs&A=3D1

E-mail your questions to

Edward_Deckard@ndsu.nodak.edu

Willy_Valdivia@ndsu.nodak.edu

<= /DIV> ------=_NextPart_000_00D4_01C134A8.C1504D60-- --- From owner-bio-www@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Tue Sep 11 10:43:55 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F59E17CA4 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:43:53 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8DF617CA3 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:43:50 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6018) id AD50317B41; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:43:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C76E17BC0 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:50:38 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 0487E17B93; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:50:25 +0100 (BST) To: bionet-software-www@net.bio.net From: james.o.mcinerney@may.ie (James McInerney) Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Subject: GCUA Software Update Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Message-ID: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DDC17B99 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:50:13 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from ailm.may.ie (ailm.may.ie [149.157.1.20]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B8117AE9 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:50:02 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from [149.157.201.126] (macbl126.may.ie [149.157.201.126]) by ailm.may.ie (PMDF V5.2-33 #38649) with ESMTP id <01K86ON1N29M00DUJB@ailm.may.ie> for bio-www@net.bio.net; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:49:49 WET X-To: bio-www X-User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:43:42 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-bio-www@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi all, I have updated my codon usage program GCUA. It is free for you to use and available for download at: http://bioinf.may.ie/gcua/index.html GCUA performs many of the usual codon usage analyses, such as counting codons, analysing base composition etc. It also has a number of multivariate analysis functions and these can be used to analyse the codon and amino acid composition of genomes. The current version is formatted for a maximum of 50,000 genes, enough to analyse the human genome coding regions. These genes can be up to a half a million bases in length. You can also produce a PAUP or PHYLIP - compatible 'distance matrix' based on codon composition (not on pairwise similarities of the sequences). This is an excerpt from the history file. Version 1.2 Included function to calculate Effective Number of Codons (Wright, 1991). Included the option of performing multivariate analyses on raw codon counts. Allowed recognition of GDE formatted files. Sequence names extended to 250 characters in length. Modified the ADE output settings. Corrected bug in calculating base composition. Increased the amount of sequence data that can be analysed (50,000 sequences x 500,000 bp). Modified the memory requirements. Kindest regards, James -- Dr. James O. McInerney, Bioinformatics and Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. P:+353 1 708 3860 F:+353 1 708 3845 M:+353 87 6480102 E:james.o.mcinerney@may.ie http://www.may.ie/academic/biology/jmbioinformatics.shtml http://www.bioinf.org/ --- From owner-bio-www@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Sep 20 17:11:27 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C4817BFA for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:11:23 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C559A17BE3 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:11:11 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6018) id DEDD017BF7; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:10:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD4817AD5 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:49:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from chx400.switch.ch (chx400.switch.ch [130.59.10.2]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E6E17B6B for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:49:38 +0100 (BST) Received: from smtp3.google.com ([216.239.33.28]) by chx400.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 15k58z-00027k-00 for bionet-software-www@moderators.isc.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:49:37 +0200 Received: from sjins2.sj.google.com ([216.239.35.4]) by smtp3.google.com with ESMTP� id HAA29102 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:49:36 -0700 Received: from sjmm36.sj.google.com (sjmm36.sj.google.com [10.6.39.36]) by sjins2.sj.google.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA26901 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:49:31 -0700 Received: (from news@localhost) by sjmm36.sj.google.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA30652 for bionet-software-www@moderators.isc.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:49:31 -0700 To: bionet-software-www@moderators.isc.org From: acaclone@hotmail.com (AcaClone) Newsgroups: bionet.software.www Subject: pDRAW32 freeware DNA analysis program Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000997371 30650 127.0.0.1 (20 Sep 2001 14:49:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Sep 2001 14:49:31 GMT Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:10:42 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-bio-www@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi: pDRAW32 is a freeware software for DNA cloning Restriction enzyme analysis Oligonucleotide primer site analysis Plotting annotated plasmid/DNA maps Finding dam and dcm methylation sites Finding and translating open reading frames (without introns) XY homology plotting Calculation of optimal PCR annealing temperature pDRAW32 may be downloaded from http://www.geocities.com/acaclone/ or http://home.get2net.dk/acaclone or http://www.crosswinds.net/~acaclone/ Best regards, AcaClone Software