FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Third International Conference on
BIOINFORMATICS and GENOME RESEARCH
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Internet: bio94 at scri.fsu.edu
Wednesday June 1 - Saturday June 4, 1994
at
The Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027
USA
Sponsored by
The Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4052
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
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Abstracts: Due April 15, 1994
One (8.5" by 11") page, single space, 12-point type
Notification of acceptance mailed by May 1, 1994
Manuscripts: Due during the conference
Less than 15 pages (8.5" by 11"), single spaced, 12-point type
within page size 6.5" by 9.0"
(For figures, please allow for reduction of 80%)
International Organizers:
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o Jagdish C. Agrawal
Computer Science Department, (King Saud University, Riyadh,
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA)
F60C029%SAKSU00.BITNET.CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
o Patrizio Arrigo
(CNR Instituto Circuiti Eletronici, Genova, ITALY)
arrigo at hugo.ice.ge.cnr.it
o Sarah Barron
(Center for High Performance Computing, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
sarah at hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
o Charles R. Cantor
(Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology,
Boston University, USA)
crc at buenga.bu.edu
o Julio Collado-Vides
(Centro de Investigacion sobre fijacion de Nitrogeno, UNAM, MEXICO)
collado at n2.cefini.unam.mx
o Janan Eppig
(The Jackson Laboratory, Maine, USA)
jte at jax.org
o Chris Fields
(The Institute for Genomic Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA)
cfields at tigr.org
o Heinrich Giesen
(Universit{\"a}dt Koblenz/Landau, Fachbereich Informatik,
Rheinau 3--4, W-5400, Koblenz, GERMANY)
giesen at infko.uni-koblenz.de
o Guo Fan Hong
(Director, National Center for Gene Research, Shanghai, CHINA)
o Andrzej K. Konopka
(NCI/DCBDC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA)
konopka at fcrfv1.ncifcrf.gov
o Leken Latinwo
(Molecular Biology, FAMU, Florida, USA)
o Michael N. Liebman
(Bioinformation Group, Amoco Technology Company, Naperville, USA)
mliebman at amoco.com
o Hwa A. Lim
(SCRI, Florida State University, USA)
hlim at scri.fsu.edu
o Andrey Mirzabekov
(Director, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, RUSSIA)
o Yong-Ha Park
(National Project Director, Center for Bioinformatics \& Systematics,
KIST, Taejon, KOREA)
yhpark at gerigw.geri.re.kr
o Robert Robbins
(Bioinformation Infrastructure Program, US DOE, Washington, D.C., USA)
rrobbins at gdb.org
o Toshihisa Takagi
(Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan)
takagi at ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
o Cathy Wu
(Department of Epidemiology/Biomathematics, University of Texas at Tyler)
wu%jason.decnet at relay.the.net
Local Organizers:
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o Elena Kenderova (SCRI, Florida State University)
elenak at scri.fsu.edu
o Hwa Lim (SCRI, Florida State University)
hlim at scri.fsu.edu
o Eva Meirovitch (SCRI, Florida State University)
eva at scri.fsu.edu
o Victor Strelets (SCRI, Florida State University)
strelets at scri.fsu.edu
Conference Staff:
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o Susan Lampman (Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center)
slampman at mailer.fsu.edu
o Patricia Meredith (SCRI, Florida State University)
meredith at scri.fsu.edu
o Mimi Burbank (SCRI, Florida State University)
mimi at scri.fsu.edu
BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH continues the series of international
conferences sponsored by SCRI, and partially funded by various granting
agencies and industrial companies in 1990 and 1992.
This conference is the third biennial conference in the series. The
first two were:
o "The First International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing
and the Human Genome", April 10 - 13, 1990, Florida State Conference
Center, Tallahassee, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology
Research & Development Authority (TRDA 113), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000),
Thinking Machine Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and CRAY Research Inc.
o "The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics,
Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", June 4 - 7, 1992, St,
Petersburg Beach, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology
Research & Development Authority (TRDA 205), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000,
and DE-FG05-92ER61456), NSF (BIR-9209062), Intel Corp., MasPar Computer
Corp., Silicon Graphics Corp., and World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc.
Two conference proceedings have been published:
o "Proceedings of The First International Conference on Electrophoresis,
Supercomputing and the Human Genome", Charles R. Cantor and Hwa A. Lim
(Eds.), (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1991), 325 pages.
o "Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics,
Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", Hwa A. Lim, James W. Fickett,
Charles R. Cantor and Robert J. Robbins (Eds.),
(World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1993), 648 pages.
The nature of the conference (submission, sessions, proceedings) is
deliberately designed to enable maximum dissemination and exchange of
information in the most timely manner possible.
The goal of the Third Conference is to provide a forum in which experts
from both the academic and industrial sectors, including young
researchers and students, can gather to interact. It is hoped that this
will afford them an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of the
scope, direction, and future prospects of informatics, computing and
genome research. Speakers and participants will be computational
experts, experimentalists and technologists from around the world. The
interdisciplinary nature of the conference is designed to:
o foster an exchange of ideas and information among disciplines; and
o lead to a transfer of technologies, especially from the academic
sector to the private sector.
The TOPICAL AREAS include:
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o Nucleic acid and protein sequence research
(Chairperson: Andrzej Konopka)
o Computational/theoretical integrative approaches to gene regulation
and metabolism
(Chairperson: Collado Vidas)
o Genome rearrangement
(Chairperson: Pavel Pevzner)
o Database integration/interoperability
(Chairperson: Hwa Lim)
o Molecular informatics of HIV
(Chairperson: Hans Sieburg)
o Tools and techniques for genome analyses
(Chairperson: Sarah Barron)
o Methods for understanding genetic data through graphic displays
(Chairperson: Janan Eppig)
o Visualization of biological processes
(Chairperson: Heinrich Giesen).
There will be two KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
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1. Dr. Charles R. Cantor
(Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Boston
University, USA).
Title: "Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and Sequencing"; and
2. Dr. Robert J. Robbins (Bioinformation Infrastructure Program Office
of Health and Environmental Research, US DOE).
Title: "Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure".
and a BANQUET SPEAKER:
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1. Dr. Allen D. Roses
(Head, Alzheimer's Disease Research, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, North Carolina).
Title: "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease".
The conference will feature invited talks during the day and informal
evening gatherings designed to further enhance the opportunity for
information exchange.
The tentative conference schedule from Tuesday (May 31)
through Saturday (June 4, 1994) is included below. We will adjust it
depending upon the number of contributed papers and the interest in
having evening workshops.
May 31 Registration (Radisson Hotel)
Tuesday
June 1 Opening session,
Wednesday Keynote Speech (Cantor)
"Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and sequencing"
Regular morning session
Lunch
Keynote Speech (Robbins)
"Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure"
Regular afternoon session
Reception at the Museum of Florida History
(Music provided by FSU School of Music)
June 2 Regular morning session
Thursday Group Photo session
Lunch
Regular afternoon session
Banquet held at Conference Center
banquet speech (Dr. Roses) "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease"
June 3 Regular morning session
Friday Lunch
Regular afternoon session
Evening Federal/Academic/Industrial Panel Discussion
June 4 Regular morning session
Saturday Closing 12 Noon
Please register for the conference using the form attached below. We
will have to limit the number of attendees to 150.
If you would like to give a talk at the conference, we ask that
you submit a one-page abstract for review by committee members.
An Abstract Booklet will be distributed at the conference.
Send electronic version to: bio94 at scri.fsu.edu
Send hard copy to: H.A. Lim
400 SCL
SCRI
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-4052
FAX: (904) 644-0098
We ask that you plan to address topics within the scope outlined
above. Within the limits of available time, we would like to accommodate
as many speakers (not more than 42) as practicable.
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994.
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Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by May 1, 1994.
Instructions for preparation of manuscripts will be sent to all speakers
at this time.
Please also bring a copy of your manuscript (hard copy and electronic
form, preferably formatted using plain TeX or LaTeX, or in ascii format)
so you can submit them DURING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION. It should be
less than 15 pages (including figures and tables), single spaced and 12
point type. We will allow you one month after the conference to make any
changes (such as incorporating answers to questions raised by the
audience during the conference). Otherwise, by default, we will use the
version submitted during the registration for inclusion in the proceedings.
All contributions to the proceedings will be reviewed by peers and
copy-edited. If you present a paper, you may (optional) want to bring a
photo of yourself for inclusion in the proceedings volume.
We also encourage poster contributions. Please submit (FAX) hard copy,
*plus* an electronic version of the abstract for your poster
by May 1, 1994, for inclusion in the Abstract Booklet.
Vendors are also strongly encouraged to exhibit their products.
Any questions or requests can be sent via email to
bio94 at scri.fsu.edu
or to one of the organizers. SCRI can be reached by phone at (904) 644-1010.
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REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION
The Third International Conference on
BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH
*Conference Program Number: 1903194
June 1 - 4, 1994
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The registration fee for the conference is $225 ($275 after May 1, 1994), and
includes four continental breakfasts, and morning and afternoon
refreshments. The rate for students is $150 (proof is required)
and $1000 for vendors (this includes one participant).
If you want to pay by check, please complete the above registration form, and
return it along with your check made payable to FSU (Be sure to reference
the Conference Program Number on your check) to:
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027
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following credit card information:
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There is an additional 2% charge by the University for credit card
registrations (bringing the required total to $230).
Email registrations, and all other inquiries about the conference, may be
sent to:
email: bio94 at scri.fsu.edu, or
fax: (904) 644-0098, attention of Pat Meredith
Hotel Information:
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The conference hotel is the Radisson Hotel, which is within walking
distance of the conference center and the FSU campus. Rooms are $60 per
night, single or double, and reservations should be made as early as
possible. Be sure to mention Bioinformatics Conference to get the
special rate. The hotel address and phone number are:
Radisson Hotel
415 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone and Fax: (904) 224-6000
Transportation:
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The closest airport is the Tallahassee Airport. Shuttle service to and
from the airport is provided by the Radisson Hotel. You may wish to
stay over a Saturday night to take advantage of the SuperSaver program.
Weather:
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The weather during the period of the conference is some of the most pleasant
times in Tallahassee. Warm (80s F) during the day, but light jackets might be
needed during the evenings (60s F). There may be occasional late afternoon
showers.
