[BiO BB] Second call for participation: Automated Function Prediction 2006
Iddo Friedberg
idoerg at burnham.org
Thu Mar 30 02:11:52 EST 2006
(Please forward as appropriate, thanks).
Call for Participation: Talks, Papers and Posters
The Second Automated Function Prediction Meeting
August 30 -- September 1 2006, University of California San Diego
Abstract submission deadline: April 26, 2006
http://BioFunctionPrediction.org/AFP/afp06
Sequence and structure genomics have generated a wealth of data, but
extracting meaningful information from genomic information is becoming
an increasingly difficult challenge. Both the number and the diversity
of discovered genes is increasing. This increase means that established
annotation methods, such as homology transfer, are annotating less data.
In addition, there is a need for annotation which is standardized so
that it could be incorporated into function annotation on a large scale.
Finally, there is a need to assess the quality of the function
prediction software which is out there. We probably know the sequence of
the target for next generation antibiotics or cancer treatment. We just
do not realize that because the target is currently annotated as a
"domain of unknown function". For these reasons and many more, automated
protein function prediction is rapidly gaining interest among
computational biologists in academia and industry. The first Automated
Function Prediction (AFP) meeting was held alongside ISMB 2005, and
gathered together some 100 attendees for a full day of talks, poster
sessions, and a discussion panel. The second meeting will be a three day
event, August 30-September 1st , 2006 at the campus of University of
California, San Diego, California, USA.
AFP 2006 will feature:
* Plenary talks delivered by leading researchers in the field
* Submitted talks
* Conference proceedings published as research papers in BMC
Bioinformatics
* A special discussion panel on gene and protein annotation
* A poster session
Speakers:
* Philip E. Bourne, University of California, San Diego, USA
* Steven E. Brenner, University of California, Berkeley, USA
* Terry Gaasterland, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
* Adam Godzik, Burnham Institute for Medical Research and University of
California, San Diego USA
* Christos Ouzounis European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, UK
* Anna Tramontano, University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
* Shoshana Wodak, Hospital for Sick Children, and Departments of
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada.
Talks and posters are sought in, but not limited to, the following topics:
* Function prediction using sequence based methods. This would
include "classic" methods such as detection of functional motifs
and inferring function from sequence similarity.
* Function from genomic information: prediction by genomic location;
locus comparison with other organisms; function gain and loss.
* Function prediction in metagenomics
* Phylogeny based methods
* Function from molecular interactions
* Function from structure
* Function prediction using combined methods
* "Meta-talks" discussing the limitations and horizons of
computational function prediction.
* Assessing function prediction programs
Authors of abstracts selected for talks would also have the opportunity
to extend them to full length papers, which will be reviewed for
publication in BMC Bioinformatics in a special AFP proceedings section.
BMC Bioinformatics is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that
considers articles on all aspects of computational methods used in the
analysis and annotation of sequences and structures, as well as all
other areas of computational biology. It has an ISI impact factor of
5.42 for year 2004.
Abstract submission deadline: April 26, 2006
For more information please see the meeting site:
http://BioFunctionPrediction.org/AFP/afp06
Sincerely,
Iddo Friedberg, in the name of the AFP 2006 organizing committee
--
Iddo Friedberg, Ph.D.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
10901 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
Tel: +1 (858) 646 3100 x3516
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