[BiO BB] Automated Function Prediction 2006: registration and posters

[Iddo Friedberg]

(Please post and pass on as appropriate, thanks)


The Second Automated Function Prediction Meeting will be held
August 30 -- September 1 2006, at the University of California San Diego


AFP 2006: registration now open! Early registration deadline: July 15, 2006
http://biofunctionprediction.org/AFP/register/
 

Poster submission deadline extended to June 15, 2006.
http://biofunctionprediction.org/AFP/afp06/posterabstracts/



General information:
http://BioFunctionPrediction.org/AFP/afp06


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




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 second AFP 
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


Plenary 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.

Talk submission is now closed. The talk program will soon be on the 
conference web site.




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
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