[BiO BB] Call For Papers: Computational Analysis of Biological Networks (Special Issue in Advances in Bioinformatics)

[Tolga Can]

Advances in Bioinformatics Journal
Special Issue: Computational Analysis of Biological Networks

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/abi/si/cabnet.html

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2009

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Call for Papers

One of the fundamental goals of bioinformatics is to understand the
biological processes that are the driving forces behind organisms'
functions. Biological networks such as metabolic, gene regulatory, and
protein interaction networks show how various biochemical entities
interact with each other to perform vital functions that they cannot
perform alone. A critical common property of biological networks is
that although the individual entities of a pathway may have specific
functions, they play additional roles in the entire network by
communicating with other entities.

This Special Issue focuses on novel computational approaches and
methods for understanding biological networks. This issue will publish
original, high-quality research articles. High-risk/high-gain ideas
for understanding biological networks are welcome. Manuscripts should
include biological impact and validation as well as technical depth.
The topics that are included (but not limited to) in this issue are:

    * Pathway reconstruction
    * Comparison and querying of biological networks
    * Annotation of functional subnetworks
    * Motif discovery in networks
    * Steady-state analysis of networks and the whole cell model
    * Analysis of network-disease family relationships

Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal's
Author Guidelines, which are located at
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/abi/guidelines.html. Prospective
authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscripts
through the journal manuscript tracking system at
http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:

    Manuscript Due	August 1, 2009
    First Round of Reviews	November 1, 2009
    Publication Date	February 1, 2010

Lead Guest Editor

    * Tamer Kahveci, Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
Department, University of Florida, FL 32610, USA

Guest Editors

    * Tolga Can, Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East
Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
    * Limsoon Wong, School of Computing, National University of
Singapore, Room 3-34, Building COM1, 13 Computing Drive, Singapore,
Singapore 117417
    * Zhongming Zhao, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA 23284, USA

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