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Theme
II-3: Recent Trends in Bioinformatics – Dr. Sylvia Spengler
(US)
Presentation abstracts
will appear here as soon as possible.
The rapidly increasing
availability of whole genome sequences is spawning a new generation
of bioinformatics approaches to data mining and data analysis.
As the volume of sequence data grows, the potential for understanding
the function of genes and their role in health and disease becomes
a reality. New methods of drug discovery that utilize bioinformatics
tools and methodology will dramatically increase our ability to
control and cure diseases. However, a major challenge for the
21st century will be to harness the enormous volume of biological
data to enhance the ability of the research community to convert
data to knowledge. Access channels to specific types of information
and improved pathways for connecting the various building blocks
that yield discovery are mandatory if we are to take full advantage
of the data influx. This session will focus on computerized approaches
to knowledge building in the biological sciences.
Submitted abstracts
include:
Current Challenges
in Bioinformatics
S. Spengler, LBL, Berkeley
Biological Sequence
Databases, Knowledge Representation and Molecular Similarity
Sandor Pongor, ICGEB, Trieste.
The Human Brain Project:
Neuroinformatics
Stephen Koslow, NIH, USA
The State of the Art
of Proteome Study and Interaction with a Protein Sequence Database
Akira Tsugita (Proteomics Research Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan)
Functional Role of
Bacteriophage Transfer RNA's
Takashi Kunisawa
Application of Proteome
Analysis in Cyanobacteria Taxonomy
Junko Shimura, Naoaki Tezuka Makoto M. Watanabe, and Akira Tsugita,
Japan
Parasite Genome Databases:
Sequence to Function in an Efficient Manner
Al Ivens and Bart Barrell
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