Frontiers in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
September 23-27, 2013
Abstract Due Date Extended to: August 2, 2013

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Organized by:
M. Madan Babu, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Luonan Chen, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China
Keith Dunker, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dong Xu, University of Missouri, USA

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Frontiers in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday September 23, and will conclude after the lunch on Friday September 27, 2013.

The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Major Topics:
1. Next-generation sequencing
2. Personalized genomics
3. Computational epigenomics
4. Biological network analyses
5. Stochasticity in biological processes
6. Modeling of biomolecular structure, function and dynamics
7. Computational studies for diseases and diagnosis
8. Emerging concepts and future trend in bioinformatics


Keynote Speakers:
Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Joel Sussman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Abstract title: Proteopedia - a Scientific ‘Wiki’ Bridging the Rift Between 3D Structure and Function of Biomacromolecules
Marc Vidal, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Abstract title: TBA

Invited Speakers:
Kazuyuki Aihara, University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract title: Computational personalized therapy of prostate cancer
Steven E. Brenner, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Abstract title: Widespread gene regulation by conserved splicing and surveillance
Luonan Chen, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China
Abstract title: Early diagnosis of complex diseases by dynamical network biomarkers
Phoebe Chen, La Trobe University, Australia
Abstract title: Pattern Discovery for Biomedical Applications using Bioinformatics Technologies
Kwang-Hyun Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
Abstract title: From Systems Biology Towards Network Pathology and Computational Chemotherapy
Keith Dunker, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Bailin Hao, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Fudan University, China
Abstract title: Whole-genome-based and alignment-free phylogeny and taxonomy of prokaryotes: a ten-year summary of the CVTree approach
Xionglei He, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Abstract title: The evolutionary roadmap of a tumor
Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University, USA
Abstract title: Prediction of macromolecular structures of protein interactions
Xiaole Liu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA / Tongji University, China
Abstract title: Cancer gene regulatory network from integration of cell line perturbation dynamics and tumor expression compendium
Stephen Michnick, Université de Montreal, Canada
Abstract title: Hidden impulses of the incredible shrinking cell
Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract title: Accelerating Systems Cancer Research by Supercomputer
Hong Gil Nam, Center for New Biology of Plant Senescence and Life History, IBS & DGIST, Korea
Abstract title: Towards a systems approach to understand plant growth and development
Balaji Santhanam, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Abstract title:TBA
Bairong Shen, Soochow University, China
Abstract title: Reconstruction and analysis of disease associated miRNA regulatoary network
Collin M. Stultz, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Sarah Teichmann, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Abstract title: Finding patterns in genes and proteins
Henry Wan, Mississippi State University, USA
Abstract title: Inferring Influenza Virus Antigenicity Using Sequence Data
Dong Xu, University of Missouri, USA
Abstract title: Computational studies of genotype-phenotype relationships
Ying Xu, University of Georgia, USA
Abstract title: Genomic location is (untapped) information : theory and application
Michael Zhang, University of Texas-Dallas, USA/Tsinghua University, China
Abstract title: FOXO, a Mysterious Piece of Jigsaw-puzzle Interfacing Aging, Cancer and Immunity
Zemin Zhang, Genentech Inc, USA
Abstract title: Genome and Transcriptome Landscape of Human Tumors and Cell Lines
Zhongming Zhao, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Abstract title: Personal Genomics and Personalized Medicine: Current Approaches and Challenges

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $200-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in September 2013.

Package Content:

Please kindly note:

1. The early & normal price will be available if the full payment is finished before the exact due date.
For USD participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if we could not successfully charge the full payment from your registered credit card before the deadline.
For CNY participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if our bank account could not receive your full payment by wire transfer before the deadline.

2. For Student Package registered participants, please add your roommate requirement during the online registration. Otherwise, we’ll assign you a roommate among other student participants.

3. For late registrations, your housing & registration materials may not be guaranteed since the order is usually made in advance.

4. Please inform us your request on extra day (USD 80/CNY 500 per day) and food (vegetarian, kosher…etc.) during the online registration or email us as early as possible so that we could make relevant arrangement accordingly.

5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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