Vol. 26 ECCB 2010, pages i409–i411 doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btq499

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CONFERENCE CHAIR B. Comparative Genomics, Phylogeny, and Evolution , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Martijn Huynen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Yves Van de Peer, Ghent University & VIB, Belgium Jaap Heringa, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands C. Protein and Nucleotide Structure LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy Jan Gorodkin, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Yves Moreau, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Jaap Heringa, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands D. Annotation and Prediction of Molecular Function Gert Vriend, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Yves Van de Peer, University of Ghent & VIB, Belgium Nir Ben-Tal, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Kathleen Marchal, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Fritz Roth, Harvard Medical School, USA Jacques van Helden, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Louis Wehenkel, Université de Liège, Belgium E. Gene Regulation and Transcriptomics Antoine van Kampen, University of Amsterdam & Netherlands Jaak Vilo, University of Tartu, Estonia Bioinformatics Center (NBIC) Zohar Yakhini, Agilent Laboratories, Tel-Aviv & the Tech-nion, Peter van der Spek, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Haifa, Israel STEERING COMMITTEE F. Text Mining, Ontologies, and Databases (Chair), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel , National Center for Cancer Research, Madrid, Soren Brunak, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Spain Philipp Bucher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Guy Cochrane, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK David Gilbert, University of Glasgow, UK , Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany G. Protein Interactions, Molecular Networks, and Yves Moreau, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Systems Biology Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, European Bioinformatics Institute, Denis Thieffry, University of Marseille, France Hinxton, UK Benno Schwikowski, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Marie-France Sagot, INRIA and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France H. Genomic Medicine Alfonso Valencia, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain Yves Moreau, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Jaak Vilo, University of Tartu, Estonia Niko Beerenwinkel, Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland PROGRAMME COMMITTEE – AREA CHAIRS A. Sequence Analysis, Alignment, and Next-Generation I. Other Bioinformatics Applications Sequencing , Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Des Higgins, University College Dublin, Ireland Berlin, Germany Geoff Barton, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Hans-Peter Lenhof, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Edoardo Airoldi Simon Andrews Tero Aittokallio Rolf Backofen Geoff Barton Yasmin Alam-Faruque Gary Bader Niko Beerenwinkel Mario Albrecht Guy Baele Tim Beissbarth Andre Altmann Timothy Bailey Asa Ben-Hur

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Nir Ben-Tal Andreas Hildebrandt Itsik Pe’er Panayiotis Benos Lynette Hirschman Anders Gorm Pedersen Mathieu Blanchette Ivo Hofacker Matteo Pellegrini Christian Blaschke Liisa Holm Bengt Persson Christoph Bock Torsten Hothorn Mihaela Pertea Alexander Bockmayr Richard Hughey Graziano Pesole Richard Bonneau Martijn Huynen Gianluca Pollastri Erich Bornberg-Bauer Johannes Jaeger Mihai Pop Sebastian Böcker Inge Jonassen Jiang Qian Sylvain Brohée Igor Jurisica Jörg Rahnenführer Christine Brun Daniel Kahn Domenico Raimondo Philipp Bucher Simon Kasif Ben Raphael Jeremy Buhler Kazutaka Katoh Mathias Rarey Joachim Buhmann Paul Kersey Magnus Rattray Mario Caccamo Daisuke Kihara Gunnar Rätsch Philip Kim Dietrich Rebholz-Schumann Daniele Catanzaro Oliver King Chandan Reddy Claudine Chaouiya Katja Kivinen Knut Reinert J. Michael Cherry Stefan Klamt Marylyn Ritchie Andrea Cilliberto Steven H. Kleinstein Stéphane Robin Kevin B. Cohen Ina Koch David Rocke Chris Cole Rachel Kolodny Michal Rosen-Zvi Tim Conrad Peter Konings Volker Roth Thomas Dandekar Martin Krallinger Pierre Rouzé Susmita Datta Michael Krauthammer Patrick Ruch Peter Dawyndt Martin Kuiper Marie-France Sagot Hidde de Jong Stefan Kurtz Jasmin Saric Charlotte Deane Roman Laskowski Michael Schroeder Rahul Deo Sonia Leach Ora Schueler-Furman Francisco Domingues Florian Leitner Stefan Schuster Bas E. Dutilh Hans-Peter Lenhof Russell Schwartz Arne Elofsson Christina Leslie Benno Schwikowski Olof Emanuelsson Olivier Lichtarge Joachim Selbig Andrea Foulkes Michal Linial Roded Sharan Jan Freudenberg Ole Lund Hagit Shatkay Toni Gabaldon Florian Markowetz Istvan Simon John S. Garavelli David Martin Saurabh Sinha Mikhail Gelfand Aurélien Mazurie Kimmen Sjolander Robert Giegerich Alice McHardy Ingolf Sommer Mark Girolami Yves Moreau Christopher Southan Frank Oliver Gloeckner Rainer Spang Richard Goldstein Norman Morrison John Spouge Didier Gonze Vincent Moulton Peter Stadler Jan Gorodkin Arcady Mushegian Jörg Stelling Julian Gough Luay Nakhleh Peter Sterk Sam Griffiths-Jones Goran Nenadic Josh Stuart Michael Gromiha See-Kiong Ng Shamil Sunyaev Alain Guenoche Cedric Notredame Hakim Tafer Roderic Guigo Guillaume Obozinski Murat Tasan Udo Hahn Uwe Ohler Chris Taylor Turkan Haliloglu Ron Ophir Weidong Tian Thomas Hamelryck Sandra Orchard Silvio Tosatto Jackie Han Martin Oti Anna Tramontano Monica Heiner Christos Ouzounis Achim Tresch Jaap Heringa Kimmo Palin Sophia Tsoka Philippe Herve Jong Park Alfonso Valencia Matt Hibbs Helen Parkinson Jacques van Helden Des Higgins John Parkinson Vera van Noort

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Wessel van Wieringen Jaak Vilo Haim Wolfson Yves Van de Peer Martin Vingron Yu Xia Klaas Vandepoele Gert Vriend Zohar Yakhini Roel Verhaak San Ming Wang Ralf Zimmer Jean-Philippe Vert Bertram Weiss Andrei Zinovyev Allegra Via Andreas Wilm Albert Vilella

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE–CO-REVIEWERS Mohamed Abouelhoda Steve Hoffmann Stephane Rombauts Aare Abroi Franziska Hufsky Ovidiu Radulescu Pelin Akan Rene Hussong Fidel Ramirez Sandro Andreotti Bo Jiang Franck Rapaport Inka Appel Marc Johannes Florian Rasche Aaron Arvey Klaus Jung Elisabeth Remy Eric Bonnet Crystal Kahn Anna Ritz Michael Beckstette Chen Keasar Christian Rohr Christian Bender Andreas Keller Patrick Ruch Stephan Bernhart Ilona Kifer Susanna Röblitz Chris Bielow Hisanori Kiryu Martin Schwarick Enrique Blanco Renzo Kottmann Michael Sammeth Regina Bohnert Frank Kramer Kerstin Scheubert Daniel Bolser Roland Krause Ruben Schilling Anne-Laure Boulesteix Sita Lange Roland Schwarz Quang Bao Anh Bui Glenn Lawyer Donny Soh Peter Butzhammer Andreas Leha Artem Sokolov Rainer Böckmann Limor Leibovich Eric Solis Liran Carmel Xiaoli Li Oliver Stegle Robert Castelo Steve Lianoglou Oliver Stegle Yi-Chien Chang Yao-Cheng Lin Israel Steinfeld Pao-Yang Chen Fei Liu Christine Steinhoff Manfred Claassen Ronny Lorenz Gautier Stoll Diego Di Bernardo Claudio Lottaz Eric Tannier Francisco Dominguez Claus Lundegaard Léon-Charles Tranchevent Anne-Katrin Emde Fälth Maria Anke Truss Florian Erhard Alberto J. Martin George Tsatsaronis Gaston Fiore Daniel Maticzka Charalampos Tsourakakis Xijin Ge Andrey Mironov Koji Tsuda Jan Gertheiss Michael Molla Andrei Turinsky Ivan Gesteira Costa Filho Simon Moxon Fabio Vandin Giorgio Gonnella Arcady Mushegian Ian Walsh Assaf Gottlieb Mathias Möhl Martin Welk Philip Groth Liat Perlman Christian Widmer Andreas Gruber Thomas N Petersen Sebastian Will Mostafa Herajy Conrad Plake Rainer Winnenburg Silvia Heyde Jaime Prilusky Shanshan Zhu Christian Hoener zu Siederdissen Nan Qiao Elena Zotenko Katharina Hoff

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