Cold Spring Harbor Asia

Bioinformatics of Human Keynote Speaker , and Animal Genomics Institute for Chemical Research, JAPAN Suzhou, China November 14 - 18, 2011 Invited Speakers Jeffrey Bailey, University of Massachusetts, USA Organized by: , EMBL-European Ewan Birney, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, England Institute, ENGLAND , Ontario Institute for Cancer Research & CSHL, Canada Piero Carninci, RIKEN, JAPAN Jun Wang, Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, China Carsten Daub, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, JAPAN , University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA Martin Frith, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, JAPAN We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia Sean Grimmond, conference on Bioinformatics of Human and Animal Genomics Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Jing-Dong Han, Suzhou, China. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening Chinese Academy of Sciences, China of Monday November 14, and will conclude after lunch on Friday Paul Horton, National Institute of Advanced November 18, 2011. Industrial Science , JAPAN Jenn-Kang Hwang, This conference retains the essence of the prestigious Cold National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Spring Harbor NY meetings series, a program now in its 76th year. Philipp Khaitovich, The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session MPG Institute for , China covering the latest findings across many topics in bioinformatics , research. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted , abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events Elliott Margulies, throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal National Institutes of Health, USA interactions. Yijun Ruan, Genome Institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE Abstract: Lincoln Stein, Ontario Institute for Cancer We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished Research & CSHL, Canada materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by James Taylor, Emory University, USA the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster Wen Wang, Kunming Institute of Zoology, China presentation will be made by the organizers. Jun Wang, Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, China Fellowship: Zhiping Weng, University of Massachusetts We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend Medical School, USA since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain Michael Zhang, number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this University of Texas, Dallas, USA conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards. Yong Zhang, Tongji University, China For more details, please visit http://www.csh-asia.org/stipends.html. Weimou Zheng, Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS, China Major Topics: *************************************** - Genome sequencing and analysis Cold Spring Harbor Asia - Epigenetic and functional genomics No.299 Qiyue Road - Multiomic bioinformatics integration SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China - Cancer genomics Website: www.csh-asia.org - Genetic analysis of disease and natural traits Tel: +86 512 6272 9029; Fax: +86 512 6272 9028 - Databases and Ontologies Email: [email protected]