- From: Chisato Yamasaki <chisato-yamasaki@aist.go.jp>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:53:23 +0900
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With apologies for cross-posting. I am forwarding the following annoucement. ================================================== Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to join us for Biocuration2010, the Conference of International Society for Biocuration (ISB) and the 4th International Biocuration Conference, is held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 11-14, 2010. Abstract submission deadline is now extended to August 31, 2010. * abstract submission http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/abstract.html * registration http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/registration.html This conference will provide a forum for curators and developers of biological databases to discuss their work, promote collaborations, and foster a sense of community in this active and growing area of research. Topics will include: * Text Mining * Literature Curation * Ontologies * Genome Sequence Annotation * Comparative Genomics * Functional Genomics * Crop/Plant Genome Curation * Community Curation * Data Standardization and Integration * Curation Tools/Workflows * Data Visualization * Journal/Database Interactions and Collaborations * Next Generation Sequence Annotation * Next Generation Curation Meeting program will include: * plenary speakers: Dr. Minoru Kanehisa (Kyoto Univ., Japan) Dr. Paul Thomas (Univ. of Southern California, USA) Dr. Barend Mons (Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre) * sessions [S1] Large Scale, Automated, Predictive Annotations [S2] Outreach to User Communities & Community Annotation [S3] Biocuration in Metabolomics and Systems Biology [S4] Asian Models of Biocuration-Related Activities [S5] Data Integration Platforms and Data Sharing [S6] Future Directions and Challenges for Biocuration * workshops [W1] Curation of Protein Structure and Chemicals [W2] Curation Interface and Software [W3] Crop/Plant Genome Curation [W4] New Approaches Towards Database Integration * meeting program http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/program.html * meeting schedule http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/meeting_schedule.html *** Important dates: Event date: October 11-14, 2010 Abstract submission ends: August 31, 2010 Notification of acceptance: will be done by September 3, 2010 Early bird registration ends: September 6, 2010 Location: Tokyo International Exchange Center, Tokyo, Japan. Website: http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/ For questions or technical difficulties with the registration, please contact secretariat at Biocuration2010@ics-inc.co.jp This announcement has been sent to multiple mailing lists. Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested parties. Please accept our apologies if you have received this email in duplicates or in error. Best regards, Tadashi Imanishi (Vice-chair) Takashi Gojobori (Chair) The Organizing Committee http://hinv.jp/biocuration2010/committee.html ================================================== Best regards, Chisato Yamasaki Integrated Database and Systems Biology Team Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Waterfront Bio-IT Research Building, 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan. Tel: +81-3-3599-8800, Fax: +81-3-3599-8801 E-mail: chisato-yamasaki@aist.go.jp H-InvDB http://www.h-invitational.jp ==========================================
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