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Organiser
Seán O'Donoghue, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Introduction
A primary way that biologists interact with their data is through visualisation systems, ranging from simple, stand-alone methods to complex, integrated software packages. However, the sheer volume and diversity of both data and of visualisation systems presents an increasing challenge for biologists.
The goal of the workshop is to bring together, for the first time, researchers developing and using systems to visualise a broad range of biological data, including sequences, genomes, phylogenies, macromolecular structures, systems biology, microscopy, and magnetic resonance imaging. In selecting topics for this workshop, we have focused on the visualisation of processed and annotated data in their biological context, rather than the processing of raw data.
The meeting will review the state-of-the-art and highlight current and future challenges across this broad range of visualisation systems. The underlying theme of the workshop is to provide a forum to help identify and exploit synergies. For example -cases for inter-operation, the re-use of methods or concepts, and common conventions in usability.
The topic of this workshop is important because until recently, systems for visualisation of biological data have largely been developed independently; however there is an emerging trend towards more integration and inter-operation. This trend is driven by the increasing size, complexity, and interconnectness of datasets, as well as the need to present complex data in an integrated, standardised, and usable fashion.
A second emerging trend is the blurring of boundaries between the visualisation of 3D structures at atomic resolution, visualisation of larger complexes by cryo-electron microscopy, and visualisation of the location of proteins and complexes within whole cells and tissues.
Finally, a third emerging trend is an increase in the availability and importance of time-resolved data. Visualisation of trajectories has long been a prominent part of molecular dynamics analysis; some of the systems developed for molecular dynamics trajectories may now be of use for the visualisation of dynamic datasets from systems biology and cell and tissue imaging.
Day 1 (start after lunch):
• Opening Remarks
• Opening Keynote: Bioinformatics/Visualisation/Usability
• Session: Visualisation of Assemblies and Genomes
Chair: Cydney Nielsen, MSGSC, Vancouver, Canada
o Sequence Assembly
o Genome Browsers
o Comparative Genomics
• Coffee and Posters
• Session: Visualisation of Alignments and Phylogenies
o Alignments
o Gene Evolution
o Phylogenetics
• Pre-Dinner Drinks and Posters
• Dinner
Day 2 (full day):
• Session: Systems Biology Visualisation (I)
o Transcriptomics
o Proteomics
• Coffee and Posters
• Session: Systems Biology Visualisation (II)
o Metabolomics
o Interaction Networks
o Pathways
• Buffet Lunch and Posters
• Session: Visualisation of Structures (I)
o Small Molecule Interactions
o Macromolecules
• Coffee and Posters
• Session: Visualisation of Structures (II)
o RNA
o Complexes, Large Structures & Cryo-Electron Microscopy
o Molecular Dynamics
• Pre-Dinner Drinks and Posters
• EMBO Science and Society Public Lecture.
• Gala Dinner
Day 3 (end during afternoon):
• Session: Light Microscopy (I) / Visualisation of Image-Resolved Data
o Cells
o Tissues and Organisms
• Coffee and Posters
• Session: Light Microscopy (II) / Visualisation of Time-Resolved Data
o Single Molecule Dynamics
o Cells
o Tissues and Organisms
• Buffet Lunch and Posters
• Session: Visualization in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chair: David Shattuck, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
o Quantitative Tissue Imaging
o Cell and Tissue Reconstruction
o Diffusion Tensor Imaging
o Cardiovascular and Ultra-Short Timescale Imaging
• Coffee and Posters
• Closing Keynote
• Wrap-Up Session and Discussion
• Closing Remarks
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Ben Fry, Seed Visualization / Phyllotaxis Lab, USA
Chris North, Virginia Tech, USA
Bang Wong, Broad Institute, USA
EMBO Science and Society Invited Speaker
Session Chairs
Anne-Claude Gavin, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Jean-Karim Hériché, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Cydney Nielsen, BC Cancer Agency, Canada
David Shattuck, UCLA, USA
Thomas Walter, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Confirmed Speakers
Richard Baldock, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
Nitin Baliga, Institute for Systems Biology, USA
Geoff Barton, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Mark Bastin, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Anne E. Carpenter, Broad Institute, USA
Inna Dubchak, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Suzanne Duce, University Of Dundee, United Kingdom
Jan Ellenberg, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Alexander Goesmann, Center of Biotechnology, Germany
David Gordon, University of Washington, USA
Nicholas Hamilton, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia
Matthew Hibbs , The Jackson Laboratory, USA
Hiroaki Kitano , Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan
Oliver Kohlbacher , University of Tuebingen, Germany
Roman Laskowski, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
Ivica Letunic, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Michael Nilges, Institut Pasteur, France
Steve Pieper, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA
Mark Ragan, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia
Helen Saibil, Birkbeck College, United Kingdom
Jurgen Schneider, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Julie Thompson, IGBMC, France
Pavel Tomancak, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
Rebecca Wade, European Media Laboratory, Germany
Ting Wang, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Eric Westhof, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Please see the workshop website.
Registration
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