Conferences 2010
Daphnia Genomics
Organisers:
Luc De Meester: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Ellen Decaestecker: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kortrijk Campus, Belgium
Luisa Orsini: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Colin Janssen: Ghent University, Belgium
Karel De Schamphelaere: Ghent University, Belgium
Dries Knapen: University of Antwerp, Belgium
The Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) is an international network of
scientists with expertise in several fields of ecological genomics and
evolutionary ecology. Our goal is to make the freshwater crustacean Daphnia a
genomics model system for ecology, evolution and environmental sciences.
This meeting aims to gather together the researchers within the DGC to
facilitate the exchange of information on the results obtained from the ongoing
investigations into Daphnia genome biology.
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Date and Venue: March 26-30, 2010; Leuven, Belgium
4th ESF Conference on Functional Genomics and Disease
Organisers:
Mike Taussig: Babraham Research Campus, UK
Cheryl Smythe: Babraham Research Campus, UK
Developments in functional genmocs technologies together with the expanding concept of systems biology have led to exciting possibilities for the understanding of disease mechanisms. Following three highly successful conference in Prague, Oslo and Innsbruck, this conference will bring together world leaders in the field to discuss the challenges ahead and the technologies that will lead to novel solutions. Join us and colleagues from all over the world in the beautiful city of Dresden.
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Date and Venue: April 14-17, 2010; Dresden, Germany
Systems Biology & New Sequencing Technologies
Organiser:
Roderic Guigó: Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Parallel advances in two insofar relatively disconnected areas of science are
boosting our understanding of biological systems. On the one hand, systems
biology, with its promise of integration of high-throughput biological data and
its emphasis on quantitative modeling and simulation, is providing a global
perspective of biological systems that goes beyond the classical reductionist
approach that has dominated the field until recently. On the other hand, new
sequencing technologies are developing at an enormous speed, and provide
whole genome data that revealed previously unexplored genomic features
such as functional intergenic regions, copy number variations and other
genomic differences between members of the same species. In this
meeting, we will gather an inter-disciplinary group of scientists with roots in
these two disciplines: systems biology and new generation sequencing, with
the aim to create a forum to discuss new ideas and explore what lies in
overlap between these two growing fields. If these two fields have evolved
almost on parallel paths, we believe that a forum to enable the cross-
fertilisation of both fields will create a much needed synergy between these
two disciplines.
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Date and Venue: June 16-18, 2010; Barcelona, Spain
10th International Gene Forum
Conference organiser:
Andres Metspalu: University of Tartu, Estonia
The 10th International Gene Forum 2010 in Tartu, Estonia will be a high-level scientific conference for international audience on genetics and genomics. Specific topics include human genetics, functional genomics and biomedicine, emerging technologies and pharmacogenomics, population genetics and bioethics. The major event in the field of genomics in the Baltics provides an excellent opportunity to promote the collaboration between the researchers, to establish and renew contacts in the region.
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Date and Venue: June 18-19, 2010; Tartu, Estonia
High Throughput Biology 2010
Organisers:
Jussi Taipale: Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition
Minna Taipale: Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition
James Thompson: Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition
High throughput scientific methods, technologies and reagents are rapidly transforming both basic biological science and biomedicine. To increase awareness amongst the European scientific community how high throughput methods can accelerate research in the most rapidly developing fields of biology related to public health we are organising the High Throughput Biology 2010 conference to be held at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Date and Venue: September 16-17, 2010; Stockholm, Sweden
Frontiers in Biomedical Research
Organisers:
Susan Gasser: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland
Sandra Ziegler: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland
For the 40th anniversary of the Friedrich Miescher Institute of Basel, a major 2-day
scientific conference “Frontiers in Biomedical Research” is planned. On September 20-21,
we will be hosting a panel of outstanding speakers in various fields of expertise at the Congress Center Basel. Cutting-edge biomedical research will be presented. The meeting
is open to the scientific community.
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Date and Venue: September 20-21, 2010; Basel, Switzerland
BBMRI - Biobanking for Science
Organiser:
Gert-Jan van Ommen: Leiden University, Netherlands
The BBMRI consortium (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure) will
organise a Conference “BBMRI – Biobanking for Science” focusing on scientific excellence in the
various aspects of biobanking.
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Date and Venue: September 23-25, 2010; Amsterdam, Netherlands
From Science Fiction to Science Fact: what's next?
Organisers:
Federico Rossi: EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Aino Järvelin: EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
The 12th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium, entitled “From science fiction to
science fact: what’s next” will investigate the current boundaries of life sciences, with a
particular focus on newly developed omics approaches applied to biomedicine. It will be
thus divided in four major sessions: Structural and Cell Biology, Medical Research,
Omics, and Science Fiction. We aim at providing graduate students a relaxed
environment, where to meet world-renowed cientists.
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Date and Venue: October 21-23, 2010; Heidelberg, Germany
Medical Genome Sequencing: understanding the genomes of disease
Organisers:
Xavier Estivill:
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
This meeting aims at establishing the European Forum for capturing the latest advances in genomic sequencing technologies and its various medical applications. The two-day meeting “Medical Genome Sequencing: Understanding the Genomes of Disease” will feature talks by international keynote speakers outlining the current status of medical sequencing, and exhibiting the technological challenges ahead. It will provide an exceptional opportunity to bring together scientific leaders in genomic medicine and biotech companies.
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Date and Venue: October 28-29, 2010; Barcelona, Spain
Next Generation Sequencing
Organisers:
Johan den Dunnen:
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Judith Boer: Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Edwin Cuppen: Hubrecht Institute and Utrecht Universitair Medisch Centrum, Netherlands
Ivo Gut: Centre National de Génotypage, Paris, France
Paul Flicek: European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
Joris Veltman: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands
Xavier Estivill: Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Matthew Hestand: Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Terry Vrijenhoek: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands
This meeting aims to bring together experts and pioneers in the field of next generation sequencing to present their technological and scientific advances to people interested in the applications of next generation sequencing. The meeting will broaden the knowledge of this new technology in general, and for the genomics, transcriptomics and bioinformatics fields in particular.
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Date and Venue: August 29 - September 1, 2010; Leiden, Netherlands
Conferences 2011
Multilevel Interpretation of Cancer Genome Data
Organisers:
Núria Malats: Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Valencia: Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) & Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB), Madrid, Spain
Chris Sander: Computational Biology Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Soren Brunak: Center for Biological Sequence Analysis (CBS) & Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark & Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stephen J. Chanock: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, USA
The main scientific topic of the meeting is the use of information on biological networks. Experts in lead omics-related disciplines will participate in the event and will review the possibilities and limitations of data integration, technology development and results translation into clinics and public health interventions. Internationally recognised scientists from these three different domains will act as co-organisers.
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Date and Venue: March 27-29, 2011; Madrid, Spain
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