BIRD’07

Las vacaciones se están acabando, y los anuncios de nuevos congresos y conferencias de Bioinformática siguen llegando a pesar de que podamos estar en la playa o la montaña, en el extranjero o en el pueblo de nuestros ancestros,o simplemente, de vacaciones.

Entre esas conferencias se encuentra BIRD’07 (Bioinformatics Research and Development), que me lo mandó Noura Chebalt a final del mes pasado (¡siento el retraso en anunciarlo!). Seguramente no os sonará el nombre de la conferencia, porque es la primera vez que se organiza. El lugar de celebración de la misma es Berlín, Alemania, entre el 12 y el 14 de Marzo de 2007. Según la página web de la conferencia, el objetivo principal de la misma es ser un foro en el que l@s asistentes puedan encontrarse con nuevas líneas de investigación, desarrollos y servicios web orientados hacia la bioinformática.

Os recomiendo que consulteis el sitio de la conferencia, donde encontrareis más detalles sobre la misma. El plazo para mandar artículos a la conferencia termina el próximo 8 de Septiembre, y la URL del sitio web es http://www.birdconf.org/. A continuación os incluyo el comunicado original:

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

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*1st International Conference*

*on*

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*Bioinformatics Research and Development*

* B I R D '07***

*http://www.birdconf.org <http://www.birdconf.org/>*

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*Berlin**, Germany***

*March 12-14, 2007*

*Scope of the conference:*

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The primary focus of BIRD '07 is to provide researchers and users in 
the 
field of bioinformatics a forum in which to interact about new research 
directions, developments, and software/web services.

It encompasses the methods of solving biological, medical, or chemical 
problems by computer science, machine learning, or information 
processing tools.

The conceptual level of the methods range from theoretical approaches 
through the design of algorithms, models, and information processing 
systems through to the development of software packages and web 
services.

The program committee seeks contributions, which topics include, but 
are 
not limited to:

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 * Algebraic Biology
 * Databases & Data Integration
 * Drug Design
 * Ontologies & Textmining
 * Evolution and Phylogenetics
 * Genomics
 * Gene and Splice Site Recognition
 * Machine Learning and Data Analysis
 * Gene Expression/Regulation & Microarrays
 * MicroRNA and RNAi
 * Molecular Diagnostics and Treatment Support
 * Molecular Dynamics
 * Pathways, Networks, Systems Biology
 * Phylogenetics & Molecular Evolution
 * Protein & RNA Structure and Function
 * Proteomics
 * Sequence Analysis & Alignment
 * SNPs and Haplotyping
 * Systems Biology and Modelling

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*General Chair:*

Roland Wagner, FAW, University of Linz, Austria

*Program Chair:*

Sepp Hochreiter, University of Linz, Austria

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*Program Committee (Steering):*

Amos Bairoch, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland

Pierre Baldi, University of California, Irvine, USA

Philip E. Bourne, UCSD, USA

Richard Durbin, Sanger Institute, UK

Cornelius Frömmel, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

David Gilbert, University of Glasgow, UK

Amarnath Gupta, SDSC of the University of California San Diego, USA

Knut Reinert, FU Berlin, Germany

Burkhard Rost, Columbia University, USA

Hershel Safer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Erik Sonnhammer, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

and about 200 other PC-members

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*Paper Submission Details:
*Authors are invited to submit original research contributions or 
experience reports in English.
Paper registration and electronic submission will start in August 2006.

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, 
significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

*Important Dates:*

 * Submission of Full Papers: September 8, 2006
 * Noification of Acceptance: November 20, 2006
 * Camera-ready Copies of papers: December 20, 2006

For further inquiries, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of 
Linz, A-4040 Linz, Austria, or the BIRD Conference Organisation Office 
(office@birdconf.org <mailto:office@birdconf.org>)

All accepted conference papers will be published in the proceedings of 
BIRD'07.