Workshop on "Visualising Biological Data" - Heidelberg, Germany - 3-5 March 2010
Convenor: Seán O'Donoghue (DE)
The most important way that biologists interact with their data is through visualisation systems. This workshop will, for the first time, bring together 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. International speakers will review the state-of-the-art and highlight current and future challenges across this broad range of visualisation systems, and the workshop will provide a forum to help identify and exploit synergies across different fields.
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Training course on "Sample Preparation and Data Validation in Proteomics" - Warsaw, Poland - 8-12 March 2010
Convenor: Michal Dadlez (PL)
In a proteomic experiment, thousands of proteins can be identified. Because of statistical character of proteomic data analysis software, where each analysis generate false positives, data processing is a central and critical component of a successful proteomics experiment, and is often the most time-consuming step. This course concentrates on sample preparation for proteomic measurements, to achieve best performance, on proteomic data interpretation and results validation, aiming at extraction of reliable information.
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Conference on "Daphnia Genomics" - Leuven, Belgium - 26-30 March 2010
Convenors: Ellen Decaestecker (BE), Luc de Meester (BE), Karel de Schamphelaere (BE), Colin Janssen (BE), Dries Knapen (BE) and Luisa Orsini (BE)
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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4th ESF Conference on Functional Genomics and Disease - Dresden, Germany - 14-17 April 2010
Convenors: Mike Taussig (UK) and Cheryl Smythe (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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Workshop on "Novel Approaches in Protein Engineering" - Istanbul, Turkey - 23-25 April 2010
Convenors: Rita Casadio (IT), Turkan Haliloglu (TR), Ugur Sezerman (TR), Reinhard Sterner (DE) and Azmi Telefoncu (TR)
The main objective of the meeting is to discuss new experimental methods, emerging technologies, new algorithms, software tools and their applications in protein engineering. In particular we will bring some of the world's leading scientists who have made significant progress in (i) computational approaches that are used in finding structural and sequence motifs in proteins, (ii) computational approaches that are used in determining impact of mutations on function and stability, (iii) molecular dynamics studies, (iv) molecular mechanics studies, (v) understanding the structure function relationship, (vi) protein engineering related databases, (vii) experimental approaches in rational design, (viii) experimental approaches in directed evolution, (ix) emerging technologies. Once the structure-function relation of proteins are better understood, one can hope to develop novel proteins for specific purposes, including enzymes for industrial processes and therapeutically molecules that could be employed as drugs for the treatment of a variety of human diseases such as several types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and neurological diseases.
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Conference on "Systems Biology and New Sequencing Technologies" - Barcelona, Spain - 16-18 June 2010
Convenor: Romina Garrido (ES), Roderic Guigó (ES) and Blanka Wysocka (ES)
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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10th International Gene Forum - Tartu, Estonia - 18-19 June 2010
Convenor: Andres Metspalu (EE)
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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Conference on "Next Generation Sequencing" - Leiden, the Netherlands, 29 August -1 September 2010
Convenors: Judith Boer (NL), Edwin Cuppen (NL), Johan den Dunnen (NL), Xavier Estivill (ES), Paul Flicek (UK), Ivo Gut (FR), Matthew Hestand (NL), Joris Veltman (NL) and Terry Vrijenhoek (NL)
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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Workshop on "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cell Signalling" - Oslo, Norway - 20 September-3 October 2010
Convenors: Johannes L. Bos (NL), Peter Downes (UK), Miles Houslay (UK), Jacques Pouyssegur (FR), John Scott (US) and Kjetil Taskén (NO)
The objectives of this workshop are to: 1) arrange a small but excellent and topical international meeting in the field of compartmentalised signal transduction, to get focus on the current and timely topic of dynamics and signalling systems which uses systems biology to integrate numerous data sets and parallel signaling events into an overall integrated network of signals; 2) contribute to scientific interaction and update of European researchers in this area; 3) educate Ph.D. students and Post Docs that will have the opportunity to meet internationally well recognised researchers in the area and also to present their own data; 4) promote and increase networking and concerted action in this research field in Europe and internationally.
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Conference on "Frontiers in Biomedical Research" - Basel, Switzerland - 20-21 September 2010
Convenors: Susan Gasser (CH) and Sandra Ziegler (CH)
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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Conference on "From Science Fiction to Science Fact: What's Next?" - Heidelberg, Germany - 21-23 October 2010
Convenors: Aino Järvelin (DE) and Federico Rossi (DE)
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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Conference on "Medical Genome Sequencing: understanding the genomes of disease" - Barcelona, Spain - 28-29 October 2010
Convenor: Xavier Estivill (ES)
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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