[CPM-SPIRE-L] Bioinformatics: From Algorithms to Applications (BiATA 2017), conference & workshop, August 1-3 & 4-5, 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia - Call for Participation

[Max Alekseyev]

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Call for Participation

Bioinformatics: From Algorithms to Applications (BiATA 2017)

August 1-3 (conference) and August 4-5 (workshop), 2017
Saint Petersburg, Russia

http://biata2017.spbu.ru

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Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology of the Saint Petersburg State
University invites you to attend the conference "Bioinformatics: From
Algorithms to Applications"  that will take place at the Saint
Petersburg State University, Russia on August 1-3, 2017.
The conference will be followed by a 2-day (August 4-5, 2017) hands-on
workshop focusing on various SPAdes-related tools including SPAdes
itself, metaSPAdes, rnaSPAdes, plasmidSPAdes, etc. as well as QUAST,
metaQUAST, and rnaQUAST.

SCOPE

Modern life science studies involve both biological and computational
methods. Breakthrough results in these fields can only be achieved by
tight communication and knowledge exchange between the two sides. The
conference aims to bridge bioinformatics methods for genome,
metagenome, transcriptome and immune repertoire analysis with the
requirements of biological applications.

The conference welcomes contributions describing the challenges and
latest applications of bioinformatics algorithms in the following
fields:

Sequencing technologies
Molecular sequence analysis
Computational genomics
Genome assembly
Transcriptomics
Metagenomics
Immunogenomics

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Jillian Banfield, University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Mikhail Gelfand, Moscow State University
Dr. Nikos Kyrpides, Joint Genome Institute
Dr. Nicholas Loman, University of Birmingham
Dr. Jared Simpson, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Dr. Adam Phillippy, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Dr. Dominique Lavenier, French National Center for Scientific Research

KEY DATES

Early registration opens: February, 21
Early registration deadline: May, 1
Abstract submission open: February, 15
Talk abstract submission deadline: March, 20
Poster abstract submission deadline: May, 28
Conference dates: August 1–3
Workshop dates: August 4–5

VENUE

Conference: SPbU Campus, Vasilyevskiy Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Workshop: SPbU Campus "Mikhailovskaya Dacha", Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russia

CONTACTS

Website: http://biata2017.spbu.ru
E-mail: biata2017 at spbu.ru

Best regards,
BiATA 2017 Organizing Committee