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The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACB) is a multi-nodal interdisciplinary Centre that uniquely brings together genomic and post-genomic bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, systems analysis and experimental phenomics to produce a deep understanding of how information in the genome is transformed into structure and function in the mammalian cell. We invite your comments.


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ACB Annual Report
The 2008 Annual Report for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics is available in PDF format: [PDF].

Previous annual reports:

[2007]
[2006]
[2005]
[2004]
[2003]

Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology
The 2009 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology will be held from 6-10 July 2009 at Queensland Bioscience Precinct, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane. For more information go to ACB 2009 Winter School website.


The previous years' Winter School:
2008 Winter School    2007 Winter School    2006 Winter School    2005 Winter School    2004 Winter School   

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PhD scholarship within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics

Posted by: admin on 04/01/2009 15:45:47 (Read: 354)
Highly qualified students are encouraged to apply for a PhD scholarship within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (http://bioinformatics.org.au), Australia’s leading research consortium in bioinformatics and computational genome biology. Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree with Honours (or equivalent) in science, computing, mathematics, statistics or comparable. Applied familiarity with molecular cell biology and bioinformatics is highly desirable but not required.
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Fifth Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms, Foundations and Applications, SAGA 2009

Posted by: admin on 02/19/2009 16:17:17 (Read: )
Fifth Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms,
Foundations and Applications
SAGA 2009

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
October 26 - 28, 2009

View the registration and submission details as pdf or html

The Fifth Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms, Foundations and Applications (SAGA'09) will be held in Sapporo (Japan) from 26th to 28th October 2009. The symposium offers the opportunity to present original research on the analysis, implementation, experimental evaluation and real-world application of stochastic algorithms. In particular, the focus of SAGA'09 is on new algorithmic ideas involving stochastic decisions and the design and evaluation of stochastic algorithms within realistic scenarios. Thus, the symposium wants to foster the co-operation between practitioners and theoreticians from this research area.

GIW-2008 Roundtable Workshop Reports - 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Gold Coast, Australia, 1-3 December 2008

Posted by: admin on 01/13/2009 15:11:34 (Read: )
1) FORUM ON INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALISATION IN GENOME-SCALE BIOINFORMATICS

You can download the full report in PDF format here

Expert Panel:
Mr Jeremy Barker - CEO, Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics (QFAB)
Dr Jill Gray - Manager, Technology & Commercialisation, Department of Tourism, Regional Development & Innovation, Queensland Government
Professor Ming Li - Founder, Bioinformatics Solutions Ltd (Canada)
Dr Mervyn Thomas (chair) - CEO, Emphron Informatics (Australia)
Professor Limsoon Wong - Founder, GeneticXchange (USA) and Molecular Connections (India)

2) FORUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENOME-SCALE BIOINFORMATICS IN CHINA AND INDIA

You can download the full report in PDF format here

Expert Panel:
Professor Ashok Kolaskar (India)
Professor Ming Li (Canada)
Professor Yi-xue Li (China)
Professor Shoba Ranganathan (Australia), chair

GIW-2008 updates: special forums, poster abstract deadline, student travel & accommodation bursaries

Posted by: admin on 09/30/2008 12:45:15 (Read: 1074)
(1) The GIW-2008 Organising Committee announces two open roundtable discussion forums as part of the GIW-2008 conference program. One will focus on INNOVATION MODELS IN BIOINFORMATICS with participants from small and large private-sector enterprises. The second will discuss THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENOME BIOINFORMATICS IN CHINA AND INDIA. We are delighted to announce that Professor A.S. Kolaskar (founding Director of the Bioinformatics Center and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune) will participate in this special forum.

(2) The CALL FOR POSTERS deadline has been extended to Wednesday October 8.

POSTERS are solicited for the 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW-2008), to be held at the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, Australia from 1-3 December 2008. We welcome posters in all areas related to a computational understanding of biological systems at the molecular level, including theoretical and practical research, software and databases, particularly at a genome-wide scale or with a systems orientation. Posters presenting relevant research institutions, facilities, centres and programs are likewise welcome.
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GIW-2008 – Registration open & Second call for Posters, 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW-2008), Gold Coast Australia, 1-3 December 2008

Posted by: admin on 08/15/2008 14:20:10 (Read: 1919)
* POSTER DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2008 *
REGISTRATION is now open for the 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW-2008), to be held at the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, Australia from 1-3 December 2008. For more details go to http://www.mlaa.com.au/giw2008
POSTERS are solicited for the 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW-2008), to be held at the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, Australia from 1-3 December 2008. For more details go to http://www.mlaa.com.au/giw2008

We welcome posters in all areas related to a computational understanding of biological systems at the molecular level, including theoretical and practical research, software and databases, particularly at a genome-wide scale or with a systems orientation. Posters presenting relevant research institutions, facilities, centres and programs are likewise welcome.
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Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference

Posted by: admin on 08/15/2008 14:09:23 (Read: 1170)
LION 3



14-18 January, 2009. Trento, Italy


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PhD Scholarships in ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics

Posted by: admin on 10/11/2007 09:33:55 (Read: 2641)
Highly qualified students with training in molecular or cell biology, mathematics, statistics, computer science,information technology or systems analysis are encouraged to apply for a PhD scholarship within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (http://bioinformatics.org.au), Australia’s leading research consortium in bioinformatics and computational genome biology.

The application process has been closed on 16 January 2008
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International Conference on Complex Systems

Posted by: admin on 01/25/2007 11:38:29 (Read: 2289)
International Conference on Complex Systems 2007
** October 28 - November 2, 2007 **
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Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online - New Online Journal

Posted by: admin on 06/07/2005 11:25:22 (Read: 3979)
The Bioinformatics Institute has launched the first online, open-access journal dedicated to evolutionary bioinformatics -- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online(www.libertasacademica.com/ebo.htm).
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Protein Ontology

Posted by: asidhu on 04/14/2005 10:14:49 (Read: 4217)
We at University of Technology Sydney, Australia have been working on creating a complete Protein Ontology (PO). The work is the first effort to integrate all the information from various protein databases, literature and experiments. I would like ypeople working in the areas of Proteomics & Bioinformatics to provide some feedback on the Protein Ontology. Please visit: http://proteinontology.info/ for more details.
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GenomeViz

Posted by: Anonymous on 02/02/2005 09:47:17 (Read: 3812)
GenomeViz-Visualizing Microbial Genomes
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7th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (EA'05)

Posted by: Anonymous on 01/19/2005 10:59:40 (Read: 3223)
Following EA'03 in Marseille, the 7th International Conference on
Artificial Evolution EA'05 will take place in Lille (France).

Topics of interest : Authors are invited to present original work
relevant to artificial evolution, including but not limited to:
- Evolutionary Optimization, Evolutionary Computation, Co-evolution,
- Artificial Life, Population Dynamics,
- Theory vs algorithmics and modelling, Implementations,
- Application of evolutionary paradigms to the Real World (industry,
biology,...)
- Applications to biosciences, bioinformatics, understanding and
treating diseases, drug design and pharmaceutical industry
- Other biologically-inspired paradigms (swarm, ants, artificial immune
systems, ...).
- Memetic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, constraint handling,
parallel algorithms
- Machine Learning and hybridization with other soft computing techniques.
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VIIIth European Conference on Artificial Life - ECAL 2005

Posted by: Anonymous on 01/19/2005 10:59:40 (Read: 4299)
Artificial Life seeks to understand, extract, use and abuse
the organisational principles and information processing of
natural living systems. Interdisciplinary by nature, it
involves researchers in Computer Science, Biology, Physics,
Chemistry, etc. The 8th European Conference on Artificial
Life, to be held in Canterbury, England, in September 2005,
wishes to gather all these communities to present the
latest advances, through a technical track, and discuss the
main directions for the future, through a conceptual track.
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