Workshops
1st International Workshop on Metagenomic Sequence Data Analysis - Meta 2011
28-29 January, 2011 - Rome, Italy
In conjunction with the 4th International Joint Conference on Biomedical
Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2011
Chair
Tatiana TatusovaNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health
U.S.A.
Scope and Topics
The special workshop will focus on metagenomic analysis of natural biological communities. Metagenomic analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of the diversity, function, and inter-relationships among organisms in diverse ecological niches.
Unlike traditional microbial genomics which rely upon pure clonal cultures, metagenomics enables studies of organisms that are not easily cultured in a laboratory. It also allows the direct studies of organisms in their natural environment. The rapid advances in metagenomics are largely due to the technical and analytical methods developed from high–throughput platforms for DNA sequencing, high-density microarrays, mass spectrometry. Novel data types and unprecedently large volumes of data create great challenges for bioinformatics. New methods and applications have to be developed for comprehensive analyses of metagenomics data.
Topics for discussion:
› Whole Metagenome Sequencing: Assembly, Annotation, and Analysis
› Diversity Assessment of Biological Communities including Nucleotide Diversity, Species Diversity, Functional Diversity
› Functional Analyses: Metabolic Network Analyses, Systems Biology
Important Dates
Regular Paper Submission: September 30, 2010Authors Notification: November 2, 2010
Final Paper Submission and Registration: November 19, 2010
Workshop Program Committee
Available soon.
Paper Submission
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Submission Guidelines.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris
Publications
All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support.
Registration Information
At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the workshop. If the registration fees are not received by November 19, 2010, the paper will not be published in the workshop proceedings book.
Secretariat Contacts
BIOSTEC Workshops - Meta 2011e-mail: biostec.secretariat@insticc.org