Special Sessions
Note: Special Session Number and Times have been recently updated
Session 1: Health and Diseases in our Genomes: Mining Genetic Variation
Session 2: Frontiers in cell imaging: Automated image analysis
Session 3: Interaction Networks and Disease
Session 4: Structural Bioinformatics: Deciphering the proteome
Session 5: Sequencing thousands of human genomes - perspectives, challenges, and analysis
Session 6: Computational Challenges and Opportunities in Host-Pathogen Systems Biology
Session 7: Future of Scientific Publishing
Session 1: Health and Diseases in our Genomes: Mining Genetic Variation
Session 2: Frontiers in cell imaging: Automated image analysis
Session 3: Interaction Networks and Disease
Session 4: Structural Bioinformatics: Deciphering the proteome
Session 5: Sequencing thousands of human genomes - perspectives, challenges, and analysis
Session 6: Computational Challenges and Opportunities in Host-Pathogen Systems Biology
Session 7: Future of Scientific Publishing
ISMB 2008 will feature Special Session presentations throughout conference July 20 - 23. These sessions have the
purpose of introducing the scientific community to relevant scientific issues and topics that are typically not
within the focus of an ISMB meeting. Preliminary program information on Special Sessions is noted below.
Special Session 1: Health and Diseases in our Genomes: Mining Genetic Variation Organizer(s): Thomas Hudson, PhD
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Toronto, Canada
Date: Sunday, July 20
Start time: 10:45 a.m. - End time: 12:40 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 2: Frontiers in cell imaging: Automated image analysis
Organizer(s): Robert F. Murphy, Ph.D.
Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology Director,
Lane Center for Computational Biology Director,
Joint Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Sunday, July 20
Start time: 2:15 p.m. - End time: 4:10 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 3: Interaction Networks and disease
Organizer(s): Shoshana Wodak, PhD (1) and Gary Bader (2)
1 Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics,
University of Toronto, Canada
Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
2 University of Toronto
Date: Monday, July 21
Start time: 10:45 a.m. - End time: 12:40 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 4: Structural Bioinformatics: Deciphering the proteome
Organizer(s): Igor Jurisica, PhD (1) and Ryan Lilien, PhD (2)
1 Ontario Cancer Institute
Toronto, Canada
2 University of Toronto
Department of Computer Science & Medicine
Date: Monday, July 21
Start time: 2:15 p.m. - End time: 4:10 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 5: Sequencing thousands of human genomes - perspectives, challenges, and analysis
Organizer(s): Francisco De La Vega (1) and Gabor Marth (2)
1 Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA
2 Boston College, Boston, MA, USA
Date: Tuesday, July 22
Start time: 10:45 a.m. - End time: 12:40 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 6: Computational Challenges and Opportunities in Host-Pathogen Systems Biology
Organizer(s): T. M. Murali (1) and Matthew D. Dyer (2,3)
1 Department of Computer Science,
2 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Program, and
3 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Date: Tuesday, July 22
Start time: 2:15 p.m. - End time: 4:10 p.m.
Room 701A
Special Session 7: Future of Scientific Publishing
Organizer(s): Scott Markel, PhD
ISCB Publications Committee
California, USA
Date: Wednesday, July 23
Start time:10:45 a.m. - End time: 12:40 p.m.
Room 701A