Transcript Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and

2006 Winter School in
Mathematical and Computational Biology
Hosted by
ARC Centre in Bioinformatics
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Institute for Molecular Bioscience
The University of Queensland
26 – 30 June 2006
Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Australia
http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06
Intended audience:
Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and
researchers in mathematics, statistics, IT, CS or any area of science
who want to learn about current problems and opportunities in
computational bioscience.
Topics:
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Machine learning applied to sequence analysis
Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics
Evolutionary genomics
Microarrays and analysis of microarray data
The e-research / Grid paradigm
http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06
Speakers include:
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Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Dr Paul Horton – Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Dr Pablo Moscato – Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative
A/Prof. Andrew Roger – Dalhousie University, Canada
Prof. Mike Hendy – Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Dr Charles Semple – University of Canterbury, NZ
Dr Toni Reverter – CSIRO Livestock Industries
Prof. Terry Speed – University of California Berkeley and WEHI
Prof. Kim-Anh Do – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
• Prof. David Abramson – Monash University
• Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – Monash University
• Dr David Hansen – e-Health Research Centre
• A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – National University of Singapore
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Monday: Machine learning applied to sequence analysis
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Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Sequence analysis using Markov models
Dr Tim Bailey – Finding patterns in sequences
Dr Paul Horton – Predicting subcellular localisation of proteins
Dr Martin Frith – Identifying short proteins
Prof. Mark Brodovsky – Workshop: GeneMark
Tuesday: Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics
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Dr Regina Berretta – Combinatorial models
Dr Pablo Moscato – Classification methods for clinical data
Dr Tim Bailey – Workshop: MEME
Mr Paul Taylor – Workshop: MATLAB
Dr James Cai – Workshop: MBEToolbox and PGEToolbox
Public lecture:
• A/Prof. Andrew Roger – The origin of eukaryotes
Wednesday: Evolutionary genomics
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Prof. Mike Hendy – Mathematical phylogenetics
Dr Barbara Holland – Exploratory analysis of phylogenetic data
Dr Michael Charleston – Concatenating sequence data
Dr Charles Semple – Hybridisation networks
Dr Alexei Drummond – Probabilistic models in phylogenetics
Thursday: Microarrays and analysis of microarray data
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Dr Sean Grimmond – Microarray technology
Prof. Terry Speed – SNP genotyping
Dr Liat Ben-Tovim Jones – Detecting differentially expressed genes
Dr Toni Reverter – Differential expression and connectivity
Prof. Kim-Anh Do – Microarray-based cancer prognosis
Prof. Geoff McLachlan – Classification of microarray data
Friday: The e-research / Grid paradigm
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Prof. David Abramson – Grid computing
Prof. Jane Hunter – Technologies for semantic integration
Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – e-Research
Dr David Hansen – Networked services for e-health
A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – The future of the Internet
http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06