FYI: http://light.ece.ohio.edu/~reggen/2014/ Best regards, Stein Regulatory Genomics Special Interest Group (RegGenSIG) Special Interest Group (SIG) at ISMB 2014 July 12, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts SIG Hours: 8:30 a.m - 6:00 p.m. Regulatory genomics involves the study of the genomic 'control system,' which determines how, when and where to activate the 'blueprint' encoded in the genome. Regulatory genomics is the topic of much research activity worldwide. Since computational methods are important in the study of gene regulation, the RegGenSIG meeting focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics. An important goal of the meeting is to foster a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics. RegGenSIG will include presentations and posters that cover the broad spectrum of topics important to regulatory genomics research. The goal is to bring together experts in experimental methods and computational methods to consider sequence-based reconstruction of regulatory networks and prediction of gene expression. Topics to be addressed in the SIG include the following: inference of gene regulatory networks; utilization of information pertaining to epigenetics, chromatin structure, and histone modifications; determination of the roles of regulatory RNAs; prediction of transcriptional regulation from RNA-seq data and ChIP-seq data; pattern discovery in sequences; and sequence based modeling of gene expression. CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS To make an oral presentation at RegGenSIG, extended abstracts should be submitted by April 27, 2014 to sinhas@illinois.edu, including "RegGen Abstract Oral" in the subject line. An abstract should be a maximum of 3 pages excluding bibliography. Authors will be notified by May 8, 2014. CALL FOR POSTERS For poster presentations, authors should submit a 250 word abstract no later than May 18, 2014 to sinhas@illinois.edu, including "RegGen Abstract Poster" in the subject line. Authors will be notified no later than May 25, 2014. KEY DATES April 20, 2014 Due date for extended abstracts (2-3 pages) for oral presentations May 1, 2014 Author notification for oral presentations May 18, 2014 Due date for short abstracts (250 words) for poster presentations May 25, 2014 Author notification for poster presentations June 6, 2014 Early registration cut-off date July 12, 2014 RegGenSIG meeting Program Chairs: Jason Ernst, UCLA, USA, jason.ernst@ucla.edu Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois, USA, sinhas@illinois.edu Stein Aerts, University of Leuven, Belgium, stein.aerts@med.kuleuven.be Morgane Thomas-Chollier, Ecole Normale Superieure, France, mthomas@biologie.ens.fr General Chairs: Finn Drabløs, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, finn.drablos@ntnu.no Lonnie R. Welch, Ohio University, USA, welch@ohio.edu SIG Advisory Committee: Tim Bailey, University of Queensland, Australia Harmen Bussemaker, Columbia University Andrea Califano, Columbia University Julio Collado-Vides, National Autonomous University of Mexico Laura Elnitski, National Human Genome Research Institute, USA Ana Teresa Freitas, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Roderic Guigo, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain Alexander Hartemink, Duke University Manolis Kellis, MIT, USA (pending) Kathleen Marchal, Professor University of Ghent and K. U. Leuven, Belgium William Noble, University of Washington (tentative) Isidore Rigoutsos, Thomas Jefferson University, USA Sophie Schbath, Institut National de la Recherché Agronomique, France Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM Gary Stormo, Washington University, USA Kai Tan, University of Iowa, USA Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, University of Pennsylvania Esko Ukkonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Martin Vingron, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany Weixiong Zhang, Washington University, USA Igor Zwir, University of Granada