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<div>Dear colleagues, </div>
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<div>Please find hereafter the program of a bioinformatics conference
that will take place at ULB on April 2, 2008. </div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Jacques </div>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">Jacques van Helden <<a
href="mailto:Jacques.van.Helden@ulb.ac.be">Jacques.van.Helden@ulb.ac.be</a>></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Laboratoire de Bioinformatique des Génomes et
des Réseaux (BiGRe)</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Laboratory of Genome and Network
Bioinformatics </div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Université Libre de Bruxelles. </div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span"
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BioSapiens workshop : From Genome to Proteome and Biological Function</span></div>
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<div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday April 2nd
2008 - Université Libre de Bruxelles</span></font></b></div>
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<div><b>Schedule</b></div>
<div>10.30 – 11.00</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Registration
and coffee</div>
<div>11.00 – 12.00</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Introduction to the
challenges of interpreting genome and proteome data</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Janet
Thornton</b></span>, EMBL Outstation - European Bioinformatics
Institute, UK</div>
<div>12.00 – 12.45</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Integrative themes: the human
genome</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Søren
Brunak</b></span>, BioCentrum-Technical University of Denmark</div>
<div>12.45 – 14.00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lunch
and poster session</div>
<div>14.00 – 14.45<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Gene annotations and
regulation</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Ewan
Birney</span></b>, EMBL Outstation - European Bioinformatics Institute,
UK</div>
<div>14.45 – 15.30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Protein annotations from
sequence data</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christine
Orengo, University College London, UK</div>
<div>15.30 – 16.00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Coffee
break</div>
<div>16.00 – 16.45<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Protein annotations from
structure data</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Anna
Tramontano</span></b>, University of Rome, Italy</div>
<div>16.45 – 17.30<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1"> </font></span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Integrative themes: cancer
and quantitative trait loci</font></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Alfonso
Valencia</b></span>, CNIO-Spanish National Cancer Centre</div>
<div>19:30</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b><font
class="Apple-style-span" color="#091ed1">Conference dinner</font></b><br
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<div><b>Program</b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a
href="http://www.biosapiens.info/page.php?page=biosapiens_workshop">http://www.biosapiens.info/page.php?page=biosapiens_workshop</a></div>
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<div><b>Registration</b> </div>
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href="http://www.biosapiens.info/page.php?page=bs_work_reg">http://www.biosapiens.info/page.php?page=bs_work_reg</a></div>
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<div><b>Poster</b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a
href="http://www.biosapiens.info/files/public/april_workshop/Biosapiens_poster_FINAL.pdf">http://www.biosapiens.info/files/public/april_workshop/Biosapiens_poster_FINAL.pdf</a></div>
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<div><b>Venue</b></div>
<div>The meeting takes place in the Salle Dupréel, Université Libre de
Bruxelles, Avenue Jeanne, Brussels. </div>
<div>Map and directions: </div>
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href="http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/campus/sol_S.html">http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/campus/sol_S.html</a></div>
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href="http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/campus/solaccp-uk.html">http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/campus/solaccp-uk.html</a></div>
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<div><b>Fee</b></div>
<div>The registration fee is €80: this includes refreshments during the
day, a light lunch, and dinner in the evening. </div>
<div>Participants will be informed about the dinner venue later.</div>
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<div>Participants are invited to submit a poster on their own work in
this field. </div>
<div>The dimensions of the poster boards are 1.9m x 0.9m. A short (100
word max) abstract will be requested when registering.</div>
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<div><b>List of nearby hotels</b></div>
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