Mar 10, 2008

This is the 2nd announcement of the IBW2008, the 6th International Bioinformatics Workshop, organized by Yunnan University, in Kunming, China, June 7th through 9th, 2008.

The workshop aims at scientific communication for researchers at the cutting-edge research in bioinformatics and related areas. This workshop will cover topics on computational genomics, computational proteomics, computational systems biology and biological data mining.

The annual International Bioinformatics Workshop(IBW) continues the series of five previous meetings, which took place at Fudan University, Shanghai (2003), Tsinghua University, Beijing (2004), Jilin University, Changchun (2005), Central South University, Changsha (2006) and Shadong University, Shandong (2007).

Like the previous meetings, the first two days of the workshop (June 7-8) will involve invited presentations, given by leading researchers from China, USA, and other countries, and report the latest research findings in bioinformatics and computational biology. The third day of the workshop (June 9) will be for contributed presentations and provide a friendly and flexible environment for researchers from all over the world to exchange their ideas and foster the cooperation.

This year's IBW meeting will also have a 5-day "tutorial" right before the workshop, from June 2th to 6th, named the Dragon-Star Bioinformatics Course ( http://dragonstar.ict.ac.cn ), to be taught by Dr. Jake Y. Chen of Indiana University. This will be a great oppotunity for students and young teachers to attend.

Now we are calling for papers, as well as your participation. Submissions of original and previously unpublished works are invited in all areas related to bioinformatics, computational biology and system biology. For details of the Call for Papers and the Workshop in general, please visit the website of IBW2008 at http://www.yunda.org/science/activity/ibw2008/index.php.

Look forward to seeing you in Kunming in June, 2008.