(June 7-9, 2008, Kunming, Yunnan, China)

June 6, 2008
08:00am ¨C 19:00pm:	on-site registration
19:00pm ¨C 21:00pm:	dinner reception for invited speakers and local hosts (location: to be announced)
June 7, 2008: IBW2008 Day One
08:00am ¨C 08:10am:	Opening remarks by Dr. Zhang KeQing, Vice President
08:10am ¨C 08:25am:	photo session
Session 1: Chair: Chen, Jake
08:30am ¨C 09:20am:	Zhang, Xuegong, Tsinghua University	Learning biology with machines: examples from alternative splicing and DNA methylation study
09:20am ¨C 10:10am:	Tao, Louis, Peking University	Low-Dimensional Characterization of Neuronal Network Activity in a Large-Scale Model of the Visual Cortex
10:10am ¨C 10:30am:	Tea break
Session 2: Chair: Li, Guojun
10:30am ¨C 11:20am:	Lee, Hoong-Chien, National Central University	Inverse symmetry in genomes and whole-genome inverse duplication
11:20am ¨C 12:20am:	Li, Weizhong, UCSD	Probing Metagenomics by Rapid Analysis of Mega-datasets
12:30pm ¨C 13:30pm:	Lunch
Session 3: Chair: Zhang, Xuegong
13:30pm ¨C 14:20pm:	Li, Wuju, Beijing Institute Of Basic Medical Sciences,	Construction of mathematical models for prediction of bacterial sRNA targets
14:20pm ¨C 15:10pm:	Li, Guojun, University of Georgia and Shandong University	Close-to-Optimum Clustering Method for Microbial Gene Expression Data Analysis
15:10pm ¨C 15:30pm:	Tea break
Session 4: Chair: Jiang, Rui
15:30pm ¨C 16:20pm:	Chen, Jake, Indiana University	Developing Tools for Translational Bioinformatics Applications
16:20pm ¨C 17:10pm:
18:30pm ¨C 20:00pm:	dinner for invited speakers and local hosts
20:00pm ¨C 21:30pm:	informal discussions among invited speakers and students and postdocs
June 8, 2008: IBW2008 Day Two
Session 5: Chair: Zhang, Michael
08:30am ¨C 09:20am:	Wang, Wen, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS	Origin and evolution of genetic novelties
09:20am ¨C 10:10am:	Ruan, Yijun, Genome Institute of Singapore	Bioinformatics challenges in ultra high throughput paired end tag (PET) DNA sequencing to interrogate high-order structure of human genomes
10:10am ¨C 10:30am:	Tea break
Session 6: Chair: Hoong-Chien Lee
10:30am ¨C 11:20am:	Zhang, Michael, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	Computational approaches to next-generation sequencing with applications to epigenomics
11:20am ¨C 12:20am:	Liu, Tim, Molecular Neurobiology Branch, NIH	Genome wide association study (GWAS) and molecular biology approach to identify cell adhesion molecules (CAM) as susceptibility genes for addiction
12:30pm ¨C 13:30pm:	Lunch
Session 7: Chair: Li, Wuju
13:30pm ¨C 14:20pm:	Jiang Rui, Tsinghua University	Sequence-Based Prioritization of Nonsynonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for the Study of Disease Mutations
14:20pm ¨C 15:10pm:	Wang, Xiujie, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS	Evolution and functional study of isochors
15:10pm ¨C 15:30pm:	Tea break
Session 8: Chair: Wang, Wen
15:30pm ¨C 16:20pm:	Xu, Ying, University of Georgia	Identification of Transcriptional cis-Regulatory Elements using a Structure-Based Approach
16:20pm ¨C 17:10pm:	Fu, Yunxin, University of Texas at Houston	New statistical approach for finding differentially expressed genes from microarray data
17:10pm ¨C 17:20pm:	closing remarks: Ying Xu
19:00pm ¨C 21:00pm:	dinner for invited speakers and local hosts
June 9, 2008: IBW2008 Day Three
Session 9: Chair: Xinglai Ji
8:30am:	Wang, Hao, T-life Research Center, Department of Physics, Fudan University	Identification of LTR retrotransposons in eukaryotic genomes: supports from structure and evolution
8:50am:	Lin, Hao, Laboratory of Theoretical Biophysics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University	Recognition of DNase I hypersensitive sites in multiple cell lines
Session 10: Chair: Hoong-Chien Lee
9:10am:	Panel discussion "developing adequate curricula for training the next generation of computational and systems biologists"
10:50am:	meeting adjourn
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