Conferences and Meetings on Genomics and Bioinformatics

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

Molecular Biology,    Pharmacogenomics, Personalized Medicine

Molecular Biology,    Pharmacogenomics, Personalized Medicine

Topics ranging from the fundamental molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis through the roles of mutagenesis in biology and disease to the exploitation of mutagenesis and mutagenic mechanisms for therapy

Stichting Chemische Congressen 6, The Netherlands

The 12th International Conference on Chemical Structures (ICCS) will take place in 2022. It will continue a well-established conference series that begun in 1973 as a workshop on Computer Representation and Manipulation of Chemical Information sponsored by the NATO Advanced Study Institute and thereafter was held under its new name every third year starting in 1987. The 2022 conference will build on the experience of the past successful editions to offer a strong scientific program which covers all aspects of cheminformatics and molecular modeling, including for example structure-activity relationships, virtual screening, modeling metabolite networks, etc. Participants discuss research as well as relevant technological and algorithm developments in handling and visualization of chemical structure data, workflows for complex cheminformatic analysis and machine learning. The conference fosters cooperation among organizations and researchers involved in the increasingly interwoven fields of cheminformatics and bioinformatics and combines in-depth technical presentations with ample opportunities for one-on-one discussions with the presenters.

Event Secretariat;     Email: ICCS2022@fu-confirm.de

Cheminformatics, Molecular similarity and diversity, Mining of chemical literature and patents, spectroscopy and structure elucidation, Reaction handling, Structure-Activity and Structure-Property Prediction, Consensus and federated methods, Assessment of uncertainties in predictive modeling Graphical methods for SAR analysis, Multi- and Many-objective optimization, Structure-Based Drug Design Advances in molecular dynamics and free energy calculation, Structure-based and rational drug design Modeling of protein-ligand and protein-protein recognition, Computer-assisted protein design/engineering Artificial Intelligence Approaches, Deep learning and sparse-data modelling, de novo generation Representation learning, Synthetic accessibility and retrosynthesis approaches, Analysis of Large Chemistry Spaces, Design, profiling, and comparison of compound collections, DNA Encoded Libraries (DEL) Advances in (low-, mid- and high-level) data fusion techniques, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data, Dealing with Biological Complexity, Analysis and prediction of poly-pharmacology and selectivity, Advances in metabolomics, Nanoinformatics modelling, Natural product drug discovery

Physical (Theoretical) Chemistry, Computational Chemistry,    Modeling and Simulation

Topics ranging from the fundamental molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis through the roles of mutagenesis in biology and disease to the exploitation of mutagenesis and mutagenic mechanisms for therapy

Molecular Biology,    Oncology

ecSeq Bioinformatics GmbH

In a nutshell:

- Learn the essential computing skills for NGS bioinformatics

- Understand NGS analysis algorithms (e.g. read alignment) and data formats

- Use bioinformatics tools for handling NGS data

- Perform first downstream analyses for studying genetic variation

- Compare different approaches for differential expression analysis

The purpose of this intense one week summer course is to get a deep understanding in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) with a special focus on bioinformatics issues. Advantages and disadvantages of current sequencing technologies and their implications on data analysis will be discovered. You will be trained on understanding NGS data formats and handling potential problems/errors therein. In the summer school we will use a real-life RNA-seq dataset from the current market leader illumina.

All students will be enabled to perform important first tasks of NGS data analysis themselves. The layout of the summer school has been adapted to the needs of beginners in the field of NGS bioinformatics and allows scientists with no or little background in computer science to get a first hands-on experience in this new and fast evolving research topic.

In the evenings there will be social events, like a conference dinner, or a guided city tour through Berlin. These are always great networking possibilities.

Events-Team;     Email: events@ecseq.com

RNA-Seq, DNA-Seq, NGS, sequencing, bioinformatics

Molecular Biology,    Training in Computer Science, Courses

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MRSI)

The MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI--UP) is a comprehensive summer program designed for undergraduate students who have completed two years of university-level mathematics courses and would like to conduct research in the mathematical sciences.

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

University of Granada

The IWBBIO 2022 (9th International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering) seeks to continue the good synergy obtained in the previous edition, providing a discussion forum for scientists, engineers, educators and students about the latest ideas and realizations in the foundations, theory, models and applications for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research encompassing disciplines of computer science, mathematics, statistics, biology, bioinformatics, and biomedicine. The aims of IWBBIO 2022 is to create a friendly environment that could lead to the establishment or strengthening of scientific collaborations and exchanges among attendees, and therefore, IWBBIO 2020 solicits high-quality original research papers (including significant work-in-progress) on any aspect of Bioinformatics, Biomedicine and Biomedical Engineering.

Phone: [+34655993434];     Email: irojas@ugr.es

bioinformatics, biomecial, genomics and evolution, next generation sequencing data, protein and RNA structure, protein function and proteomics, medical informatics, translational bioinformatics, computational systems biology,

Laboratory of Support to Research in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

The Essential Molecular Biology course covers the fundamental principles and techniques used in experimental research in the area of Molecular Biology. Essentially practical in nature, it aims at the learning of current genomics and proteomics techniques, as well as the acquisition of skills in laboratory experimentation required for scientific research in Biomedicine. An exciting way to learn the essential genomics and proteomics techniques used in experimental research in biomedicine: hands-on, practical, intensive.

Phone: [+351 220426779];     Email: laimm@med.up.pt

Molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, hands-on, laboratory work, practical

Lake Como School of Advanced Studies

European Association For Cancer Research (ECAR)

Cancer Genomics 2022 is the fifth EACR conference on this topic, and it is now widely recognised as the premier European conference dedicated to cancer genomics. In 2022, after a 3-year break, it will again cover the latest exciting developments: single cell and spatial analysis of cancers, cancer immune genomics, data integration and convergence, DNA methylation, genomic instability and ctDNA. Featuring an exceptional international faculty, extensive networking opportunities and a limited number of in person participants, this conference will provide both the possibility and intimate setting for top quality scientific interaction. We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford for this exciting meeting!

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Eukaryotic cells maintain their genome as linear chromosomes in the nucleus and smaller, circular chromosomes in their autonomous organelles. Sporadically, they also contain non-chromosomal DNA, generally in circular form, due to recombination of chromosomal fragments, movement of DNA from mitochondria to the nucleus, uptake of extracellular DNA, or the presence of selfish DNA of endogenous or exogenous origin, like transposons and viruses. When it does not harm or kill the cell, this material may contribute to the evolution and structural dynamics of the genome. Reversely, selfish DNAs evolve sophisticated machineries to multiply and propagate independently of, but also frequently via chromosomes. During this meeting we will review recent insights on the complex relationships that chromosomes and extra-chromosomal DNAs entertain with each other, discussing how cells distinguish them, how their relationships contribute to the biology of the cell in health and disease, and affect genome plasticity and evolution. The intricate relationships between chromosomes and extra-chromosomal DNAs are raising fundamental questions in both basic and medical sciences. We will further conceptualize these questions and discuss how to best approach them experimentally and theoretically.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

RNA is one of the building blocks of life and the mechanisms underlying RNA metabolism are critical for all cellular functions. In recent years, exciting discoveries have shown that targeting mRNAs to subcellular compartments and local translation plays a major role in controlling protein function from unicellular organisms to humans. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating mRNA localization and local translation, and their coordination to produce complex cellular behaviours, remain poorly understood. Interest in this field has increased with high-profile discoveries of liquid- or gel-like properties of mRNPs and the relationship of altered RNA granule assembly and localization to neurological and ageing-related disorders. Remarkable technological developments have allowed visualization of individual transcripts and their translation in single cells and in living organisms. This EMBO Workshop will bring together scientists from different fields and with complementary technical expertise to discuss recent discoveries in mRNA localization and local translation and build new collaborations to advance our understanding of these processes.

Biology,    Molecular Biology

Biology,    Molecular Biology

genetics, genomics, and evolution of the visual system

genetics, genomics, and evolution of the visual system

This conference will bring together top researchers, practitioners, academics and students from around the globe to discuss the latest advances in the field of computational intelligence and other areas of artificial intelligence, as applied to real world problems in biology, bioinformatics, computational biology, chemical informatics, bioengineering, and related fields. Computational intelligence approaches include artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, hybrid algorithms, and other emerging techniques.

Computational Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Artificial Intelligence

The EMBL Transcription and Chromatin meeting has a long-standing tradition in shaping the field of transcriptional regulation. The meeting brings together leading experts covering all aspects of transcription including cis-regulatory function, long range regulation, 3-dimensional looping, the basal transcriptional machinery, RNA polymerase regulation and function, nucleosome positioning, chromatin modifications, chromatin remodelling and epigenetic inheritance of transcriptional silencing. The meeting contains many talks selected from the abstracts that are interspersed with invited speakers, discussing the latest breakthroughs in transcriptional regulation. The conference is designed to promote interactive discussions at both the talks and poster sessions. Given the excellent line up of speakers and the meeting’s outstanding reputation, this is a ‘must’ attend for anyone interested in cutting edge research in transcription.

Course and Conference Office;     Email: events@embl.de

Activators, enhancer function, evolution and modelling, Long range transcriptional regulation and enhancers, General basal transcriptional machinery, Pol II function, pausing and the role of RNA in transcription, Chromatin modifications and transcription, Transcriptional regulation during cell fate decisions – stem cell reprogramming and normal embryonic development, Genome topology and three-dimensional regulation, Single cell quantification

EMBO | EMBL

The study of population genetic variation and the sequencing of ancient DNA represent promising new avenues for investigating human history and our evolutionary past. Population-scale sequencing projects investigating human diversity have provided us with more than a million genome wide datasets that allowed new insights into patterns of human variation and mobility, while others have obtained genome wide data from thousands of ancient human skeletons, allowing the investigation of human evolution in action and providing direct insights into population genetic dynamics in situ. Large-scale genetic variation data sets can now be integrated with genomics data from ancient remains and history records to provide novel insights into human history, cultural evolution and the genetic history of societies. Ancient DNA was furthermore used to reconstruct genomic variation of historic pathogens as well as oral and gut microbiomes in order to provide molecular fossils to study microbial evolution through time. This meeting will involve scientists from genomics, bioinformatics, microbiology, anthropology, archaeology and historians and may initiate future interactions in this exciting and timely new research area that has the potential to change the way we think about our human past and how we might study genetic variation in the future.

Email: events@embl.de

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Over the past decades, we have seen growing evidence that environmental influences such as diet, stress, or trauma, can induce changes in individuals that are inherited by their children and grandchildren, independently of changes in the DNA sequence. This type of inheritance is often referred to as epigenetic inheritance, however, the biological mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain poorly understood. The proposed workshop will bring together experts in the field of epigenetics to discuss how the epigenome is inherited on the cellular, organismal, and population level in diverse biological contexts. Moreover, the workshop will explore how different biological systems achieve the correct balance between epigenome inheritance and reprogramming, and what sort of ramifications this has for developmental processes, disease etiology, adaptation, and evolution. Numerous recent findings in this rapidly developing field have been fueled by the advent of genomics technologies, which offer ever-increasing resolution and precision for epigenome quantification. Our meeting will thus provide a unique opportunity to discuss how these recent advances have reshaped the field and what challenges we might expect as we move forward to unravel how epigenetics participates in fundamental biological processes.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

This EMBO Workshop series broadly addresses the molecular mechanisms linked to transactions occuring in the eukaryotic cell nucleus (gene expression, nuclear organization/compartmentalization, chromatin remodelling, RNA processing and trafficking, development, evolution, diseases linked to defective nuclear processes). The latest developments will be covered by an outstanding line-up of speakers, and a broad collection of topics are covered. An emphasis is always given to emerging topics and new technologies, which allows attendees to obtain an integrative and up-to date view of the cell's nucleus biology. The workshop usually gathers cell biologists, biochemists and a growing number of physicists/biophysicists due to the types of novel approaches developped and efforts to model and quantify nuclear transactions, which are currently revolutionizing the field and strongly influencing future research.

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 11–15 Oct, 2021 Contact: Gaëlle Legube

European Molecular Biology Organization – EMBO

Postponed from 5–9 October 2020

EMBO | EMBL

Before the genetic information stored in DNA can be used to direct cell growth and metabolism, it has to be transferred into RNA. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that code for proteins and noncoding RNAs are key components in the transmission of genetic information in all life forms – from viruses to complex mammalian organisms. Exciting recent findings now reveal a new layer of information added to RNAs in the form of chemical marks (the epitranscriptome) that play a critical role in gene expression control. Following the great success of the virtual 2020 edition of this long-standing symposium, we are looking forward to returning to an in-person meeting for 2022, bringing together leaders in the RNA field, post-docs and students, with the aim of disseminating and discussing the most recent results. The program will include, among others, sessions on transcription, RNA processing and modification, mRNA export and localisation, mRNA surveillance and decay, translation and the control of mRNA expression by microRNAs.

Email: events@embl.de

Transcription, RNA processing, Export and localisation, mRNA surveillance and decay, Translation and the control of mRNA expression by microRNAs, RNA modifications Non-coding RNAs

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO)

The Company of Biologists Ltd

In this Workshop, we aim to bring together computational, cell, and evolutionary biologists to help address this major challenge of integrative cell biology. We strongly believe that actively seeking out collaboration across fields will be crucial to push cell biology beyond the boundaries of individual species into a truly comparative discipline anchored to predictive models. In turn, computational biologists will have an opportunity to guide and influence the next phase of big data generation in cell biology. Together, in deciphering the rules that underpin the relationship between the genome and the cell that encases it, we will better understand both evolution and cellular function.

Biology,    Molecular Biology