VanBUG (Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group) is an association of researchers, other professionals and students in the B.C. Lower Mainland who have an interest in the field of bioinformatics.

VanBUG meets on the second Thursday of every month from September through April. Research presentations by bioinformatics leaders, students and industry representatives are followed by networking over pizza and refreshments

Meetings are held in the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Family Theatre, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Avenue at 6:00 pm and are free and open to all.

As a service to the community, other bioinformatics events are posted to the Calendar

Visit our sister groups for bioinformatics events in Montreal (MonBUG) and now Toronto (TorBUG)!

next speakers:

Christopher Hogue

Talk Title:

TBA

Date/Time:

Thursday, September 12, 2013, 6:00pm

Affiliation:

Senior Director, Joyent Inc., Vancouver

formerly, Principal Investigator, Research Center of Excellence in Mechanobiology, National University of Singapore

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Christopher Hogue

Abstract:

TBA

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Trainees are invited to meet with the VanBUG speaker for open discussion of both science and career paths. This takes place 4:30-5:30pm in either the Boardroom or Lunchroom on the ground floor of the BCCRC

Recommended Readings

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Introductory Speaker:

Artem Babaian, Dixie Mager’s lab, Terry Fox Laboratory

Title: 

TBA

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To view previous VanBUG posters and presentations, please see Archives

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The conference aims to bring together researches with diverse backgrounds interested in 

the origin and evolution of multicellularity. 

Attendance is free but registration is required. Deadline for registration: August 15th, 2013.

Confirmed speakers 

Philip Donoghue 

Douglas H. Erwin

Bettina Schirrmeister 

Aurora Nedelcu 

Pauline Schaap

David C. Queller 

J. Mark Cock 

Maja Adamska

Stuart A. Newman 

Ricard V. Solé

Gregory J. Velicer 

Richard E. Michod

Daniel Richter

Valentina Rossetti

Roberta Fisher

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It's all about interaction and exchange of knowledge in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology. That's why the fourth edition of Iran's Bioinformatics Conference has also brought together professionals and industrial practitioners from all over the country.

Ghanbar Naderi, Press TV, Tehran

FeaturedSpeakers Yaniv Erlich, PhD Principal Investigator, MIT Whitehead Institute Bruce K Patterson, MD CEO and Founder, IncellDx Inc Daniel Caffrey, PhD Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

The theme of this conference is a range of genetics and genomics topics such as RNAi, Next-generation sequencing, Cancer research, Sequencing, Genome-wide association studies GWAS, Epigenetics, Mapping, Exomes, Genomic medicine, Human Genome Structural Variation, Pharmacogenetics, DNA/RNA Purification, Mutations, Translational Genomics, Bioinformatics, Genotyping, Pharmacogenomics, Screening, Cloning, Gene Expression, Phenotyping, Transcription, Functional Genomics, Synthetic Biology, Genome Engineering, Immunology, qPCR/Real-Time PCR, PCR, Biomarkers, Stem Cell research, Human Identification, Bioproduction, Molecular Diagnostics and much more. Attendees can earn free CME and CEU Credits.

This event will bring together research scientists, post docs, principal investigators, lab directors and professionals from around the world to learn about recent advances in genetics and genomics. This conference offers an amazing opportunity as it is free to participants, and there will be no out-of-pocket expenses for travel. However, participants will still benefit from interacting with a global community of like-minded colleagues, without leaving the comfort of their office or home.

With the advent of genetic and genomic medicine, health care providers will benefit from attending this conference and gain knowledge including the understanding of genetic testing, how to calculate risk and when to refer a patient to a genetic specialist, how the application of genomics will be key to effective prevention and management of many of the most important health-care issues. They will learn skills including the ability to communicate genetic information, how to manage family dynamics, become up to date on tools that are available to help the health-care professionals convey complex genetic information to patients.

This program will help to convey to health care practitioners that genetics and genomics are qualitatively different from all other topics because it underlies all of pathophysiology, and is therefore the fundamental science of health and disease.

Conference participants will be able to:

• Attend interactive live streaming video sessions
• Have their questions answered in real-time by industry experts
• Chat live with peers and speakers
• Browse a virtual exhibit floor for solution providers
• Earn free CME and CEU continuing educationn credits

sbv IMPROVER Symposium 2013

sbv IMPROVER at a Glance

sbv IMPROVER stands for Systems Biology Verification combined with Industrial Methodology for Process Verification in Research. This approach aims to provide a measure of quality control of industrial research and development by verifying the soundness of the methods used. sbv IMPROVER is a collaborative effort involving scientists from IBM Research and Philip Morris International. For more information please see Nature Biotechnology (2011) or Bioinformatics (2012).

It is different from other approaches such as DREAM as it focuses on the verification of processes in an industrial context, and not on basic questions in science. sbv IMPROVER could allow an organization to benchmark its methods and verify that these are state of the art performance for their industrial processes.

Today the scope of sbv IMPROVER is the verification of methods and concepts in systems biology research. However, this could be extended as the vision could be applied to verify research processes in other industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, nutrition and environmental safety, to name a few.

Why you should be Part of sbv IMPROVER

• Take the opportunity to compete for research grants
• Receive an independent assessment of your methods
• Gain access to high quality data
• Enhance your visibility and gain recognition from an international team of eminent scientists
• Publish: the results of the challenge and the identity of the best performing entrants will be submitted to a high impact peer reviewed journal
• Present your results at the sbv IMPROVER Symposium: the best performing entrants will be invited to present their approach at an international symposium

The Species Translation Challenge: 

Understanding the Limits of Rodent Models for Human Biology

REGISTER HERE

The sbv IMPROVER Symposium 2013 Registration Website is owned and managed by a third party.

The sbv IMPROVER Symposium 2013 will be held at the Grand Resort Lagonissi Athens, Greece, on 29 – 31 October 2013.

The symposium will include:

•    The results and presentation of awards for the Species Translation Challenge

•    Keynote presentations on systems biology

•    Workshops on Network Verification and Network Inference

•    Poster Session

We invite and encourage you to participate in the poster session in order to share and discuss your methods. We are soliciting high-quality research posters in any aspect of the translatability of biology between species. Please submit your poster abstract on or before 30 September 2013 and consult the Poster Session sectionfor more information.

 

This website is updated regularly and will provide relevant information regarding the symposium such as agenda, speakers and logistics.

Please REGISTER HERE for the sbv IMPROVER Symposium 2013.

The sbv IMPROVER Symposium 2013 Registration Website is owned and managed by a third party.

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It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Conference on Health, Environment and Industrial Biotechnology (BioSangam 2013) to be held in 'Kumbh Nagari' Allahabad from November 21-23, 2013.

The conference is being organized by Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad. The conference will be an interactive and scientifically vibrant programme. The conference consists of various sessions including keynote, plenary and parallel sessions. Each session will be addressed by outstanding experts who will highlight recent advances in various facets of biotechnology with focus on emerging trends. It is our privilege to promote young researchers and students from the all over the world.

The conference will provide stimulating platform to the budding scientists. It will also offer them to present their work in front of the eminent experts of their field and compete for various awards like BioSangam Young Scientist Awards- 2013.

The city of Allahabad 'Kumbh Nagari-Prayag' attracts many tourists from various parts of the world where the science meets spirituality. Allahabad is the sacred city not far from Varanasi, where three rivers; Ganges, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati (mythical) meet, and continue their journey further. The city's original name Prayaga, or "place of sacrifice" comes from its location at the sacred union (Sangam) of the three rivers. A bath here is said to wash away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth. We are happy to invite you and your colleagues to share and enjoy with us a stimulating scientific sangam. We look forward to welcoming you all to our colourful country and its educational city of Allahabad.

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