Drug Discovery/Development calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Papers: Genome Informatics Workshop 2012

December 12-14, 2012 Tainan, Taiwan

Paper submission deadline: July 15, 2012

Genome Informatics Workshop (GIW) is the longest running international bioinformatics conference in the world. The scope includes all works that are ultimately devoted to the computational understanding of biological systems on the molecular basis and the aims are to present recent results of both theoretical and practical research, to demonstrate biological systems, and to show new applications and directions of future research. The first GIW was held at Tokyo in 1990. Since then, GIW has been held annually around the countries in Asia-Pacific region. This year's GIW is the 23rd anniversary and will be held at Tainan in Taiwan. The purpose of GIW2012 is to provide an international forum for scientists and researchers to exchange ideas and approaches.

National Cheng Kung University and Taiwan Society for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (TSBSB) are honored to host the GIW2012. We are delighted to give you a warm welcome to Tainan in Taiwan.

Papers in all areas related to works that are ultimately devoted to the computational understanding of biological systems on a molecular basis will be considered. The aims of the conference are to present recent results of both theoretical and practical research, to show new applications, to demonstrate systems, and to indicate directions of future research. Authors can choose to submit full paper or poster that focuses on bioinformatics and computational biology, but not limited to the following areas:

-Genome-wide Association Study

-Gene Expression Analysis

-Genomic Database

-Sequence Analysis

-Functional Genomics

-Next-generation Sequencing

-Structural Genomics

-Simulation of Biological System

-Biomarker Identification and Drug Discovery

-Biological Network Reconstruction and Analysis

-Protein Interaction Networks

-Biological Databases

-Protein Structure and Function Prediction

-Medical and Biomedical Informatics

-Knowledge Extraction from Literature

-Modeling of Biological Systems

-Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

-Bio-data Visualization

-Gene Regulatory Networks

-Comparative Genomics

Call for Abstracts: 3rd Annual International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology (BioTech 2013)

18 - 19 March 2013 Singapore

Paper Submission (Full Paper) Deadline 28 September 2012

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. The concept encompasses a wide range of procedures for modifying living organisms according to human purposes - going back to domestication of animals, cultivation of plants, and "improvements" to these through breeding programs that employ artificial selection and hybridization.

This multi-disciplinary conference aims to provide a challenging forum and vibrant opportunity for researchers and industry practitioners to share their original research results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and emerging issues.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Pharmaceutical / Medicine

• Structural Biology
• Proteomics
• Cell Cycle and Oncology
• Medical Microbiology
• Diagnostic Pathology
• Clinical Chemistry
• Haematology
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Medical Imaging and Methods
• Sonography
• Molecular and Cell Biology
• Biochemistry
• Immunology
• Genetics
• Neurobiology
• Drug production
• Pharmacogenomics
• Gene therapy
• Factors for transcribing DNA into RNA
• Monoclonol antibodies
• Pathogenesis of Human Diseases
• Presymptomatic testing

Food and Agriculture

• Genetic engineering
• Genomics
• Tissue culture
• Cell fusion
• Molecular biology
• Enzymology
• Fermentation processes
• Instrumentation and diagnostic methods
• Food processing
• Biofertilizer
• Waste Technology
• Environment Control
• Pest and diseases resistant crop
• High value addictives and chemical products
• Immunological techniques
• Signal transduction
• Conjugation
• Classical mutagenesis
• Conjugation process
• Hybridisation

Best Paper Award

A number of best papers will be selected and given awards at the conference. These papers will also be considered for publication in GSTF and other international refereed Journals.

In order to qualify for the award, at least one of the authors will need to present at the conference.

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT 

Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF)
10 Anson Road, International Plaza,
Singapore 079903
DID : +65 6327 0166
Fax : +65 6327 0162 

For Conference Information info@advbiotech.org 
For Registration, Accommodation or Visa Assistance secretariat@advbiotech.org  

Call for Abstracts: SLAS2013, the 2nd Annual Society for Laboratory Automation & Screening Conference and Exhibition

January 12-16, 2013 Orlando, Florida

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) invites research scientists, engineers, academics and business leaders to submit abstracts for presentation at SLAS2013, the 2nd Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition. Showcase your innovation on a global stage by participating in this leading scientific program rich with content for those within the laboratory science and technology community. Areas of focus include: drug discovery and development, informatics, clinical diagnostics, food and agricultural sciences, forensics and security sciences, petrochemicals and energy, and consumer products.

Abstract submissions from academia, government and industry are welcome. Contributions from graduate students, post-doctoral associates and junior faculty are encouraged.

Important Deadlines

Podium Abstract Submissions Due: Monday, July 30, 2012

Poster Abstract Submissions Due: Friday, October 26, 2012

Call for Abstracts: Biannual Non-Clinical Statistics Conference

24-26 September 2012, Potsdam, Germany

Who should attend

Statisticians with an interest in the application of statistics to non-clinical areas of the drug development and production process.
Whether you work in the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organizations, academia, regulatory and other government bodies, this event will be relevant to you.

As announced, the third biannual Non-Clinical Statistics Conference will be held from September 24 – 26, 2012, in Potsdam, Germany. The program committee is currently organizing the traditional half-day workshop on a relevant topic on the first day of the conference.

We are also organizing the program for the 2012 Non-Clinical Statistics Conference. We would now like to invite you to submit your abstracts until May 31, 2012. We would encourage contributions in the following areas:

Statistical methods in functional genomics
Design and analysis of drug stability studies
Statistical evaluation of studies in regulatory toxicology
Bioassays
Analysis of in-vitro and in-vivo studies for new non-neoplastic compounds
Transfer of analytical methods
Pharmacological studies
Bayesian statistics in pre-clinical drug development
Incorporating pre-clinical results in clinical development
Other non-clinical applications

Please submit your abstracts to Richardus Vonk (see below).

Early registration is recommended, because the number of participants is limited. The conference fee will be €500 for industry participants and €200 for participants from academia and regulatory bodies. Students will pay €80. This fee includes the tutorial, beverages during the breaks, and lunch on September 25 and 26.

We are truly looking forward to meeting you at the non-clinical statistics conference. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions or questions regarding the yearly non-clinical statistics conference. We will keep you informed!

Richard Vonk
Dr. Richardus Vonk
Chair, AG Non-Clinical Statistics
German Region of the International Biometric Society.
www.ncs-conference.org

c/o Bayer Pharma AG
Head of Global Drug Discovery Statistics & Experimental Medicine Statistics
13342 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 468 14523
Fax: +49 30 468 94523
E-mail: richardus.vonk@bayer.com

Call for Papers: Third International Conference on Global Trends in Biomedical Informatics, Research Education and Globalization

Organized by the Department of Health Informatics, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Third International Conference on Global Trends in Biomedical Informatics, Research Education and Globalization which will take place on November 15th, 2012 in Newark, NJ, USA.

This conference will provide a unique opportunity for disseminating the latest advances, applications and future trends in the area of Biomedical Informatics. The conference will meet the diverse interests of the delegates - from conceptual, theoretical, practical applications to commercialization. It will be the center of action for health informatics professionals to interact with their peers, meet leaders in the field, learn about new products, and see demonstrations from top healthcare systems and services vendors.

We are inviting original, unpublished research manuscripts in the following areas of interest, but not limited to

Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use
Healthcare Outcomes Research
Personalized Medicine, Genetic Testing & Biomarkers
Interoperability and Standards in Healthcare
Public Health Informatics, GIS Applications, Disease Mapping & Surveillance
Clinical Informatics including Decision Support & Intelligent Systems
Healthcare Marketing and Outsourcing
Molecular Imaging & Nanomedicine
Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Healthcare System Intrusion including Bio- and Cyber-Terrorism
Healthcare Disparities Research
Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials
Bio-computations
Nursing Informatics
Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Research.
Translational Research in Healthcare including Bioinformatics Applications
Controlled Medical Terminologies & Ontologies
Healthcare Quality Research
Intelligent Systems
Mobile devices in Health care
Biomedical Instrumentation, Devices and Signal processing
Telemedicine Applications including Mobile Devices, Health Information Exchange & Service Oriented Architecture for Healthcare

Selected papers will be submitted for publication in the

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics
International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Healthcare Informatics

Highlights of the Conference

State-of-the-Art Overviews by Renowned Experts
Presentation of Scientific and Application Papers
Panel Discussions Exploring Critical Issues of the Day
Demonstrations of Advanced Health Informatics Systems
In-depth Tutorial Sessions in Current State of Art Biomedical Informatics by Eminent Speakers

We are looking forward for your participation to make this event a grand success

Important Deadlines:

Manuscript Submission: September 1, 2012
Decision on Paper Acceptance: September 30, 2012
Submission of Final Manuscript: October 30, 2012

CONTACT DETAILS
Dr. Syed Haque
Chair & Program Director

Ms. Yvonne Rolley
Conference Coordinator
Department of Health Informatics
UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions
65 Bergen Street, Rm.350
Newark, NJ 07107-3001
Phone: 973 972 6871, Fax: 973 972 8540

Call for Posters: 10th International Rotavirus Symposium

19 - 21 September 2012 Bangkok, Thailand

The 10th International Rotavirus Symposium will be held 19-21 September, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. It will bring together interested stakeholders to provide an update on new data and relevant research that will inform public health agendas related to prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis.

Main Session Topics
Participants will discuss the latest results of trials of new rotavirus vaccines in developing country settings, issues in vaccine policy and introduction, and early post-marketing data on vaccine impact and safety. Scheduled sessions include:

* Update on rotavirus vaccines
* Early experiences with introduction of new rotavirus vaccines
* Epidemiology and burden of rotavirus disease
* The pipeline for rotavirus vaccines
* The next steps for rotavirus vaccines

Call for Posters
(Abstract deadline - 30 June, 2012)

The Scientific Organizing Committee is calling for posters relevant to rotavirus, rotavirus vaccines, and rotavirus vaccine introduction experience. A copy of each of the accepted poster abstracts will be included in the symposium program book, and some will be asked to present at the symposium. Please send abstracts to rotavirus@sabin.org

Please limit your abstract proposal to one page and include the following information:

* Contact Information (name, address, phone, & email)
* Author(s)
* Title
* Abstract: 250-400 word limit with 4 sections- Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions. If the poster is accepted, this abstract is the description that will be published (verbatim) in the symposium program book.

Call for Abstracts: Mathematical and Computational Medicine Conference 2012

Saturday December 1 2012 - Wednesday December 5 2012 Xcaret, Mexico

The purpose of the Zing Conference on Mathematical and Computational Medicine is to bring together eminent scholars with expertise in various fields of mathematical and computational medicine, as well as experimentalists and medical doctors interested in application of computational methods in clinical studies. The mathematical and computational medicine is now one of the most important and rapidly growing fields of modern medicine, and will become even more important in nearest future, when the cost of individual human gene sequencing becomes affordable for mass-scale clinical use (The $1000 Human Genome). New sequencing techniques, such as RNA-Seq produce enormous amount of information on the transcriptome in healthy and diseased cells, that need a development of new mathematical and computational methods to extract the most important medical information. The scope of the proposed Zing Conference will cover many different fields mathematical and computational medicine and biomedical informatics, such as genetics, genomics, epigenetics, and epigenomics of various diseases including mental and learning disorders, autism, and somatic diseases, with a special emphasis on cancer, protein misfolding disorders related to amyloid formation in neurogenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease), gene regulation, biomarker development, computer aided drug development, computational pharmacodynamics, computational immunology, systems biology and its extension to systems medicine, machine learning methods in application to biomedical data, applicability of computational methods in personalized medicine, and regenerative medicine. A special session will be devoted to errors in measurements of biomedical data and statistical evidence-based medicine.

Talk abstract deadline: Saturday June 30 2012
Poster abstract deadline: Monday October 1 2012

For general queries about conference attendance, registration, payment, accommodation, etc. please email info~at~zingconferences.com (replace '~at~' with '@').

For queries about scientific content, presentations, posters, etc. please email info~at~zingconferences.com (replace '~at~' with '@').

Call for Abstracts: European Molecular Biology Laboratory Conference Series: Chemical Biology 2012

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Wednesday 26 September - Saturday 29 September 2012

Abstract submission deadline is 19 July 2012.

We only accept online abstract submissions.

Why You Should Attend

Chemical Biology is a quickly growing highly interdisciplinary field, which investigates biological questions by using chemical strategies and tools. It has emerged to become an important and central discipline by itself complementing areas such as medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, cell biology, structural biology and biochemistry. Researchers in Chemical Biology find themselves at home in the chemistry and the biology lab and fuse the experimental possibilities that both have to offer.

Aims of event
The biennial series aims to give an overview on the current status of the fast evolving field and an outlook to where the field is heading. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for scientists using diverse research approaches and methods to come together and to network. It is structured to enhance exchange and discussions between researchers, for the benefit of their own research as well as for the progress of the field.

Topics
The conference will cover a broad area of approaches and methods used in Chemical Biology including:

Molecular imaging and switching tools

Computational and structural approaches

Innovative drug design approaches

Chemical genetics and high throughput methods

Novel synthetic methods as applied to biological questions

Chemical protein engineering

Chemical cell biology

History of Conference

The conference Chemical Biology 2010 was held at the new Advanced training Centre at EMBL Heidelberg. Due to the large success of the initial conference in 2008, Chemical Biology 2010 and the following conferences in the biennial series became a member of the family of EMBO-funded conferences. With about 30 invited speakers, 20 oral presentations chosen from the abstracts, 180 posters and over 300 participants, the 2010 event was a truly impressive success.

Contact

EMBL Course and Conference Office
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Meyerhofstraße 1
69117 Heidelberg
Germany

Tel: +49 6221 387 8908
Fax: +49 6221 387 8158

Call for Abstracts: International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics ISOPT Clinical 2013

March 7-10, 2013 Paris, France

The deadline for the submission of abstracts: December 4th, 2012.

Abstracts submitted after this deadline may be considered for presentation, but will not be included in the program book.

ISOPT will reconvene in Paris March 7 – 10 for our 10th symposium. Over the years, ISOPT has repeatedly shaped its form so it can accommodate to provide a collaborative atmosphere for clinicians, clinical trialists, pharma industry and regulatory officers. Our formed vision has been to increase knowledge and awareness of drug usage in ophthalmology reflecting innovations and their utilization in practice. In order to achieve this vision ISOPT is set to implement the following missions:

Educate via updating and sharing current and evolving treatment algorithms for practitioners.

Connect data arising from clinical studies to actual daily practice.

Facilitate innovation via panels and discussions of early and late “development related topics”.

We invite you to join us in Paris, and become a part of ISOPT, bring your own experience and insights of treating your patients, be exposed to the last two year clinical experience gained in major industry supported studies and be part of the efforts to reflect scientific data to clinical reality and patient care.

ISOPT has become famous for its informal atmosphere and the ability to meet experts and faculty leaders for “out of the lecture hall” discussions.

Whether your field of interest is in retinal diseases, inflammation, cornea and external diseases, glaucoma or basic science you may contribute and be part of the ISOPT spirit.

Call for Abstracts: Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection

11-15 November 2012 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Keeping up to date with developments and new ideas in HIV treatment presents a major challenge to treating physicians, healthcare providers and researchers. Objective scientific assessment of new drug treatments and therapeutic strategies is therefore essential. It will be the aim of the Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection to provide a wide-ranging yet accessible forum for such assessment.

The Scientific Programme for Glasgow will again address the use of differing therapeutic strategies in a variety of clinical settings. Alongside treatment strategies, adverse events, resistance and other important sessions within the overall programme, developing world perspectives, paediatric treatment and care, and community-related treatment issues will receive detailed attention. The Congress will again adopt the Pre-Congress Workshop format as introduced at HIV-10, which proved to be a popular session taking place on the opening morning of the Congress.

Abstract submissions are invited from all relevant sources. Specific details on the submission process and subject categories will be provided in January 2012. Online electronic submission will be available. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 16 July 2012.

Contact Us
For All Enquiries Relating to this Event

Eleventh International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection
Organising Secretariat
KnowledgePoint360 Group
Victoria Mill
Windmill Street
Macclesfield SK11 7HQ, UK
Telephone: +44(0)1625 664390
Fax: +44(0)1625 664391
E-mail: hiv11@kp360group.com
Website: www.hivdrugtherapy.org