Bioinformatics for Cancer Genomics (BiCG)

Workshop Details

Date: August 29 - September 2, 2011
Location: MaRS Building, Downtown Toronto
Lead Faculty (2011): John McPherson, Francis Ouellette, Paul Boutros, Michael Brudno, Sohrab Shah, Gary Bader and Anna Lapuk
Registration Fee for Applications received before July 29, 2011: $950 + HST
Registration Fee for Applications received after July 29, 2011: $1150 + HST

Awards available for 2011.

Course Objectives
Cancer research has rapidly embraced high throughput technologies into its research, using various microarray, tissue array, and next generation sequencing platforms. The result has been a rapid increase in cancer data output and data types. Now more than ever, having the informatic skills and knowledge of available bioinformatic resources specific to cancer is critical.

The CBW will host a 5-day workshop covering the key bioinformatics concepts and tools required to analyze cancer genomic data sets. Participants will gain experience in genomic data visualization tools which will be applied throughout the development of the skills required to analyze cancer -omic data for gene expression, genome rearrangement, somatic mutations and copy number variation. The workshop will conclude with analyzing and conducting pathway analysis on the resultant cancer gene list and integration of clinical data.

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Canadian Human Proteome Project Workshop

Canadian Human Proteome Project Workshop Part 2, MaRS District Discovery, TorontoFebruary 22, 2011
MaRS District Discovery
Toronto, Ontario

The Canadian National Proteomics Network is promoting a Canadian Human Proteomics Project (CHPP), which will leverage Canada’s existing strengths in proteomics, health research and technology. A position paper is currently being developed based on the outcomes of the first CHPP Workshop held on January 16-17, 2011 in conjunction with the Annual Proteomics Conference in Cell Biology in Barbados. The CHPP Working Group will present the first draft of this position paper and invite feedback and further development of the project from the research community, clinicians and industry partners. As members of the CNPN and CNPN Board of Directors, the goal of the organizers of the Workshop is to present a final version of the position paper to Canadian and provincial funding agencies in the Spring of 2011 with the intent of stimulating interest for a nationwide funding competition to support a CHPP.

We invite you to participate in the development of a CHPP during our full-day Workshop on February 22. The Workshop will consist of presentations from leaders around the world participating in the Human Proteome Project, discussion of the goals and potential projects for CHPP, and key strategies for engaging national funding agencies and industry partners. 

Meetings/workshops on bioinformatics and computational biology in China

1.	[ID=365924]ICBBE — 5th Intl Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
	10 May 2011 → 11 May 2011; Wuhan, China
	weblink: http://www.icbbe.org/2011

2.	[ID=385350]5th International Conference On Bioinformatics And Biomedical Engineering
	10 May 2011 → 12 May 2011; Wuhan, China
	weblink: http://www.icbbe.org/2011

3.	[ID=372265]iCCBE 2011 — The 5th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
	13 May 2011 → 15 May 2011; Wuhan, China
	weblink: http://www.icbbe.org/2011/Home.aspx
4.	[ID=398091]CBB2011 — 2011 International Conference on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
	28 Oct 2011 → 30 Oct 2011; Shanghai, China
	abstract: The 2011 International Conference on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB2011) will take place in Shanghai China, 28-30 October, 2011. The conference CBB2011 is held under the World Congress on Engineering and Technology 2011(CET2011). The CET 2011 is composed of several conferences on the frontier topics in the engineering and technological subjects.
	weblink: http://www.engii.org/cet2011/CBB2011.aspx

Cell biology animations

below is a collection of biology animations, I found them useful and intuitive for bioinformatics researchers with mainly quantitative background, like me :(
http://bio-alive.com/animations/,
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120060/ravenanimation.html

bioinformatics ion motion

Some resources for animation of bioinformatics algorithms, and it also contains image and video libraries.
click here to hit the board