Program

 

Sunday, 07.10.2001
17:00-20:00 Registration
20:00 Welcome reception in the Hotel "Deutsches Haus"

Monday, 08.10.2001
08:15-09:00 Registration
08:45-09:30 Opening
Network Modelling and Simulation Chair: Thomas Werner  
09:30-10:15 Keynote lecture:
 E-Cell Project: Towards Whole Cell Simulation 		Masaru Tomita Abstract
10:15-10:45 GeneWays: Collection of Algorithms and Computer System for Compilation and Analysis of Molecular Pathways Andrey Rzhetsky Abstract
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:45 Modeling the Architecture of Regulatory Networks Anatolij Potapov Abstract
11:45-12:15 BioPath - Visualization of Biochemical Pathways Michael Forster Abstract
12:15-12:45 Pathway Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Metabolic Network Based on Genomic Information Hongwu Ma Abstract
13:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Keynote lecture:
 Looking at functional genomics from inside the Drosophila blastoderm 		John Reinitz Abstract
14:45-15:15 Modelling Interacting Cell Systems in Biology and Medicine with Cellular Automata Andreas Deutsch Abstract
Molecular Structures Chair: Dietmar Schomburg  
15:15-15:45 Confidence Measures for Fold Recognition Ingolf Sommer Abstract
15:45-16:15 Glycosylation of Proteins: A Computer-Based Method for Rapid Exploration of Conformational Space of N-Glycans Claus-W. v. d. Lieth Abstract
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:15-20:00 Poster session
Insights into Bioinformatics in China Chair: Anatolij Potapov  
16:30-17:15 Gene-Finding in Prokaryotic Genomes Using the Methodology of Z Curves Chun-Ting Zhang Abstract
17:15-17:30 Bioinformatics - The key technology in DNA chip engineering Zuhong Lu Abstract
17:30-17:45 Predicting the Subcellular Location of a Protein Zhi-Ping Feng Abstract
17:45-18:00 PGAAS: A prokaryotic genome assembly assistant system Jingchu Luo Abstract
Presentation of Bioinformatics Competence Centers in Germany Chair: Martin Vingron  
18:30-18:45 Introduction & Presentation of the Center Berlin Martin Vingron
18:45-19:00 The Jena Centre for Bioinformatics Jürgen Sühnel
19:00-19:15 Presentation of the Center Gatersleben/Halle Lothar Altschmied
19:15-19:30 Presentation of the Center Köln Dietmar Schomburg
19:30-19:45 Presentation of the Center Center München Hans-Werner Mewes
19:45-20:00 "Intergenomics" - The Braunschweig Center Edgar Wingender
20:00 Get-together

Tuesday, 09.10.2001
Ontologies, Classifications & Data Sources Chair: Klaus Seidl  
09:00-09:45 Keynote lecture:
 Ontologies for Molecular Biology 		Steffen Schulze-Kremer
09:45-10:15 The Semantic Metadatabase (SEMEDA): Ontology Based Integration of Federated Molecular Biological Data Sources Jacob Köhler Abstract
10:15-10:45 Automatic rule generation for protein annotation with the C4.5 data-mining algorithm applied on peptides in Ensembl Ernst Kretschmann Abstract
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:45 ProML - the Protein Markup Language for specification of protein families and its application in a new threading algorithm Daniel Hanisch / Mario Albrecht Abstract  Abstract
11:45-12:15 A new Method for Unification of Existing Protein Structure- and Sequence-Families Jan Freudenberg Abstract
12:15-12:45 Impact of integrating clinical and genetic information Martin Dugas Abstract
13:00 Lunch
13:00 Biotechnica, Hannover (packed lunch)
OR 14:00 Sightseeing in Brunswick
OR 14:00 DECHEMA-Ausschuß GI-Fachausschuß Bioinformatik
15:00 GI-Fachgruppe Informatik in den Biowissenschaften
19:30 Conference Dinner in the Hotel "Deutsches Haus"

Wednesday, 10.10.2001
Gene Expression & Regulation Chair: John Reinitz  
09:00-09:45 Keynote lecture:
 Finding and decrypting of promoters contributes to the elucidation of gene function 		Thomas Werner Abstract
09:45-10:15 Mining Putative Regulatory Elements in Gene Promoter Regions Jorng-Tzong Horng Abstract
10:15-10:45 ClusterScan: A Tool for Automatic Annotation of Genomic Regulatory Sequences by Searching for Composite Clusters Alexander Kel Abstract
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:45 Prediction and uncertainty in the analysis of gene expression profiles Rainer Spang Abstract
11:45-12:15 TRANSCompel® - a professional database on composite regulatory elements in eukaryotic genes Olga Kel-Margoulis Abstract
12:15-12:45 Reducing the Conformation Space in RNA Structure Prediction Dirk J. Evers Abstract
13:00 Lunch
Gene Prediction Chair: Helmut Blöcker  
14:00-14:45 Keynote lecture:
Ensembl: annotating metozoan genomes 		Ewan Birney Abstract
14:45-15:15 Identifying drug resistance-associated patterns in HIV genotypes Niko Beerenwinkel Abstract
15:15-15:45 Gene prediction by comparative sequence analysis Oliver Rinner Abstract
15:45-16:15 Protein similarity search under mRNA structural constraints: application to selenocysteine incorporation Rolf Backofen Abstract
16:15 Farewell coffee