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MCBIOS V (2008)
MCBIOS VI (2009)
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The Sixth Annual Conference of the
MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society
MCBIOS 2009
Transformational Bioinformatics: Delivering Value from Genomes
Starkville, Mississippi
February 20-21, 2009
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MCBIOS History and Theme
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The first two MCBIOS conference were held in Little Rock Arkansas. The themes were
"Building Networks" and "Bioinformatics: A Systems Approach", respectively. In 2006
and 2007, the conference was held in Louisiana. We met in Baton Rouge in 2006, where
the theme was "Bioinformatics: A Calculated Discovery", and in New Orleans in 2007,
where the theme was "Computational Frontiers in Biomedicine". The 2008 conference
was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the theme was "Systems Biology - Bridging
the Omics".
The sixth annual MCBIOS (MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society)
will be held in Starkville, MS on February 20-21, 2009. The theme will be
"Transformational Bioinformatics: Delivering Value from Genomes".
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Key Dates
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Deadline for abstracts for oral presentation Jan 16, 2009
Acceptance for abstracts Jan 23, 2009
Deadline for abstracts for poster presentation Jan 23, 2009 Jan 30, 2009
Acceptance for posters Jan 30, 2009
Deadline for early registration Feb 6, 2009
Conference Feb 20-21, 2009
Full papers due (tentative) Mar 31, 2009
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Keynote Speakers
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We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for
the conference:
Howard Cash, President and CEO, Gene Codes Corporation
Laura Elnitski, PhD, Head of the Genomic Functional Analysis Section at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Cathy Wu, PhD, Director of the Protein Information Resource (PIR) and Professor in Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Georgetown University Medical Center
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Call for Participation
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The Conference Program Committee invites you to submit an abstract for either a poster or
platform (oral) presentation. Abstracts are limited to 250 words in length. Participants
presenting either a poster or a talk will be eligible to submit a manuscript for publication in
the Conference Proceedings. As in previous years, we plan to publish the proceedings in
BMC Bioinformatics, a highly-ranked open-access journal.
We are also seeking volunteers to serve on various MCBIOS Conference and Society
committees. Please contact Dr. Dawn Wilkins ([email protected]), the Society�s
President to volunteer. We are also looking for volunteers to lead the society (board or
committee members) or for forming local chapters throughout the region. Please contact
any current board member to volunteer or
for more information.
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Topics
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The conference is open to all topics within the areas of bioinformatics and computational
biology. Based on abstract submissions and suggestions that we receive (see below),
technical sessions and panel discussions will be chosen. Topics include sequence analysis,
image processing, microarray analysis, protein structure/function prediction, gene finding
algorithms, genomics, metagenomics, pathway analysis, systems biology and
metabolic/cellular simulations. Other bioinformatics topics are welcome, but should be of
general interest to the participants and relevant to the scope of the conference.
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Venue
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The 2009 MCBIOS conference will be held at the Hunter Henry Center
at Mississippi State University in Starkville,
Mississippi. Starkville is located in east central Mississippi about 30 miles west of the
Alabama State line. It is accessible by U.S. Highway 82 and State Highways 12 and 25.
The local airport is Golden Triangle Regional (GTR) airport in Columbus, Mississippi. GTR is serviced by Delta Airlines.
A block of hotel rooms has been reserved in the Comfort Suites within easy walking
distance of the conference center. Call 662-324-9595 and
tell them you are with the Computational Biology/MCBIOS group. The rate is $109/night plus tax.
There is dormitory-style housing available on campus. Herbert Hall has rooms located on the 2nd and 3rd floors (each floor has community restrooms).
The rates are:
single ($30 plus tax)
double ($35 plus tax)
triple ($40 plus tax) (bunk beds, plus one single bed)
For reservations call: 662-325-2867.
The newly opened Hilton Garden Inn, in Starkville, MS is now available too. The rates are:
Federal employee rate: $73/night + tax.
Other rates $129/night + tax
For reservations call: 662-615-9664
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Student Participation
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Students are especially invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations or posters.
Student awards for best posters and oral presentations will be presented on Saturday,
February 21st. The awards are sponsored by the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer and Research Development Center (ERDC).
To be considered for an award, the work must be presented (in either poster or oral
presentation) and the student author must be listed as the first author and be responsible for
most of the research performed in the presented work.
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Registration and Fees
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Registration includes lunch on both days and the conference banquet on Friday evening. Last day for early registration is February 6th.
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Early |
Regular |
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$200 |
$250 |
| Student |
$100 |
$125 |
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Contacts
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Dawn Wilkins, MCBIOS President: dwilkins AT cs.olemiss.edu
Susan Bridges, Conference Chair: bridges AT cse.msstate.edu
Jonathan Wren, Past President: jonathan-wren AT omrf.org
Dan Berleant, President Elect: berleant AT gmail.com
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| Join our Listserv |
We are actively recruiting new members of our society! We encourage you to join the MCBIOS-L
listserv. This is a moderated listserv with very low volume -- only "official" society announcements
are approved. For some of you, this may be your first awareness of the society. If you wish to join the
MCBIOS-L listserv, you can send a message to LISTSERV -AT- UALR.EDU (no subject required) with "SUBSCRIBE MCBIOS-L" in the body, or send email to RAHall2 -AT- UALR.Edu to be added to (or removed from) the MCBIOS-L listserv.
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| More MCBIOS History |
The annual MCBIOS conference has historically attracted internationally renowned speakers, including David Mount, author of the popular bioinformatics textbook Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis, Michael Gribskov, President of the International Society for Computational Biology, Alan Leshner, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of Science, Richard A. Gibbs, Director of the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center and Dr. Winston Hide, Director of the South African National Bioinformatics Institute.
The conference attendance in previous years has reflected its status as the premier forum in the region, gathering faculty and students from all states in the region and beyond.
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