EBI Affiliated Workshop - Quest for Orthologs Workshop 2011

Sponsorship

We would like to acknowledge the generous support from ESF Programme in Functional Genomics.

Meeting Overview

The identification of orthologs, genes in different species that are evolutionarily the closest, has become a critical prerequisite for many research projects, including important medical/pharmaceutical applications. Efficient identification of orthologs remains a challenge, compounded by the lack of a ‘gold standard’ proteome set. This workshop will address these issues by bringing together leaders and junior researchers in the field with the aims of improving the newly available ‘gold standard’ dataset, evaluating alternate approaches to ortholog identification, improve interoperability among orthology databases, and improve orthology-based protein function inference.

Tentative Meeting Schedule

The meeting will be organised in two parts:
1. Classical format with talks (and, if required, posters)
2. Workshop sessions

The meeting starts on Fri 17th June with a lunch at noon and will finish on Sunday afternoon (17:00). We can use the James Watson Pavillion for the duration of the meeting as well as the loft rooms on Sunday for parallel sessions (workshops).

The current list of topics is:
● Genomic-scale datasets, and implications for orthology detection
● Methods for orthology detection
● Applications of orthology

and the workshop sessions we have identified are:
● Reference datasets and benchmarking
● Standardized formats
● Function assignments
● Handling Alternative Transcripts
● Strategies for assessing similarity
● Determination of functional ncRNA orthology

Programme

Confirmed Attendees:

Registration

Registration fees:

Registration Academics -- No room : £200
Registration Academics -- Shared Twin room: £300
Registration Academics -- Singe room: £400

Registration Industry -- No room : £600
Registration Industry -- Shared Twin room: £700
Registration Industry -- Singe room: £800

The fees include all meals and refreshment breaks between Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Accommodation is for 2 nights - Friday 17th until Sunday 19th June. Any additional nights will need to be booked and paid for directly with the Conference Centre.

Financial support: we might be able to help a limited number of participants unable to cover all their travel/registration expenses. If your participation is uncertain due to financial considerations, please contact one of the organisers directly.

You will need to pay by credit card as you submit your registration - therefore please have your card to hand.

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