First Call for Papers GCB 2006 German Conference on Bioinformatics Tuebingen, 20-22 September 2006 The annual German Conference on Bioinformatics is organized on behalf of the Special Interest Group On Informatics in Biology of the German Society of Computer Science (GI) in cooperation with the German Society of Chemical Technique and Biotechnology (Dechema) and the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM). The conference is an excellent opportunity to present cutting edge bioinformatics research - new methods as well as applications - to a multi-disciplinary audience. The GCB especially invites contributions from outside Germany. The conference language will be English. Areas of interest at the GCB include: ------------------------------------- - Protein-Protein Interactions (thematic focus) - Structural Bioinformatics and Drug Design - Sequence Analysis and Comparative Genomics - Genomics and Metagenomics - RNA/DNA Structure - Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Proteomics - Biochemical Networks and Systems Biology This year's GCB will have a special focus on Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) and we specifically encourage submissions related to this topic. PPIs are fundamental for allmost all biological processes and can be analyzed on a wide range of levels, from the molecular level to the level of systems. The thematic focus aims at highlighting new developments in this area. The focus is not limited to specific computational techniques or biological applications. Scientists applying bioinformatics in life science related research are especially encouraged to present their work at the GCB. Dates: ----- GCB 2006 will take place from 20-22 September 2006 at the Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. Submission of contributions (Papers, Software Demos): May 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2006 Final version due: July 10, 2006 Tutorial abstracts submission: June 5, 2006 Poster abstracts submission: July 31, 2006 Early registration deadline: July 31, 2006 The GCB allows submissions of the following types: -------------------------------------------------- Long Papers: Long papers should have up to ten pages and will be published in the conference proceedings (published in the "Lecture Notes in Informatics" series). They will be judged by quality, originality, and relevance. The program committee will select up to ten outstanding papers for publication in Bioinformatics (fast track). Short Papers: Short Papers should report on recent biological findings, new computational methods, or new software tools. They should be submitted as an abstract of at most two pages (including references) and will be judged by the importance and novelty of the findings and relevance to the conference audience. Selected Short Papers will be chosen for oral presentation at GCB. Short Papers will appear in a separate abstract book. Poster Abstracts: Posters should present recent scientific work in any of the areas specified above. Poster abstracts should not exceed one page including references. Abstracts of accepted posters will appear in a separate abstract book. Tutorial Abstracts: Tutorials should present theory, applications or software related to bioinformatics. Tutorials will be held on September 19th in the afternoon (before the official conference start). Please submit a 2-3 page abstract covering the topic, relevance and the scope of the presented material, maximum number of participants as well as necessary technical equipment. Submissions will only be accepted electronically. Submission will open in April 2006. For details see http://www.gcb2006.de. Local Organizers: ----------------- Daniel Huson, Oliver Kohlbacher, Andrei Lupas, Kay Nieselt, Andreas Zell Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen Invited Speakers (confirmed): ----------------------------- - David Jones, University College London, UK - Cedric Notredame, CNRS IGS, Marseille, France - Eugene Myers, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm, USA - Rob Russell, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany - Mukund Thattai, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India - Detlef Weigel, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany Program Committee: ------------------ - Janusz Bujnicki, IIMCB Warsaw, Poland - Arne Elofsson, Stockholm Bioinformatics Center, Sweden - Robert Giegerich, Bielefeld University - Daniel Huson, Tuebingen University - Sorin Istrail, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA - Oliver Kohlbacher, Tuebingen University (chair) - Kristin Koretke, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA - Hans-Peter Lenhof, Saarland University, Saarbruecken - Andrei Lupas, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen (chair) - Hans-Werner Mewes, GSF, TU Munich - Kay Nieselt, Tuebingen University - Matthias Rarey, University of Hamburg - Knut Reinert, Freie Universitaet Berlin - Dietmar Schomburg, University of Cologne - Joachim Selbig, Potsdam University - Peter Stadler, University of Leipzig - Martin Vingron, MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin - Edgar Wingender, University of Goettingen - Andreas Zell, Tuebingen University - Ralf Zimmer, LMU Munich Local Organization: ------------------- GCB 2006 Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen (ZBIT) Sand 14 72076 Tuebingen Germany phone +49(0)7071 29 70451 fax +49(0)7071 29 5148 Further Information: -------------------- WWW: http://www.gcb2006.de email: info (at) gcb2006.de GCB 2006 is sponsored/supported by: (in alphabetical order) DECHEMA Gesellschaft fuer Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen Gesellschaft fuer Biochemie und Molekularbiologie e.V. (GBM) GI Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V., Fachgruppe 4.0.2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Entwicklungsbiologie, Tuebingen