Conference: Dagstuhl International Conference on Molecular Bioinformatics in Dagstuhl, Germany, July 10-14, 1995

自从1953年沃森和克里克发现双螺旋以来，人们在确定RNA、DNA和蛋白质序列方面做了大量的努力。 今天，超过1.5亿个字母的DNA序列已被确定，平均长度为1000的片段来自各种各样的生物体。 这一推动力的典型代表是人类基因组计划，该计划受到了大量的新闻报道和讨论。 这种信息爆炸正在刺激分子生物学和计算机科学之间的自然共生关系。 需要新的计算方法来获得，组织，比较和解释大量的大分子序列信息。 世界许多地方正在朝这个方向努力;仍然需要召开一次全面的国际会议，使使用各种不同方法和技术的主要研究人员聚集一堂。 Dagstuhl分子生物信息学研讨会旨在解决这一持续的需求。 第一届Dagstuhl分子生物信息学研讨会召开。 第二次研讨会将于1995年7月10日至14日举行。

Since the discovery in 1953 of the double helix by Watson and Crick, a great deal of effort has gone into the determination of RNA, DNA, and protein sequences. Today, over 150 million letters of DNA sequence have been determined in segments averaging 1000 in length from a large variety of organisms. This impetus is typified by the human genome project which has received a great deal of press and discussion. This information explosion is stimulating a natural symbiosis between molecular biology and computer science. New computational methods are required to obtain, organize, compare and interpret the vast amounts of macromolecular sequence information now being collected. Efforts in this direction are being made in many parts of the world; there is a continuing need for a comprehensive international conference to bring together leading researchers who use a variety of disparate approaches and techniques. The Dagstuhl seminar on molecular bioinformatics is designed to address this continuing need. The first Dagstuhl Seminar on molecular bioinformatics was held. The second seminar will be held July 10-14, 1995.