The 9th Annual Computational Genomics Conference is Being Held on October 28-31, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland.

第九届计算基因组学年会马里兰州巴尔的摩，2006年10月第九届计算基因组学年会的目标是将来自世界各地的领先科学家聚集在一起，讨论基因组序列分析计算方法的最新进展。这次会议从生物科学家的角度讨论了这些话题，他们试图理解现在可以获得的大量基因组序列和表达数据。会议的目标是为受邀演讲者、从提交的摘要中挑选的演讲者和海报演讲者提供一个论坛，讨论他们的工作和交流想法。2006年，计划委员会决定集中于三个特别的主题：1.高通量自动基因组注释2.生物网络的生物信息学3.与人类、动物和植物中的传染病相关的计算基因组学。第九届计算基因组学年会是弗吉尼亚生物信息学研究所(VBI)和杰克逊实验室(以前是基因组研究所的倡议)的联合倡议。该奖项的目标是支持20个学生奖学金，以支付注册费用和5个学生旅行津贴，以支付旅费、海报展板费用，以及管理奖学金计划的部分工作人员工资和福利费用。增加来自代表不足的群体和少数族裔的参与将通过向学生提供奖学金、向特定组织发布有针对性的公告以及项目委员会成员的个人倡议来实现。VBI在与奇卡诺人和美国原住民科学促进会(SACNAS)和非裔美国人学院和大学合作方面有着良好的记录，这应该有助于这一努力。

9th Annual Conference on Computational GenomicsBaltimore, MD, October 2006The goal of the 9th Annual Conference on Computational Genomics is to bring together leading scientists from around the world to discuss the latest advances in computational methods for analysis of genome sequences. The meeting addresses these topics from the perspective of biological scientists attempting to make sense of the vast quantities of genome sequence and expression data now becoming available. The goal of the meeting is to provide a forum for a combination of invited speakers, speakers selected from submitted abstracts, and poster presenters to discuss their work and exchange ideas. For 2006, the program committee has decided to focus on three special themes: 1. High-throughput automated genome annotation 2. Bioinformatics for biological networks 3. Computational genomics related to infectious diseases in humans, animals, and plants. The 9th Annual Conference on Computational Genomics is a joint initiative of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and the Jackson Laboratories (formerly it was an initiative of The Institute for Genomic Research). The objective of this award is to support 20 student scholarships to cover the registration costs and 5 student travel stipends to cover travel costs, poster display board costs, and some staff salary and benefit costs for administering the scholarship program. Increasing the participation from underrepresented groups and minorities will be done through fellowships to students, by targeted announcements to specific organizations, and by the individual initiative of program committee members. VBI has a good track record in working with the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American in Science (SACNAS) and with African American colleges and universities, which should help in this effort.