Second International Conference on Biomedical Ontology

描述(由申请人提供)：使用本体论来描述临床和实验数据现在是综合翻译研究的标准技术。当来自不同来源的数据使用共享的、逻辑结构的、受控制的词汇表描述时，这使得数据更容易检索和导航，也提高了对它们进行分析和组合以服务于新目的的程度。按照基因本体论开创的一种策略，现在正在开发本体论来描述几乎所有类型的生物和生物医学数据。为了以最有效的方式实现他们的目标，这些本体必须很好地协同工作，随着本体在生命科学以及临床和翻译研究的所有领域变得越来越普遍，在本体开发中实现协调所涉及的问题变得更加紧迫。为了解决这些问题，迫切需要召开一次总体性会议，让参与开发和应用生物医学本体论的所有主要社区的代表参加。 组织者和参与者的资格。组织者在指导生物学、生物医学信息学、临床和翻译研究等交叉学科的重大活动方面拥有丰富的经验。被邀请的演讲者将是生物医学本体论领域的领军人物。发言将根据科学委员会提交的材料进行选择。目前正在采取步骤，鼓励代表人数不足的群体提交意见书。接受提交的论文将以会议论文集的形式发表。 拟议会议的科学计划。研讨会计划旨在确保覆盖从基因组学到临床研究的整个生物医学研究领域。主要预期的长期结果是：(1)提高了对参与开发和使用本体论以服务于临床和转化性研究目的的许多小组正在进行的工作的相互认识；(2)在这些小组之间建立了新的跨学科合作。 提供资金支持的理由。生物学、生物医学、生物医学信息学和计算机科学方面的各种跨学科专业知识是生物医学本体论工作成功的先决条件，但大学培训计划尚未充分解决这些问题。因此，缺乏具备所需认识和专业知识的初级研究人员。我们希望，本次会议将成为解决这一不足的第一步。因此，我们正在申请资金，使学生和早期职业科学家，特别是来自代表性不足的群体，能够参加ICBO第二次会议。 公共卫生相关性：使用本体论来描述临床和实验数据现在是综合翻译研究的标准技术。我们要求以早期职业参与者津贴的形式为第一次大会提供资金，第一次大会有参与生物医学本体论开发和应用的所有主要社区的代表参加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The use of ontologies to describe both clinical and experimental data is now a standard technique in integrative translational research. When data from different sources are described using shared, logically structured, controlled vocabularies, this makes the data more easily retrievable and navigable, and it also enhances the degree to which they can be analyzed and combined to serve new purposes. Following a strategy pioneered by the Gene Ontology, ontologies are now being developed for the description of biological and biomedical data of almost every type. To achieve their goal in a maximally effective way, these ontologies must work well together, and as ontologies become ever more commonly used in all areas of the life sciences and of clinical and translational research, the problems involved in achieving coordination in ontology development become ever more urgent. To address these problems there is an urgent need for a general overarching conference involving representatives of all the major communities involved in the development and application of ontologies in biomedicine. Qualifications of Organizers and Participants. The organizers have considerable experience in directing major interdisciplinary events at the intersection of biology, biomedical informatics and clinical and translational research. Invited speakers will be leading figures in the field of biomedical ontology. Presentations will be selected on the basis of submissions refereed by the Scientific Committee. Steps are being taken to encourage submissions from under-represented groups. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in a volume of conference proceedings. Scientific Plans for the Proposed Conference. The workshop program is designed to ensure coverage of the entire domain of biomedical research, from genomics to clinical research. Principal anticipated long-term outcomes are: (1) heightened mutual awareness of the work being undertaken by the many groups involved in developing and using ontologies to serve the ends of clinical and translational research; (2) establishment of new cross-disciplinary collaborations among these groups. Rationale for Funding Support. The sorts of cross-disciplinary expertise in biology, biomedicine, biomedical informatics and computer science that are the presupposition of successful work in biomedical ontology are not yet adequately addressed in university training programs. There is accordingly a shortage of junior researchers with the needed awareness and expertise. We hope that this conference will serve as an initial step to addressing this shortfall. We are accordingly requesting funding to enable students and early career scientists, especially from under-represented groups, to participate in this second ICBO conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The use of ontologies to describe both clinical and experimental data is now a standard technique in integrative translational research. We request funding in the form of early career participant stipends for the first general conference involving representatives of all the major communities involved in the development and application of ontologies in biomedicine.