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结构以来，人们在确定RNA、DNA和蛋白质序列方面付出了巨大的努力。今天，超过1.5亿个字母的DNA序列已被确定，这些DNA序列平均长度为1000，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。需要新的计算方法来获取、组织、比较和解释目前收集的大量大分子序列信息。世界许多地方正在朝着这个方向作出努力；持续需要一个综合的国际会议，将使用各种不同方法和技术的主要研究人员聚集在一起。达格斯图尔分子生物信息学研讨会旨在解决这一持续的需求。举行了第一届达格斯图尔分子生物信息学研讨会。第二次讨论会将于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.