IN SILICO BIOLOGY--GENOMES TO STRUCTURE TO FUNCTION

为期两天半的会议将汇集年轻人， 在生物信息学方面经验丰富的研究人员， 包括20场全体会议、40场海报展示和软件 示威 1998年的会议议程将包括基因发现 蛋白质结构和功能预测领域， 比较基因组学的发达领域。 会议的形式是 在1997年亚特兰大“基因发现计算机”会议上测试 (http：intron.biology.gatech.edu/ kostya /conference）。 的 与会者的答复表明（见下文），1997年会议 提供了一个很好的机会，了解最新进展， 在不同研究领域的科学家之间交流思想 cultures. 1998年的会议将于11月5日至8日举行。 两 预计今后两年将举行更多关于同一主题的会议： 一九九九年十一月四日至七日及二零零零年十一月九日至十二日。 参加人数为180人 1997年 我们预计1998年这一数字至少为200。 我们 希望在1999年和2000年将参加人数保持在200人左右。 会议地点是佐治亚州亚特兰大的文艺复兴酒店。 的 Renaissance Hotel酒店位于市中心，靠近格鲁吉亚。 技术以及附近的亚特兰大1996年奥运会的网站。从 接待处，午餐和晚餐区，位于25楼， 无论白天还是晚上，都可以欣赏到亚特兰大的壮丽景色。 运输 酒店离地铁站很近（20分钟车程），所以很方便。 亚特兰大机场（Atlanta Airport Station）该空间包括一个会议室， 容纳多达300名与会者，以及海报会议室， 计算机演示

The two and a half days conference would bring together young and experienced researchers in Bioinformatics for intensive program including 20 plenary talks, 40 poster presentations and software demonstrations. The 1998 conference agenda will cover gene discovery and protein structure and function prediction areas as well as rapidly developed area of comparative genomics. The conference format was tested in 1997 Atlanta "Gene Discovery in silico" conference (http://intron.biology.gatech.edu/ kostya /conference). The participants responds have shown (see below) that the 1997 conference provided an excellent opportunity to learn on the latest progress in the field and to exchange ideas between scientists from different research cultures. The 1998 conference is supposed to be held on Nov 5-8. Two more conferences on the same topic are projected for the next two years: Nov 4-7, 1999 and Nov 9-12, 2000. The number of participants was 180 in 1997. We expect this number to be at least 200 in 1998. We would like to keep the number of participant close to 200 in 1999 and 2000. The conference site is the Renaissance Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The Renaissance Hotel is conveniently located in Midtown area near Georgia Tech as well as near Atlanta 1996 Olympic games sites. From the reception, lunch and dinner area, located at the 25th floor one could enjoy a stunning view of Atlanta either day or night. Transportation is easy since the Hotel is situated near subway station (20 minutes ride from Atlanta airport station). The space includes a Conference room able to host up to 300 participants, and rooms for poster sessions and computer demonstrations.