Confirmed Keynote speakers

Introductory remark about the origins and future of EMBnet:

• Chris Sander: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York - USA

LECTURES:

- Session 1: 'Omics', comparative studies and evolution

• Alexander E. Kel: BIOBASE GmbH, Wolfenbuettel, Germany

  • Gene regulatory code

• Chris Sander: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York - USA

  • Systems biology of cancer pathways

- Session 2: Advanced bioinformatics technologies and applications

• Vincent Breton: Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

  • Grids for Life Sciences: status and perspectives

• Jamie Shiers: CERN Grid Deployment Group, IT Department, Geneva, Swiss

  • Data Challenges in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG)

- Session 3: Bioinformatics for biodiversity

• Indra Neil Sarkar: MBLWHOI Library, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA USA

  • Biodiversity Informatics: Enabling a Macroscopic View of Biology

• Mehrdad Hajibabaei: Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

  • The Barcode of Life: Bringing Genomics to Biodiversity

- Session 4: Training and e-Learning  

• Tin Wee Tan : Department of Biochemistry, YLL School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

  • Policies, Network, Resources, Materials and Curricula for advancing bioinformatics education: 10 years of APBioNet