主要内容为复杂系统和人工生命（Complex Systems and Artificial Life）、结构基因组学、生物医学研究网络、癌症生物信息学和基因组学、比较基因组学、传染病基因组学、计算化学、基因组学和生物信息学教学研究等等。
Fourth Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics
Sharing Knowledge with the World
September 21-24, 2004
Tuesday, September 21 (All times US CDT)
8:00-8:15 am Willy Valdivia Granda,
Founder of the Virtual Conferences on Genomics and Bioinformatics. Slides Video
Complex Systems and Artificial Life Track
Discussion Leader: Sarah B. Tegen
08:15 am - 08:45 am Sarah B. Tegen, National Academy of Sciences. Overview
From Genomics to cellular automata: Biology of the 21st Century
Slides Video
08:45 am - 09:45 am Luis Rocha, Los Alamos National Laboratory. USA Slides Video
09:45 am - 10:45 am Carlos Camacho, University of Pittsburgh. USA
Folded to Bind: General Principles of Molecular Recognition. Slides Video
10:45 am - 11:45 am Frank Gibbons, Harvard University. USA
BioGraphNet, a Distributed Forum for Heterogeneous Biological Networks. Slides Video
11:45 am - 12:45 pm William Perrizo, North Dakota State University, USA
Vertical Data Organization in Bioinformatics Systems Slides Video
12:45 pm - 01:30 pm BREAK
Structural Genomics Track
Discussion Leader: Jadwiga Bienkowska
01:30 pm - 01:45 pm Jadwiga Bienkowska. Serono Reproductive Institute. USA. Overview Slides Video
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm Jadwiga Bienkowska. Serono Reproductive Institute. USA
In Silico Functional Annotation of Proteins Slides Video
02:45 pm - 03:45 pm Christoph W. Sensen. University of Calgary. Canada
Bluejay: A Biological Sequence Browser featuring Knowledge Integration. Slides Video
03:45 pm - 04:00 pm BREAK
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm Yuzhen Ye, The Burnham Institute. USA
Protein Structure comparison: New Opportunities and Challenges. Slides Video
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Wednesday, September 22 (All times US CDT)
Biomedical Research Networks (BRIN-INBRE).
Discussion Leader Krishan K. Arora
08:00 am - 08:30 am Krishan K. Arora, National Institutes of Health. NCRR. USA
The Institutional Development Award Program: Building and Enhancing Research Capacity Slides Video
08:30 am - 09:30 am Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University. USA
A Robust Grouping Algorithm for Clustering of Similar Protein Folding Units Slides Video Qs
09:30 am - 10:30 am Martin Gollery, University of Nevada at Reno. USA
The Bioinformatics Core of the Nevada Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network Slides Video
10:30 am - 11:30 am John B. Shabb, University of North Dakota. USA
North Dakota IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Slides Video
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Steven F. Jennings, University of Arkansa at Little Rock, USA
Bioinformatics on a Budget Slides Video
12:30 pm - 01:00 pm BREAK
Bioinformatics and Genomics of Cancer
Discussion Leader: Willy Valdivia-Granda
01:15 pm - 01:30 pm Willy Valdivia-Granda. Orion Integrated Biosciences Inc.
Challengues in Understanding and Integrating Cancer Genomic Data Slides Video
01:15 pm - 02:15 pm Richard Simon, National Institutes of Health. USA
Key Features in the Design and Analysis of DNA Microarray Studies
Slides Video
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm John Wilbanks, W3C Semantic Web - Life Sciences, USA Slides Video
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm BREAK
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm Virtual Forum Session: Integration of Microarray Data Slides Slides
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Thursday, September 23 (All times US CDT)
Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics
Discussion Leader Deanne Taylor
08:00 am - 08:15 am Discussion Leader Overview. Deanne Taylor. Serono Reproductive Biology Inst. USA Slides Video
08:15 am - 09:15 am Eugene Koonin, National Institutes of Health. USA
Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Reconstruction Slides Video
09:15 am - 10:15 am Charles DeLisi, Boston University. USA
Genes, Networks and Function Slides Video
10:15 am - 11:15 am Fern Hunt, National Institute of Standards and Technology. USA
GenPatterns: Visualizing Frequency Patterns in DNA Slides Video
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Maricel Kann, NCBI. National Institutes of Health. USA
Global and Local Alignments of Protein Structure Domains Slides Video
12:30 pm - 01:00 pm BREAK
Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Discussion Leader Amadou A. Sall
01:00 pm - 01:15 pm Discussion Leader Overview. Amadou Sall, Pasteur Institute, Dakar, Senegal Slides Video
01:15 pm - 02:15 pm Irene Bosch, University of Massachusetts Medical School. USA
The Gene Expression Response of Human Host Cells to Dengue virus Slides Video
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm Willy Valdivia-Granda. Orion Integrated Biosciences. USA
In Silico Genomic Footprinting for Genomic Signature Detection. A Systematic Analysis of Flavivirus, Ebola and Marburg Viruses
Slides Video
03:15 pm - 04:15 pm Sol Efroni. NIAID. National Institutes of Health. USA Slides Video
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Friday, September 24 (All times US CDT)
Computational Chemistry:
Discussion Leader: Kim Baldrigde
08:00 am - 08:15 am Kim Baldrigde, University of Zurich, Switzerland Slides Slides Video
08:15 am - 09:15 am Wibke Sudholt, Universit?t Zürich. Switzerland
Development, Automation and Distribution of Quantum Chemical and Continuum Electrostatics Calculations of Molecular Systems Slides Video
09:15 am - 10:15 am Roie Yerushalmi, Weizmann Institute of Science. Israel Slides Video
10:15 am - 11:15 am Discussion . Video
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Jason Suen, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A prospective on multiscale biological modeling: From network component analysis to continuum mechanicsSlides Slides Video
Teaching and Learning Genomics and Bioinformatics
Discussion Leader: Jonh Wooley
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm John Wooley. Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Research, University of California, San Diego . Video
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm Derren Barken, Graduate Education from an Insider's Perspective . . Video
02:30 pm - 03:00 pm Andreia Maer, Virtual Tools I: the Biology Workbench . Slides Video
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm Jingwei Meng, Virtual Tools II: Molecular Pages . Slides Video
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm Neil C. Jones, Undergraduate Education. . Slides. Video
03:45 pm - 04:00 pm Willy Valdivia, The Role of Virtual Conferencing . .
04:00 pm - 04:15 pm General Discussion and Closing Remarks . .. Video
