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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS. 25-27th of June in Barcelona Coorganised by Infobiomed and Semantic Mining (SM) In collaboration with ACGT and EURESIST Doctoral school on the 25th of June, coordinated by SM Approach: the event will be divided in 2 main blocks:
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS • 25-27th of June in Barcelona • Coorganised by Infobiomed and Semantic Mining (SM) • In collaboration with ACGT and EURESIST • Doctoral school on the 25th of June, coordinated by SM • Approach: the event will be divided in 2 main blocks: • Doctoral School with the aim of providing pre-doctoral students a forum to present their research projects and receive constructive background from experts and fellows (25th June). • BMI Conference which aims to offer an overview of the networks’ results as well as the hot topics in the field (25-26-27 June).
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS • Location • PRBB auditorium.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS • Symposium Tentative Programme • Topic A. Systems biology insight to human disease and treatment. • Topic B. Biocomputation and knowledge management in drug discovery and development • Topic C. Multi-scale modelling and simulation. • Topic D. Data and knowledge mining in biomedical research. • Topic E. Standards and ontologies in biomedical informatics. • Topic F. Case studies of biomedical informatics applications.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS Tentative Schedule • Session format • •(30 minutes) Keynote speaker. • •(30 minutes) Keynote speaker. • •(15 minutes) Invited speaker. • •(15 minutes) Invited speaker. • •(15 minutes) Invited speaker.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS Organisation of the symposium - Target audience: 150 attendants - No registration fee. Collaborating projects speakers and attendants will cover their expenses from their respective budgets in the projects. - The organising committee will search external funding opportunities/sponsors to cover for the rest of the expenses. Issues - Attendance of Commission representatives, due to coincidence with evaluation period.
PROGRESS SINCE LAST MEETING • TRAINING • 3rd Training Challenge • Paper about the Training Challenge experience • Doctoral school in BMI • Conversion of SoA reports into training materials • MOBILITY • - Mobility programme
INFOBIOMED TRAINING CHALLENGE Third Edition: 2nd to 5th of October in Edinburgh. • Features of the 3rd Edition: • Specific session on multidisciplinary team working • New location • New tutors: Kevin, Baldo, (Montse) • Prize ex-aequo to all participants (15-day exchange award to all participants).
INFOBIOMED TRAINING CHALLENGE • Team 1 • Case Study: Casein Kinase 1 as new target for treatment of leishmaniases • Participants: • Giorgio Cozza (Univ. of Padova – Italy) • Popa Teodora Virginia (Univ. of Iasi – Romania) • Gunes Gundem (Koc University – Turkey) • Joan Planas Iglesias (IMIM – Spain) • Boutaga Khalil (ACTA – The Netherlands) • Team 2 • Case Study: Study of the relevance of different targets for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment: TNF-α and MAPK • Participants: • Sara Rodriguez (UEDIN – UK) • Pedro Rafael Sousa Almeida (UAVR – Portugal) • Guillermo López Campos (ISCIII – Spain) • Teresa Fabiola Miscioscia (Univ. of Bari – Italy) • Elena Comandasu (ACTA – The Netherlands)
The Best The Worst What should change - Teamwork - Multidiscipline - Good tutors - Challenge - More time. - Increase the number of participants / groups. - Very tight agenda - The last long night. - Not being able to communicate with others. INFOBIOMED TRAINING CHALLENGE Results of the satisfaction survey • - Overall satisfaction with the Training Challenge (1 to 5 scale ): 4.78 • Methodology of the Training Challenge (1-5 scale / ineffective-effective): • a) Focus on team work: 4,89 • b) Cross-disciplinary approach: 4,67 • c) Number of participants: 4,67 • d) Number of tutors: 4,44
PAPER ON THE TRAINING CHALLENGE A paper is being written on the experience of the training challenge, to be submitted to the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA): Training Multidisciplinary Biomedical Informatics Students: Two Years of Experience Erik M. van Mulligen, Montserrat Cases, Kristina Hettne, Eva Molero, Marc Weeber Kevin Roberston, Baldomero Oliva
CONVERSION OF SoA IN TRAINING MATERIALS • First chapter of D13 has been imported into the Wiki environment. • Issues to be discussed: • Hosting of the Wiki server (FORTH, IMIM?) • Versions available (restricted –with editing rights-, and public). • Wiki – D13 enhancement (feasability, partners involved)
INFOBIOMED MOBILITY • Summary of the mobility activities carried out: • Mobility Funding Mechanism • Training Challenge exchanges:
MOBILITY FUNDING MECHANISM • Status of exchanges funded. Done in 2005 (4) Done in 2006 (3) Planned in 2007 (1) Related to Training Challenge (10) Total number of exchanges: 18
MOBILITY BROKERAGE SERVICE • Dissemination efforts made: • New papers have been • submitted (pending to be • approved)