2006 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology

1. 2006 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology Hosted by ARC Centre in Bioinformatics and Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland 26 – 30 June 2006 Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Australia http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06

2. Intended audience: Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in mathematics, statistics, IT, CS or any area of science who want to learn about current problems and opportunities in computational bioscience. • Topics: • Machine learning applied to sequence analysis • Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics • Evolutionary genomics • Microarrays and analysis of microarray data • The e-research / Grid paradigm http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06

3. Speakers include: • Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA • Dr Paul Horton – Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan • Dr Pablo Moscato – Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative • A/Prof. Andrew Roger – Dalhousie University, Canada • Prof. Mike Hendy – Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Biology and Evolution • Dr Charles Semple – University of Canterbury, NZ • Dr Toni Reverter – CSIRO Livestock Industries • Prof. Terry Speed – University of California Berkeley and WEHI • Prof. Kim-Anh Do – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA • Prof. David Abramson – Monash University • Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – Monash University • Dr David Hansen – e-Health Research Centre • A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – National University of Singapore http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06

4. Monday: Machine learning applied to sequence analysis • Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Sequence analysis using Markov models • Dr Tim Bailey – Finding patterns in sequences • Dr Paul Horton – Predicting subcellular localisation of proteins • Dr Martin Frith – Identifying short proteins • Prof. Mark Brodovsky – Workshop: GeneMark Tuesday: Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics • Dr Regina Berretta – Combinatorial models • Dr Pablo Moscato – Classification methods for clinical data • Dr Tim Bailey – Workshop: MEME • Mr Paul Taylor – Workshop: MATLAB • Dr James Cai – Workshop: MBEToolbox and PGEToolbox • Public lecture: • A/Prof. Andrew Roger – The origin of eukaryotes

5. Wednesday: Evolutionary genomics • Prof. Mike Hendy – Mathematical phylogenetics • Dr Barbara Holland – Exploratory analysis of phylogenetic data • Dr Michael Charleston – Concatenating sequence data • Dr Charles Semple – Hybridisation networks • Dr Alexei Drummond – Probabilistic models in phylogenetics Thursday: Microarrays and analysis of microarray data • Dr Sean Grimmond – Microarray technology • Prof. Terry Speed – SNP genotyping • Dr Liat Ben-Tovim Jones – Detecting differentially expressed genes • Dr Toni Reverter – Differential expression and connectivity • Prof. Kim-Anh Do – Microarray-based cancer prognosis • Prof. Geoff McLachlan – Classification of microarray data

6. Friday: The e-research / Grid paradigm • Prof. David Abramson – Grid computing • Prof. Jane Hunter – Technologies for semantic integration • Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – e-Research • Dr David Hansen – Networked services for e-health • A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – The future of the Internet http://bioinformatics.org.au/ws06