AMSI Summer Symposium in Bioinformatics

Date & Venue: 3–7 December 2012; University of Adelaide, South Australia

BioInfoSummer is a major annual bioinformatics educational and outreach event in Australia, bringing together in excess of 150 biologists, statisticians and bioinformatics professionals.

Bioinformatics creates biological information and knowledge by the acquisition, archiving, integration, analysis and interpretation of biological data. Biotechnology, drug development, medicine, cancer research, agriculture and plant science are just a few of the many areas in which bioinformatics is having a massive impact.

This year, the program will feature major themes in:

• DNA bioinformatics
• Proteomics
• Computational Biology
• Programming for Biologists

The program will include presentations by outstanding national and international speakers:

• Dr Conrad Burden, The Australian National University
• Dr. Karl Clauser, The Broad Institute
• Dr Martin Frith, Computational Biology Research Centre, AIST, Japan
• Dr. Suhita Nadkarni, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
• Associate Professor Gavin Huttley, Australian National University
• Dr Jason Roberts, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
• Professor Hamish Scott, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
• Professor Gordon Smyth, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
• Professor Fuli Yu, Baylor College of Medicine

The presentations will be complemented by a sequence of hands-on computing sessions featuring the latest bioinformatics tools for both new and experienced users.

The annual AMSI vacation schools and scholarships are funded jointly be the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. EMBL Australia and Bioplatforms Australia are major sponsors of BioInfoSummer.

Key dates:

• Last day for early bird registration: 2 November 2012
• Last day to submit an abstract: 23 November 2012
• Registration closes: 23 November 2012

Major sponsors

• EMBL Australia
• BioPlatforms Australia
• University of Adelaide
• DIISRTE, Australian Government