ISMB 2012: Workshop Proposal
The 2012 ISMB meeting will be on 15-17 July in Long Beach, California. The Bioinfo-core group are again proposing to run a workshop within the main body of the conference. The workshop will be a 2 hour session, split into two one hour topics. Within each topic there will be two short talks (~10 mins each) by members of the group to introduce the topic, followed by an extended discussion with the whole group where the topic can be further explored.
As in previous years we have aimed to have one topic mostly focussed on science, and another which leans more towards the technical aspects of running a core facility.
Topic 1: Extracting biological information from diverse data sources
Scientists have typically thought of experiments in terms of using a single technology to answer a question. Even the advent of genome wide analyses have generally been performed using a single type of analysis (sequencing, microarray, mass-spec etc). However we are increasingly seeing that a complete biological picture of an experimental system can only really be gained by integrating together multiple diverse data types. In some fields (eg epigenetics) the need for this type of integration of methylation, histone modification, nucleosome positioning, mass spec and RNA-seq is already present, but the same principle applies to most biological systems.
In this session we will aim to look at the practicalities of this type of integration, including success stories, pitfalls and failures and some discussion about the tools available to help.
Speakers
- Session Leader: Fran Lewitter + TBC
- Talk 1: TBC
- Talk 2: TBC
