June 20, 2003

SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR POSTERS

Two-Day Symposium in Biomedical Computing -"Digital Biology: The Emerging Paradigm"

"Digital Biology: The Emerging Paradigm," a symposium in biomedical computing, will take place November 6-7, 2003, in the Natcher Conference Center on the main NIH campus. This symposium has been organized by the NIH Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI) Consortium.

The symposium will offer a broad look at the convergence of biomedical and computational research. Key issues to be addressed include: (1) the mounting scientific imperative to study biological systems at multiple levels of organization, (2) the growing need to use quantitative approaches to analyze biomedical data on a large scale, and (3) the potential impact of extensive computer networks on the nature and conduct of biomedical research.

Keynote Speakers and Program Highlights Dr. Sydney Brenner, a recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute, will present the Biology keynote address. Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, a co-founder and managing director of the private entrepreneurial firm Intellectual Ventures and formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Corporation will present the Technology keynote address.

Other program features include scientific poster presentations, demonstrations, a grant writing information session, and concurrent sessions addressing scientific data integration, networked science, and quantitative biology.

Call for Posters
Those wishing to present a poster at the meeting should submit an abstract of the research by August 20, 2003. Authors will be notified of acceptance by September 30, 2003. Guidelines for abstract preparation and submission, poster presentation, and selection criteria are available at http://www.bisti.nih.gov/2003meeting/.

Registration and Additional Information
A preliminary agenda and registration information are available at http://www.bisti.nih.gov/2003meeting/. If you have questions, please e-mail bistic@nih.gov.

Videocast
Selected meeting sessions will be available by videocast (http://videocast.nih.gov).

Sign Language Interpretation
Individuals with disabilities who need sign language interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this conference should contact Kevin Lauderdale at lauderdk@nigms.nih.gov or 301-541-6446 or the Federal TTY Relay number (1-800-877-8339). Requests should be made at least 5 days in advance of the event.

Organizing Consortium
The NIH Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI) Consortium includes representatives from 26 NIH institutes and centers and from other Federal agencies. The consortium fosters new basic understandings, collaborations, and trans-disciplinary initiatives between the computational and biomedical sciences. For more information on biomedical computing at NIH and the BISTI Consortium visit http://www.bisti.nih.gov/.

Satellite Events
In conjunction with the NIH symposium, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will convene two satellite events, which will meet November 4-5 in the Bethesda area. Reports of both events will be briefly summarized at a plenary session of the NIH symposium.

The NIST workshop is titled "Information Science Standards to Enable Biomedical Research." Additional information is available at http://www.nist.gov/director/NIH/workshop.htm.

The NSF event is titled "Information Processing in the Biological Organism (A Systems Biology Approach). Additional information is available at http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/InfoProcess/ .

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